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Becoming a citizen activist, stories, strategies, & advice for changing our world, Nick Licata

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index

autobiography

index present

non fiction

Becoming a citizen activist

bibliography

929862744

Nick Licata

stories, strategies, & advice for changing our world

Recent waves of social activism like the Occupy movement and Black Lives Matter show that you can fight city hall--or any other powerful entity for that matter. Now comes the playbook for citizen activists wanting to improve the world around them from Nick Licata, admired Seattle city councilmember and one of the city's most effective leaders of political and social change since the 1960s. In this smart and powerful book, Licata explains how to get organized, congregate power, and master the tactics for change. He is insightful in comparing effective communication with methods that just don't work. Licata's observations on the intricacies of power will empower any activist who wants to make a difference in today's world

Prologue -- 1. You Can Fight City Hall -- The Minimum Wage Story -- Elections Count -- 2. See the World as It Should Be -- Read beyond the Words -- See the Small Things That Generate the Big Things -- 3. Learn to Listen -- The Politics of Anger -- Let the Police Speak -- Women Reshape Local Government -- Out of the Closet -- Immigrant Rights -- 4. The Power Is in the Details -- The Columbia University Strike -- Students Expose Sweatshop Providers -- Ticketing Aggressive Panhandling -- Passing Paid Sick Leave -- Tracking Hate Crimes -- Networking Information -- 5. Change Is a Marathon -- Getting to Same-Sex Marriage -- Legalizing Marijuana -- 6. Get the Word Out -- Books -- Magazines -- Pamphlets -- Handouts -- Posters -- Newspapers -- Radio -- TV -- E-mail -- Facebook -- Twitter -- YouTube -- Blogs -- 7. People Tools for Organizing -- Petitions -- Opinion Polls -- Public Forums -- 8. The Servant in Public Servant -- Make Politicians Work for You -- Embrace the Critics -- Nudge, Don't Lecture -- "Being Supportive" : Is It Real? -- 9. Protest -- Assert Yourself -- Refusing to Get a Divorce -- Raising Your Fist at the Olympic Games -- Women in Black -- Stopping Coal and Oil Trains -- Occupy Wall Street -- The Tea Party Crashes the Party -- 10. Disrupt the Culture -- Disrupt the Status Quo, Gently -- Explore New Cultural Values : Start an Intentional Community -- Join a Parade -- Create a People's Poet Populist -- Create Cultural Districts -- 11. Take the Power and Use It -- Homeless Encampments : The Poor Take Control -- Community Land Trusts : Housing Is Not a Commodity -- Student Power -- Democracy Dies Without You