We Make Change: Community Organizers Talk About What They Do--and Why

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We Make Change Community Organizers Talk About What They Do— and Why Kristin Layng Szakos and Joe Szakos With an introduction by Harry C. Boyte Vanderbilt University Press nashville © 2007 Vanderbilt University Press All rights reserved First Edition 2007 11 10 09 08 07 1 2 3 4 5 All photos in the book are courtesy of interviewees or the organizations for which they work or worked, except for Sheila Kingsberry-Burt’s portrait by Billy E. Barnes, and Wanda Salaman’s portrait by Rusia N. Mohiuddin. This book is printed on acid-free paper made from 50% post consumer recycled paper. Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Wendy McAnally Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Szakos, Kristin Layng. We make change : community organizers talk about what they do—and why / Kristin Layng Szakos and Joe Szakos.—1st ed. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-8265-1554-4 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8265-1555-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Community organization. 2. Social action. 3. Community organization—Case studies. 4. Social action—Case studies. I. Szakos, Joe. II. Title. HM766.S93 2007 361.2—dc22 2006030887 To our parents, Judith Layng, Tony Layng, and Andy and Emma Szakos, who launched us on our way, and to our children, Anna and Maria Szakos, and foster daughters Tai, Toni, and Sherieka, who are the reason we do this work. ...