A SCHOOL FOR CHANGE

A SCHOOL FOR CHANGE

IN ORDER TO PROMOTE INFORMED AND thoughtful participation by all its members, the urban popular movement has incorporated a number
Acting on Faith

Acting on Faith

IT'S BEEN HAPPENING NOW EVERY COUPLE of months. Hundreds of poor city-dwellers descend on the center of Sdo Paulo in
Puerto Rican Workers: A Profile

Puerto Rican Workers: A Profile

Organizing among Puerto Rican workers in their homeland and the United States has been shaped by the way the island
Squatters' Power is San Miguel Teotongo

Squatters’ Power is San Miguel Teotongo

PERHAPS WHAT MAKES THE URBAN POOR people's movement such a deeply challenging force-in Mexico or anywhere-is that it is rooted
Unions Doing Significant Organizing Among Latino Workers

Unions Doing Significant Organizing Among Latino Workers

Service Employees' International Union (SEIU) SEIU's Justice for Janitors campaign is perhaps the most successful model to date for organizing
Portrait of an Organizer: Edgar deJesus

Portrait of an Organizer: Edgar deJesus

When Edgar deJesus was growing up in East Harlem in the late 1960s, he was surrounded by the sights and
Portrait of an Organizer: Yanira Merino

Portrait of an Organizer: Yanira Merino

Yanira Merino is no stranger to trouble. So she has made trouble a kind of teacher, to refine and strengthen