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Author(s)
Publisher

"Reforming" Welfare: Does "Family Values" Really Mean Sticking It to the Less Fortunate?
Fitzsimon, Chris; Gerlach, Dan; Huber, Jay; Jenson, Jim
Common Sense Foundation

A Culture of Politics
Clark, Mike; Greer, Colin
Highland Research and Education Center

A Humane Society is Possible Through Struggle: An interview with Manning Marable
South End Press

A Legacy Revisited and Renewed: The Black Radical Congress Draws 2000
Ellis, Kimberly C.
Project South

A Politics of Literacy in the Latter Half of the 20th Century in America
Shannon, Patrick
International Reading Association

A Practical Application of Popular Education Techniques
Castano Ferreira, Joao Paulo; Castano Ferreira, Eleonora
Brecht Forum

A Retrospective on the Civil Rights Movement: Political and intellectual landmarks
Morris, Aldon
Annual Reviews

A Southern Strategy for Building a Movement
Pharr, Suzanne; Scott, Jerome
Project South

A Working Political Framework for Literacy Programs

Acting for Justice
Christensen, Linda
Rutgers University Press

Affirmative Action at the Crossroads: A Social Justice Perspective
Gibelman, Margaret
Wurzweiler School of Social Work

An Approach to Education Presented Through a Collection of Writings
Kennedy, William
Highlander Research and Education Center

Another Step Ahead: A Dialouge On Politics and Voting
McCombs, Richard; Montoya, Michelle
People & Politics

Back to Basics-excerpt from "Politics of Education, Essays of Radical Teacher"
O'Malley, Susan
State University of New York Press

Best Practices: Community-building principals from effective study circle programs
Roberts, Rona
Roberts & Kay, Inc.

Bridging the Class Divide: And Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing
Stout, Linda
Beacon Press

Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets
Kretzmann, John; McKnight, John
Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research

Building Today's Global Movement for Economic and Social Justice
Katz-Fishman, Walda; Scott, Jerome
Project South

Campaign Finance Redefined as a Civil Rights Issue
Wilson, Stephanie
As the South Goes

Campus Organizing Guide for Peace and Justice Groups
Brozan, Alex; Burger, Niels; Cowan, Rich; Homstad, Maia; Smith, Jermey
Center for Campus Organizing

Civil Society at the Margins
Sullivan, Lisa
Who Cares Magazine

Coalition to Educate Congress on National and Community Service

STREAMS

Community and Ways of Knowing
Palmer, Parker
Wingspread Journal

Community Empowerment through Education
A Staff Working Paper
Lindeman Center

Community Organizing in a Diverse Society
Elich, John; Rivera, Felix
Allyn & Bacon

Creating a Culture of Organizing
La Luz, Jose
Midwest Center for Labor Research

Democracy Under Construction
Pharr, Suzanne
Highland Research and Education Center

Dialogue Can Change
Emigh, Phyllis; McCoy, Martha
SCRC

Diane Nash, excerpt from In the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual Social Activists
Inram, Catherine
Parallax Press

Dispelling the Myths about Political Advocacy in the U.S.
Dietz, Kathy
TESOL

Diversity, Democracy, and Civic Engagement: Higher Education and Its Unique Opportunity
Humphreys, Debra
Kettering Foundation

Document Literacy May Determine the Election

Cape Fear Literacy Council

dOing pOlitics: An owner's manual for public life
Boyte, Harry C.; Hogg, Kathryn Stoff
Project public life

Educating Educators: A Freirean Approach to the Crisis in Teacher Education
Shor, Ira
Boynton/Cook Publishers, Inc.

Education for All: The Vision Lives On
International Reading Association
International Reading Association

Education for Politcal Life
Sanz de Santamaria, Alejandro
Kettering Foundation

Email Legislators Effectively
League of Women Voters-Metro Phoenix
N. C. Center for Nonprofits

Empowering Education: Critical Teaching for Social Change
Shor, Ira
The University of Chicago Press

Fandom and Critical Media Literacy
Alvermann, Donna E.; Hagood, Margaret C.
International Reading Association

Free Speech in the Academy
Cox, Phil
Z Magazine

Getting Involved in Community Issues: Yes, You Can Make a Difference
Rodriguez, Cynthia; Santiago, Caridad; Savage, Jennifer; Swain, Donna; Williard, Lisa
New England Literacy Resource Center

Global Education as Good Pedagogy
Gulledge, Suzanne
LEARN North Carolina

Go Back to the Basics to Strengthen Your Campus Organizing

National Wildlife Federation

Graduation and Promotion Testing: Potential Benefits and Risks for Minority Students, English-Language Learners and Students with Disabilities
Heubert, Jay P.
Poverty and Race Research Action Council

Has Media Literacy Found A Curricular Foothold?
Baker, Frank; Kubey, Robert
Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.

