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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Why Organize?

Aside from making society more just, why should community leaders and nonprofits organize? The Virginia Organizing Project (VOP) provides seven personal benefits associated with community organizing in its online article entitled The Personal Benefits of Organizing :

Work with wonderful people on something that matters.
Learn self-discipline (when to speak up and when to remain silent)
Learn how to do research (Knowledge by itself is not power.)
Gather great stories and experiences
Understand how society really works
Strengthen your self-respect (Organizers get feedback and their work shapes not only their own lives but the lives of others.)
Strengthen your personal belief system (Organizers not only hold values, they act upon them.)
For more detailed information on these personal benefits or to read the entire article, click here.