INDEX
abolition. See antislavery movement
acting and adjusting, 146–148
activism, 34, 42, 67, 69, 88, 98
Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 129, 142
American Antislavery Society, 86–88, 104
antislavery movement, 50, 52, 85–88, 101, 104, 154
Appgree, 125
appreciation circles, 59–60
autism programs, 17–22, 96–97, 129–130, 135–136
banks/bankers, 13, 116, 131, 133, 137, 139
barriers, 39, 74, 141, 144, 152
Base conversations, 11–12, 21, 104–108, 157–158
base building, 111–114, 114–117, 149
building a listening process for, 125
clarifying vision and goals, 126–130
power of base for negotiating change, 117–125
Basic Ecclesial Communities (Base Communities), 105–108
Bible
Joseph/Pharaoh’s dreams, 43–44
Nehemiah/rebuilding Jerusalem, 48–49
Numbers, 114
Big Green organizations, 89
Black and Tan Party, 118
Black Memphis, 112
Black Republicans, 118
Bolsa Familia program (Brazil), 106
Brazilian Base Communities, 105–108
Brown, Michael, 98
building a base. See Base conversations
campaigns, 95–96, 123–125, 135, 143, 150
Catholicism/Catholic groups in Brazil, 105–108
Catholic social teaching steps, 102–104, 105
Center City renovation, 75–79
Chamber of Commerce, 34
Chavez, Cesar, 70
chess example, 146–150
Chilean mine disaster, 1–3, 161, 162–163
Christian Coalition, 88
civil disobedience, 132
Civil Rights Act, 140
civil rights movement, 30–33, 87, 112–113, 114–115, 145
civil service protections, 28–29
Clark, Septima, 115–116
Clean Air Act, 142
Clinton, Bill, 33
Clinton, Hillary, 155
Cold War, 34
Cole, Echol, 26–27
commitment/engagement, 5, 12, 46, 51, 139–140
body language, 56–57
confrontations, 132, 133–139, 157
face-to-face, 13, 84–90, 132, 135, 139
listening and, 110, 119–120, 122–123, 123–125
See also conversations; stories/storytelling
Communities Action Network (Massachusetts), 138–139
community organization, 17–22, 118–119
Concerned Parents of Arlington Students with Autism, 97
confrontations, 132, 133–139, 157
connections, 13, 43, 45, 50, 63, 66, 69, 90. See also relationships
constituencies
Moses’s, 111
nature of, 121–122
pre–Civil War political parties’, 154
constitutions, 26, 75, 86–88, 151
Contra Cost Interfaith, 143
conversations
Base (see Base conversations)
confrontation, 132
goals of, 147
importance and effects of, 52, 115
Isaiah’s story example of, 17–22
lectures versus, 8
Power (see Power conversations)
practicing, 157–158
Purpose (see Purpose conversations)
Story (see Story conversations)
Team (see Team conversations)
value of, 162–163
Cosecha, 42
Counted, 38
crime, 28, 29, 38–39, 42–43, 79, 155. See also violence
Cullors, Patrisse, 81
culture of learning, 100–104
Cushman, Joy, 141
decision making/makers, 12, 137–139, 158
depressions/recessions, 30, 38, 141
discrimination, 26, 32–33, 42, 92, 110, 140, 145
Dougherty, Johnny, 77
Douglass, Frederick, 52
Dreamers, 42
economic issues, 24, 36–37, 41–42, 119
education/schools
autism programs, 17–22, 96–97, 129–130, 135–136
citizenship schools, 115–116
educational funding formula, 128
reforms in, 61
small autonomous schools, 80–81
special education example, 17–22
elites, 25–26, 30, 31, 66, 74, 78, 151, 153, 155
Emancipation Proclamation, 142
emotions, 9–10, 56–60, 92–93. See also Purpose conversations
employees. See workers/employees
engagement/commitment, 5, 12, 46, 51, 139–140
equality. See inequality
exploitation, 25, 28, 32–33, 37–39
Facebook ads, 121
face-to-face communication, 13, 84–90, 132, 135, 139
Faith in Action, 13, 60, 68, 120, 134–135
Faith in New York, 100
Ferguson, Missouri, uprising, 29, 119, 154–155
Fight for $15, 120–121
Finfer, Lew, 138–139
foreclosures, 38, 97–98, 137–139
Frameworks, 79
Free Blacks, 154
free-rider problem, 126
Fumo, Vince, 76
Ganz, Marshall, 70, 71, 146, 147
Garza, Alicia, 81–82
Geithner, Tim, 137–139
Gladen, Steve, 84
goals, 94–104, 97, 126–130. See also purpose
government
accountability of, 74