Higher Education and Rebuilding Civic Life
Gamson, Zelda
Heldref

How Democracy Works: A Guide to Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and the Issues of Our Day
Anderson, James; Goldberg, Suzanne
Blue Mountain Working Group

If You Ain't Got the ABCs
Shannon, Patrick
International Reading Association

In Whose Favor Am I Teaching?
Lucas, Janice L.
Kettering Foundation

Introduction : Education for Liberation
Morris, Aldon

Is It Time for a Children's Movement?
Skocpol, Theda
Johnson Foundation

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (Volume 45, Number 4)
Dixon-Krauss, Lizbeth; Falk-Ross, Francine C.; Tierney, Robert; Yoon, Jun-Chae
International Reading Association

Journal of Children & Poverty (Volume 2, Number 1)
Nunez, Ralph da Costa
Homes for the Homeless

Journalism and Democracy: Exploring How Universities Might Strengthen the Connection
Campbell, Cole C.
Kettering Foundation

Just Add Consciousness: A Guide to Social Activism
Oxfam America
Campus Outreach Opportunity League

Key Principles of Freire
Hope, Ann; Timmel, Sally
Mambo Press

Land Ownership in Appalachia, USA: A Citizens' Research Project
Gaventa, John
Linkoping University Department of Education

Language, Literacy and Community Action: Updating the Paradigm
King, Jereann
Literacy South

Leaders, excerpt from A Guide for Grassroots Leaders Organizing
Kahn, Si
McGraw-Hill Book Company

Leadership and Social Change, chapter from Families in Peril: An agenda for social change
Edelman, Marian Wright
Harvard University Press

Leadership Tasks in a Shared-Power World
Bryson, John M.; Crosby, Barbara C.
Jossey-Bass Publishers

Learning Communities/Communities of Practice
Imel, Susan
ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education

Learning to be Heard: Organization, Power, and Literacy
Heaney, Thomas W.
National-Louis University

Lessons Learned: Realities of a Community Project
Trawick, Amy R.
New England Literacy Resource Center

Let Us Gather Blossoms Under Fire...
Fingeret, Hanna
Literacy South

Linking Writing and Community-Building
Adams, Hal
Ohio University Department of Education

Literacy as Power
Brown, Cynthia Stokes
Center for Critical Education, Inc.

Literacy Education Promotes Community Involvement: A Rural Case Study
Larson, Desi
Literacy Volunteers of New York State

Literacy in the USA: The Present Issues
Fingeret, Hanna
Literacy South

Literacy/illiteracy in an International Perspective
Hunter, Carman St. John
WEI Reports

Loosing the Bonds Through Literacy
McFann, Jane C.
International Reading Association

Meaningful Chaos: How People Form Relationships with Public Concerns
Harwood, Richard C; Perry, Michael J; Schmitt, William G
Kettering Foundation

Mississippi Freedom Schools: A Project from the Past Suggests a Lesson for the Future
Levine, David

Mujerista Theology: Luchar por la Justicia Es Rezar To Struggle for Justice Is to Pray
Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria
Orbis Books

National Family Literacy Day Event Resources
National Center for Family Literacy
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

National Literacy Campaigns: Historical and Comparitive Lessons
Arnove, Robert; Graff, Harvey

Notes on Building a K-16 Movement for Democracy and Social Justice
Gibson, Rich; Queen, Greg; Ross, Wayne; Vinson, Kevin
Raleigh NOW Prison Task Force

Nurturing Grassroots Initiatives for Community Development: The Role of Enabling Systems
Chavis, David; Felix, Michael; Florin, Paul

Nurturing One's Dreams: A Review of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of Hope
Kohl, Herbert
Highland Research and Education Center

Of Means and Ends
Alinsky, Saul
Random House

On Popular Education
Hurst, John

Organizing for Social Change: A Manual for Activists in the 1990s
Bobo, Kim; Kendall, Jackie; Max, Steve
Seven Locks Press

PAACE Advocacy Manual: Stand Up and Be Counted
Davis, Paul
Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education

Picturing the Engaged Campus
Hollander, Elizabeth

Planting Seeds of Solidarity
Peterson, Bob

Powerful Ideas About Empowerment
Staples, Lee H.
The Hayworth Press

Project America Action Guide to Community Service
Reinberg, Heidi; White, Cheryl
Project America

Questions are the Answer
Childs, S. J.
Rethinking Schools

Reading, Writing and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word
Christensen, Linda
Rethinking Schools, Ltd.

Resistance and Transformation
North American Alliance for Popular and Adult Education
North American Alliance for Popular and Adult Education

Sample Stand for Children Action Sheet: What a Young Person Can Do
Stand for Children
Stand for Children

Serve the People
Loeb, Paul
Foundation for National Progress

Session Three: Organizing Urban Universities, Health Care Facilities, Non-Profit Cultural Institutions, and Public Schools for Optimum Urban Economic Development
Green, Jack
University of Pennsylvania

Shaping Public Policy through Political Action
Rabinowitz, Philip W.; Rosen, David J.; Soolman, Roberta
Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education

Sharing the Movement
Murray, Nancy
Rethinking Schools

Social Capital and Community Development
Ewert, D. Merrill
Literacy Practitioner

Social Change Wheel
Langeth and Troppe
Gameliel Foundation

Social Justice in Schools: Building Long-Term Change
McClintock, Mary
The Fourth R

Social Policy: A New Kind of Unionism?
The Union Institute
The Union Institute

Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time
Loeb, Paul
Utne Reader

Sowing on the Mountain: Nurturing Cultural Roots and Creativity for Community Change
Carawan, Guy; Carawan, Candie
Temple University Press

State Organizing Project for Family Economic Self-Sufficiency
State Organizing Project
Wider Opportunitites for Women, Inc.

Student Community Service--MLK Organizing Manual
Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission
Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal holiday Commission

Teaching for Social Justice
Kohl, Herbert
Rethinking Schools

Teen Writer Programs Scrutinize Social Issues
Alexander, Bill
Youth Today

Teens as Activists
Ginyard, Frederick; Ingber, Hanna; Kim, Andrea
Youth Today

The Elements of a Successful Public Interest Advocacy Campaign
Advocacy Institute
Advocacy Institute

The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations
Avner, Marcia
Wilder Foundation

The Meaning of Citizenship
Boyte, Harry C.

The Myth that the US Spends More on Schools, from Rethinking Schools: a special report on finance and equity funding for social justice
Bracey, Gerald

The People First Project: A Curriculum Guide
People First Project Team
Literacy South

The Politics of Literacy: Choices for the Coming Decade
Fingeret, Hanna
Literacy South

The Popularity of Popular Education
Zerkel, Mary
Project South

The Process of Political Literacy
Freire, Paulo
Bergin and Garvey

The Spiritual Basis for Social Change
Horwitz, Claudia
Access: Networking in the Public Interest

The Story of Rachel and Sadie

Rethinking Schools

The Young People Revitalized America
McCarthy, Eugene

Tips for Community Forums
Young People for National Service

Today's Viewers, Tomorrow's Voters
Halford, Joan Montgomery
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Visioning the World We Are Fighting For
Katz-Fishman, Walda; Scott, Jerome
Project South

Walking the Walk
Patton, Gwen
Project South

What Really Matters: Rethinking Assessment in Schools
Minicozzi, Peg
Partners in School Innovation

What Student Leadership Means to Me
Sacerdote, Michele Verni
New England Literacy Resource Center

What You Must Do For Your Country: The Mandatory Service Debate
Youth Service America
Youth Service America

When Adult Education Stood for Democracy
Heaney, Thomas W.
National-Louis University

Who Are You?
Janks, Hilary
New England Literacy Resource Center

Young Vote Inches Up, Falls Short
Boyle, Patrick
Youth Today