Category Archives for "CLASSROOM TOOLS"

Mountain Top Removal, Coal Ash, Water, and Urban Neighborhoods in Virginia:

By Jason Sawyer | CLASSROOM TOOLS , COMMUNITY CHANGE , ENVIORNMENTAL JUSTICE , NEIGHBORHOODS , RACE , RESOURCES , SOCIAL JUSTICE

The Cycle of Energy, Waste, and Community Disinvestment A Three Part Series on the Complicated Relationship Between Local Organizing for Environmental Justice and Sustainability Pt. I: The Case of The East End Landfill In September of 2010, I accepted a position as a community organizer at an urban center in the far East End of […]

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The Critical Difference Engagement Model:

By Jason Sawyer | CLASSROOM TOOLS , COMMUNITY CHANGE , COMMUNITY TOOLS , IDENTITY , NEIGHBORHOODS , RACE , RESOURCES

Using Community Engaged Model Development to Forge Alliances Across Difference in Community Organizing “when you get deeper, building alliances is also about dealing with the history of pain, rejection, disappointment, abuse, and oftentimes individuals that are in that room represent that to the other.  And you don’t always know who represents what…”   Introduction The […]

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