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Community Organizing

 

Is there something going on in the City - or happening to you - that isn't fair? That isn't right? Your neighbors may have the same problem...and together, you can do something about it!

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead

WATCH's community organizing work creates a space where local residents can get angry about issues in the community that are unfair or just plain wrong! WATCH helps residents learn about and debate solutions to those issues, map out a way to change them, and join with neighbors to take action and improve those issues.

"Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground...Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."
- Frederick Douglass

WATCH members believe that:

  • The people most affected by a problem are the best ones to address that problem
  • We should not do for others what they can do themselves
  • There is power in numbers: together we can make changes that one person alone cannot make

Through community organizing, residents also connect to each other, make new friends, learn about new resources and build their social networks.

Click on the links to the left to learn more about WATCH's current and past community organizing efforts.

 

 

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