The Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) Archive July 2017 The Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) Archive | Page 1 The Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) at Hunter College School of Social Work (now the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College) in New York City was founded in 1982 to strengthen the effectiveness of organizers in the neighborhoods and human service agencies. ECCO has assisted over 5,000 human service workers and community organizers through workshops, conferences, festivals, forums, consultations, written materials, training and skills development. The Silberman School of Social Work offers an MSW degree with a specialization in Community Organizing, Planning & Development. Hunter College beginning in 2017 will offer a 15-credit undergraduate Minor in Community Organizing. Dr. Terry Mizrahi served as its founder and [email protected] ECCO is no longer active as a Center, but some its materials, documents, and resources are available in this document. A separate Coalition Project and Manual are also available by clicking here Other archived ECCO documents, audio and video tapes, etc. are available for listening and/or viewing through the Hunter College archive found in the Hunter College library. These include: • Audio and video tapes of its Monthly Organizers' Coffee House Series from the early 1980’s until the early 2000’s serve as a history of organizing topics in New York City • Audio tapes and materials of Computers for Social Change conferences [from 1986- 1996]. A historic collaboration that was a pioneer in bring computer information and technology to grassroots and social activist organizations using the computer (and later the internet) as “a tool of empowerment, not oppression.” • The Women Organizers' Project –In addition to the documents found here, there are additional materials, and audio tapes of their conferences and meetings from 1984- the late 1990’s. The Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) Archive | Page 2 Contents What is ECCO? ............................................................................................................................................... 4 What We Have Done: ................................................................................................................................... 4 The Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP) ............................................................................................. 6 Why Join ECCO? ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Computers for Social Change [CFSC Archive in Hunter College Library] ...................................................... 7 Community Organizing Strategies and Case Examples in Addressing Issues Relating to Asthma .............. 10 Community and Labor Organizing Seminar: Trends and Techniques in the Classroom and Field ............ 26 Integrating Distance Learning Technologies into Community Organizing Education ................................ 51 Basic Principles for Organizing: Perspectives from Practice* ..................................................................... 62 Community Organizers: For a Change* ...................................................................................................... 73 Educating for Social Change: The Impact of an Innovative Interdisciplinary Community Organizing Course on Hunter Students' Career and Civic Pursuits ........................................................................................... 78 An Innovative Model for Teaching a Community Organizing Course at Hunter College ............................ 87 Women, Organizing and Diversity .............................................................................................................. 95 Women, Organizing, and Diversity: Struggling with the Issues ................................................................ 146 Women Organizers: A Beginning Collection of References and Resources ............................................. 153 Women on The Advance: Highlights of a National Conference on Women and Organizing ................... 175 Strength and Struggles of Women Organizers: A Longitudinal Study* .................................................... 213 TABLE 1: A Framework for Feminist Organizing: Values, Goals, Methods, Strategies, and Roles ............ 225 The Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) Archive | Page 3 Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College 2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10035, P: 212-396-7531, F: 212-396-7647 My Webpage: Terry Mizrahi, Director e-mail: [email protected] The Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) at Hunter College School of Social Work in New York City was founded in 1982 to strengthen the effectiveness of organizers in the neighborhoods and human service agencies. ECCO has assisted over 5,000 human service workers and community organizers through workshops, conferences, festivals, forums, consultations, written materials, training and skills development. What is ECCO? a resource for organizers consultation and training an initiator of new projects to build organizers' skills and knowledge video, audio & print library & training materials What We Have Done: • Monthly Organizers' Coffee House Series • Basic Organizing Skills Series • Conferences on Organizing in Diverse Society • The Coalition Project (see below) Computers for Social Change Network • A Celebration of Organizing in the Eighties: The Life of Saul Alinsky • The Women Organizers' Project (see below) Resource Files and Library • Film and Video Festivals • Community Organizers' Exchange Days • Child Welfare Organizing Project Organizers' Technology Exchange (OTEX) • On-Line Reports and Papers (see below) The Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) Archive | Page 4 Special ECCO Initiated Projects On-Line Reports & Research Community organizing strategies and case examples in addressing issues relating to asthma Community and Labor Organizing: Trends and Techniques for the Classroom & Field, 1998-2000. Integrating Distance Learning Technologies into Community Organizing-1999- 2000 Basic Principles f or Organizing: Perspectives from Practice. Community Organizing: For A Change (a career guide) Educating f or Social Change: The Impact of an Innovative Interdisciplinary Community Organizing Course on Hunter Students' Career and Civic Pursiuts. (with Andrea Case); Presented at ACOSA Symposium at Council on Social Work Education, 1999 An Innovative Model f or Teaching A Community Organizing Course at Hunter College (with Christina Danguilan, MPH), 1998. The Coalition Project Coalitions: Enhancing Capacity and Effectiveness The research and training project which started in 1985 develops and refines techniques to help diverse organizations work together more effectively through its research, training, and publications (with Beth Rosenthal). Publication: Strategic Partnerships: Building Effective Collaborations and Coalitions Content: Definitions; Advantages and disadvantages; Essential components of coalition development; Successful coalitions; Planning suggestions for structuring interagency collaborations; Managing dynamic tensions; Recommended readings; (250 pages) Cost: $35.00 Computers for Social Change (CFSC) Network Since 1986 the CFSC Network has promoted the use and accessibility of information technology as a tool for community organizing, empowerment, and progressive social change. Directory and database available. The Women Organizers' Project Founded in 1987, the Women Organizers' Project serves as an information clearing house, conducts research on Feminist organizing, holds workshops and support groups, and produces written and video materials to strengthen women's roles as organizers and leaders. Publications & Video: Women, Organizing, and Diversity: Struggling with the Issues The Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) Archive | Page 5 (30 min. Video) Women, Organizing video script Women, Organizing, and Diversity (Workbook and Guide to accompany video, 88 pages) Women Organizers: A Beginning Collection of References and Resources (34 pages) Women on the Advance: Highlights of a Conference of Fifty Women Organizers from Across the Country (32 pages) Women Resources Books *PDF A Framework f or Feminist Organizing *PDF The Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP) Begun in 1995 by ECCO, the purpose of the Child Welfare Organizing Project is to organize and empower clients of the child welfare system to influence its policies and programs. CWOP is now an independent organization, giving voice to parents whose children are at risk for, or are in, foster placement. 80 E 110 ST #1E New York, NY 10029 Phone: 212-348-3000 www.cwop.org For Additional Networking Resources: See The Association for Community Organization and Social Administration ACOSA Website: www.acosa.org Why Join ECCO? Support the work of ECCO! Be the first to hear about ECCO events! Receive discounts on ECCO events and publications! Get priority access to our files and written resources! Join a vital network of organizers! Individuals: $15.00 Organizations: $25.00 (For more information on membership and resource materials, please, write/fax/email your questions to us!) Make checks payable to: ECCO/SSSW. For more information on the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College; http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork