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Organizing
Best of Organizing Toolbox
This is a compilation of articles that were featured in CHEJ's Magazine, Everyone's Backyard. It includes organizing tips on how to knock on doors, negotiate with officials, work with politicians and experts, combat burnout, and promote group diversity.
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Best of Organizing Toolbox 1994--2000
The best way to protect yourself from polluting corporations is to organize the people most affected. In these 26 columns from Everyone's Backyard, we address many common questions about organizing. Topics include attracting new members, holding meetings, organizing a successful action, dealing with elected officials, getting your message out to the public, and much more!
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Relocation: Getting Organized and Getting Out (GO GO)
This is a guide to community relocation. What should you consider when you negotiate for relocation? How do you deal with neighbors who don't want to move? What role do area businesses and churches play? GO GO is a comprehensive guide that discusses all the ways to win relocation and to obtain fair compensation for your contaminated home.
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How to Win at Public Hearings
Every group, at one time or another, will attend and be part of a public hearing. Do not go into these hearings blindly-be prepared! If you feel it is unfair to only have 3 minutes to express everything you feel about a site, find out how to get a fair hearing by reading this guidebook.
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Property Values
This fact pack consists of articles and research about the effects waste sites have on property values.
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User’s Guide to Experts
It is difficult to win a fight without experts, but it can also be difficult to work with them. This guide presents strategies on how to use experts to your advantage, how to judge whether you have the "right" one, and how to get your money's worth once you've hired one.
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The Polluter’s Secret Plan...And How You Can Mess It Up!
This handbook clearly outlines the tactics government and industry use to overcome community opposition to harmful facilities. It discusses siting strategies, legal intimidation, and use of the media. It also gives you effective steps to take so that you can win a fight.
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Fight to Win: A Leader’s Manual
This is CHEJ’s basic community organizing manual. Although it is written for people who have never organized a group before, even established leaders may learn a few new tricks. Topics covered include how to start a group, how to keep a group going, how to effectively research your issue, how to organize a community, how to carry out an effective action, how to raise money and how to win.
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How to Deal with a Proposed Facility
This tactical manual gives direct, step-by-step advice on how to stop a proposed facility. Some activists call it the “Bible”. It has been recently revised and contains strategies that have proven to be successful fight after fight.
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Making it Happen: How to put on a Leadership Development Conference
If you are planning a major community event or a leadership development conference, this guidebook is critical to your planning process. It provides practical advice on how to pull a conference together and includes a checklist to ensure your success.
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Beyond Bake Sales and Car Washes: How to Raise Money for Your Group
This guidebook serves as a “Fundraising 101” resource, providing practical advice to help your organization stay financially stable. This must-have guidebook discusses a variety of fundraising strategies and helps you decide which will be most effective for your particular group. Topics include developing budgets, asking for (and getting!) individual donations, holding fundraising events, and applying for grants.
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Media Means
To win your fight you need to cultivate the media. This guidebook gives you the ABC's of writing news releases and gives tips about how to hold a press conference. It will also give you ideas on how to encourage skeptical local media to cover your story.
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