In The End of Theological Education, Ted Smith starts by telling the story of a group of Lane Seminary students who came to be known as the Lane Rebels. In 1834, the students at the Cincinnati school ...

Traditional forms of civic engagement — unions, religious communities, neighborhood associations, political parties, advocacy organizations, and volunteer groups — have seen declining membership since ...

About five years ago, after a friend told me about a flyer he had seen taped to a tree near my block, I got involved in a “neighbors committee” in the gentrifying Washington, DC neighborhood I was ...

History teaches that fear, isolation, and hopelessness play a big part in our divisions. Organizing is where we do two things essential to democracy: We listen deeply and dream big. Organizers know ...

Excerpted with permission of the publisher Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, from “Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools” by Kass Minor. Copyright ...

Hard-won victories for freedom and equality are under direct assault in the United States. Do we have the courage to unite and defeat an authoritarian regime? I believe that we do, but only if we ...

This week, the JOURNAL profiled Massachusetts community organizer Steve Meacham, who recruits activists and works to stop evictions of people living in foreclosed homes. Meacham described the process ...

SAN ANTONIO (RNS) — Starting with flooding, COPS/Metro, a grassroots advocacy organization consisting largely of San Antonio religious groups, took on the issues that San Antonio leaders were ...

It is now a commonly held belief that funding organizing work is the most effective way to bring about real, effective social change. But what is the history behind that belief? How have full-time ...

Labor’s decline over the past half century has devastated working-class communities, undermined democracy, and deepened the grip of big business over our work lives, our political system, and our ...