actions benefiting African Americans by, 33
attempts to end slavery through, 85–86
Brazilian, 107–108
Chilean, 3
confronting officials, 119
data collection on police violence by, 38
design of US, 88
distribution of surplus commodities by, 112
emergence of middle class and, 128
funding of local, 29
influence of federal, 34
post–World War I federal programs, 31
putting pressure on, 41, 87–88, 128
revenue available to, 34–35
shifting role of, 39
grassroots movements
Brazilian, 107
Faith in Action–affiliated, 68
IndyCAN, 120
job of, 123
leaders of, 55–56, 99, 160, 162
organizational models, 41, 132
suburban, 33–34
Greenville, Mississippi, voting rights, 113–114, 147
groups
Catholic groups in Brazil, 105–108
changes in purpose, 96–97
face-to-face, 84–90
organizing, 11, 24–25, 84–90, 105
prayer, 105
relationships for successful, 85
Small Group Leadership Pathway, 84–85
social, 24–25
tension in, 60
See also small groups; Team
conversations; teams/teamwork
Hamer, Fannie Lou, 114–115, 117
hard asks, 123
health insurance, 129, 140–141
Herring, Alvin, 60
Hillel, Rabbi (Hillel the Elder), 93
honesty, 41, 52, 59–60, 92, 93
human value, 24–26, 27, 28, 29, 40, 92
hungry traveler parable, 3–4
identity, 15, 29–30, 32, 42–43
Immigration and Nationality Act, 140
immigration issues, 10, 29, 31–32, 42, 43, 128, 140
incarcerated people, 26, 39, 42–43, 70, 120, 135, 141, 143–144, 149, 155, 160
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), 20
IndyCAN, 120
inequality
exposing lies that sustain, 79
interrupting cycles of, 42–44
policies to reduce, 31
toleration of, 23–24
in United States, 36
injustice, 13, 23, 39–40, 42, 50, 60, 119–120
Justice for Janitors, 121
King, Coretta Scott, 28
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 3–4, 12, 27–28, 35, 43, 90, 115, 161
knock on the door metaphor, 12
Koch brothers, 151
Kolin, Rev. Lucy, 137
Kruggel, Adam, 97–98
Labor Relations Act, 141
labor unions. See unions
language, 33, 57. See also communication
Law, W. W., 122
law-and-order messaging, 38–39
laws
classification of employees, 28–29
immigration, 140–141
racially neutral, 29
trade, 35
usury, 35
leadership
channeling emotional power, 56–60
corporate leaders, 35–36
of grassroots movements, 55–56, 99, 160, 162
listening for finding, 110
Small Group Leadership Pathway, 84–85
of social justice campaigns, 135
taking, 2–3
testing of, 114
volunteer versus paid, 100
legislation
Civil Rights Act, 140
community-initiated bills, 142
Emancipation Proclamation, 142
Immigration and Nationality Act, 140
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), 20
Labor Relations Act, 141
marriage equality, 142
Obamacare (Affordable Care Act), 129
Voting Rights Act, 128, 142, 151
LGBTQ community, 42
listening, 110, 119–120, 122–123, 123–125
Listening Sabbaths, 124–125
marginalized people, 29, 40, 120–121
marriage equality movement, 59, 142
Martin, Trayvon, 81
Massachusetts Communities Action Network, 138–139
Mateo, Rosie, 46–50, 51, 53–54, 55
maze metaphor, 80
Mead, Margaret, 52
Meade, Desmond, 70
Medellin, Paul, 75
meetings
with elected officials, 135
emotional state during, 56–60
focus of research action meetings, 134–135
leading, 137–138
research on starting, 68–69
storytelling in, 72–73
strategies for, 153
Memphis sanitation strike, 26–29, 38, 42, 43, 55
middle-class life, 32, 89, 128, 141
mimicking power of humans, 56–57
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 115
Mississippi movement of the sixties, 118
Moore, Amzie, 118–119
Moses, Robert (Bob), 113, 115, 118, 145
motivation
belief in our contributions, 93
despite resistance, 123
for fighting for justice, 45
research on, 68–69
movements
Brazilian, 105–108
civil rights, 30–33, 87, 112–113, 114–115, 145
Greenville, Mississippi, movement, 112–113
Mississippi movement of the sixties, 118
pulling together for, 104–108
punishment for, 112–113
Small Autonomous Schools
