VALUES AND PRACTICES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

James Mumm, Mothers on the Move

Prevention Justice Seminar

October 18, 2004

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James Mumm is Co-Director of Mothers on the Move (MOM),
After twelve and a half years organizing in Chicago, James joined the MOM staff in July 1, 2002 as a Co-Director. He completed two internships in the summer of 1989, with both the Chicago Electric Options Campaign and the National Training and Information Center. In January of 1990 he began 4 years at NTIC, then 3 1/2 years with the Metropolitan Tenants Organization and 5 years with the institutionally-based Organization of the NorthEast. James left the NOA Steering Committee after three terms at Gathering V in the summer of 2001. James supervises MOM’s Education and Environmental Justice organizers and campaigns

Recommended Readings
Values & Practices of Community Organizing

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I. ‘The Fundamentals of Direct Action Organizing’, in ‘Organizing for Social Change’ Bobo, k., Kendall, J. & Max, S. (eds).

II. ‘The Last Stop Sign’ by Gary Delgado.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/102/stopsign.html

III. ‘Issues, Strategy, Tactics and Meetings’ in ‘Organizing: A Guide for Grassroots Leaders’ (1982), Kahn, S. McGraw-Hill: U.S.

IV. ‘Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing’ (1996), Stout, L. Beacon Press: Boston.

V. ‘Collaborating Across Difference: From Theory and Rhetoric to the Hard Reality of Building Coalitions’, Bell, S.J., Delaney, M.E. In ‘Forging Radical Alliances Across Difference, Coalition Politics for the New Millennium’ (2001), Bystydzienski, J.M., Schacht, S.P. (eds); Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.: Maryland U.S.

VI. ‘ “Isms” and AIDS: Transforming Multicultural Coalitions into Radical Alliances’, Quintero, S. In ‘Forging Radical Alliances Across Difference, Coalition Politics for the New Millennium’ (2001), Bystydzienski, J.M., Schacht, S.P. (eds); Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.: Maryland U.S.