Movement, 80–81
suffrage, 142
See also antislavery movement; civil rights movement; grassroots movements
myths about society and politics, 101
National Domestic Workers Alliance, 142
neighborhood renovations, 76–77
Neighborhoods First, 77–78
Neighborhood Team, 98
Nieto, Fr. Jesus, 10
Nixon, Richard, 33
Oakland Community Organizations (OCO), 80
Obama, Barack, 95, 98, 124, 145
Obamacare (Affordable Care Act), 129, 142
OCO (Oakland Community Organizations), 80
oppression
arrangements of, 156
confronting, 157
effects of, 113–114
fighting, 6
inferiority and, 28
participation in, 153
patterns of, 92
reflecting on structure of, 73–74
religious, 31–32
resisting, 42
saving another from, 50
systems of, 135
organizing/organization process
for drives, 121
group organization, 11, 24–25, 84–90, 105
Isaiah’s story, 17–22
membership density of, 126
for power, 13–14
preparation for meetings, 134
purposeful organizations, 60–64
renovation of organizations, 158–159
signs of good organizing, 103
state before story, 58–59
strategy capacity in, 158
for volunteers, 160–161
parent organizations, 53–54, 63–64
Parker, Theodore, 161
participation. See commitment/engagement
Paulson, Henry, 137
Pence, Mike, 120
People’s Alliance (Maine), 126
personal stories. See stories/storytelling
Philadelphia revitalization project, 75–79
PICO National Network. See Faith in Action
Podemos, 125
politics
Brazil’s political movements, 105–108
building political bases, 122
campaign goals, 95
commercialization of, 133
controlling/steering, 153
entertainment-style, 36
influence on opposition to racial equity through, 33
interest in, 160
liberal, 34
Obama campaign, 98
strategies for winning at, 152–153
understanding, 136
Pope, Art, 35
populist movement, 28, 90, 125
post–World War. See World War I and II, post–
Powell, Lewis, 34
power
balance of, 155–156
building, 123
confidence in our, 137
emotional, 56–60
Greek understanding of, 151–152
mapping, 117–118
neutralizing, 150
organization process for, 13–14
of organizations for influence, 69
reconcentrating, 33–36
relational versus positional, 99
separation of, in US government, 88
Power conversations, 12–14, 21, 157–158
confronting power, 133–139
creating precedent and momentum
for change, 139–145
importance of strategy, 145–156
priming, 57
private sector, 35
privilege
advantages of, 74
preservation of, 135
social, 32
threat felt by people of, 26
of the wealthy, 36
public officials, 135–139
public policies, 34–35
purpose
changes in group, 96–97
clarification of, 45, 48–49, 50–51, 51–56, 53
commitment based on, 51
shared, 94–104
See also goals
Purpose conversations, 19, 157–158
building organizations, 60–64
channeling our emotions for, 56–60
clarification for, 46–50
emotional preparation for, 9–10
exercise for, 51–56
pyramid concept, 141
Quakers, 85–86
racial anxiety, 92
racial hierarchy, 29–30, 37–40
racial inequality, 24–29, 28, 33, 39
raps (scripts), 121
reactions to our actions, 147–148, 155
real estate issues, 38, 76–77, 97–98
rebellion(s), 27, 29, 119, 154–155
recessions/depressions, 30, 38, 141
Reddit, 125
reflection, 62–63, 101, 102–104, 105
relationships
coaching, 100
importance and effect of building, 116
mapping power, 117–118, 117–119
for moving people to action, 10 (see also Story conversations)
one-on-one, 72
power, 117–119
strength of our, 64
through storytelling, 65
See also connections
Rendell, Ed, 75–79
research actions, 13, 61, 68–69, 79, 122, 127, 132, 134–136
rights
civil rights, 31, 32–33, 87, 112–113, 114–115, 145
Civil Rights Act, 140
collective bargaining, 35
employment, 29
unions, 28
voting (see voting rights/laws)
Rivera, Angelina, 55
Roosevelt, Franklin, 141
Saddleback Church, 84–85
Safe Return Project, 143–144
Sanders, Bernie, 155
schools. See education/schools
scripture. See Bible
Second Great Awakening, 86
segregation, 32–33. See also civil rights movement; discrimination
SEIU (Service Employees International Union), 121
Sepulveda, Mario, 1–3, 5, 48–49
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 121
sexual orientation, 42
shared purpose, 94–98
shared stories. See Story conversations
short-term change, 141
Sinquefield, Rex, 29
slavery, 25, 111, 153. See also antislavery movement
Small Autonomous Schools Movement, 80–81
Small Group Leadership Pathway, 84–85
small groups
faith-based, 106
importance of, 84–90
relationships in, 52
risks of, 102
self-directed teams, 104–105
shared purpose in, 94–98
treatment of members of, 60–61
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), 112–113, 118, 128
Snowflakes (Obama campaign), 98
social change
asymmetrical nature of, 145–146
effects of, 4–5
fighting for, 163
historical examples of, 30–33
negotiating, 117–125
post–World War I, 30–31
power to win, 12–14
reasons for involvement in, 45, 50, 67–69, 162
requirements for, 6
successful, 131–132
teamwork for, 11
social groups, 24–25
social justice organizations
challenges of, 88
punishment of, 112–113
purpose of, 109
realities of, 158–159
social teaching steps
spade work, 115
speed chess example, 146–148
state-shifting tools, 59–60
status quo disruption, 145, 153
stories/storytelling
conflict in, 70–71
with decision makers, 133–134
eliciting others’ stories, 72
emotional states and, 58–60
essence of a story, 71–72
history of human, 66–67
structure of compelling, 69–72
Story conversations, 10, 20, 157–158
building organization using, 72–74
challenging the dominant story, 75–79
clarifying your story, 69–72
effects of storytelling, 65–67
telling new stories, 79–82
act and adjust strategy, 146–148
change the rules strategy, 150–153
maximize your leverage strategy, 153–155
shape the playing field strategy, 148–150
shifting the balance of power strategy, 155
strategy meetings, 153
strikes, 26–29, 38, 42, 43, 55, 109. See also unions
structural change(s), 141, 142–143
Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC), 112, 115, 118, 128
studies. See research actions
suffrage movement, 142
supply and demand balance, 158–159
tax issues, 29, 34–35, 41, 142–143
Team conversations, 11, 20, 157–158
face-to-face groups for, 84–90
pulling together for the movement, 104–108
setting up for success, 90–93
shared purpose/goals, 94–104
teams/teamwork
cautions for, 109
challenges of forming, 83–84
choices for, 104–105
effectiveness exercise for, 93
factors in success of, 104
fostering a learning culture, 100–104
measures of real, 158
organization around goals versus
tasks by, 94–95
reasons for failed, 100
roles of team members, 98–100
setting up, for success, 90–93
team-role-goal approach, 99–100
training and development for, 100
trust/honesty in, 91
tension, 36, 58–60, 81, 93, 148
Tepperman, Jean, 5
Thoreau, Henry David, 50
Tometi, Opal, 81
transformation, internal, 9
transformative change, 142
transparency campaigns, 143
treatment of people, 60–64, 158
trust building, 5, 52, 58, 60, 62, 67, 91–93, 103
Turner, Nat, 86
Underground Railroad, 50, 87, 154
undocumented immigrants. See immigration issues
unions, 27, 28, 30, 35, 55. See also strikes; workers/employees
United Farm Workers, 70
United We Dream, 42
US Chamber of Commerce, 34
US Constitution, 88. See also government
value, human, 24–26, 28, 29, 40, 92
vision, clarifying, 126–130, 127
volunteers, 94–95, 124, 125, 160–161
voting rights/laws, 35, 36, 112–113, 115, 122–132, 128, 142, 151, 153
Walker, Robert, 26–27
Walker, Tamisha, 143–144
Wall of Truth, 60
Warren, Rev. Rick, 84–85
wealth/prosperity, 29, 31, 32, 33–36, 37, 38, 41, 151–152
White identity, 32
White supremacy, 26
Whitman, Isaiah, 17–22, 159. See also autism programs
workers/employees, 28–29, 36, 74, 95, 145, 149. See also strikes; unions
World War I and II, post–, 30–31, 32–33, 74
Wurf, Jerry, 55
Youth United for Change, 97
Zimmerman, George, 81