--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: <snip> > I think you may be confusing other types of community > organizations, whose leaders may well beg the government > for funding, with the process of community organizing > and the organizations that result from that process.
P.S.: When organizations formed as a result of community organizing need funding for their own activities--e.g., printing, mailing, and telephone costs, office space, gas, ads in local papers--they raise money from the community by holding local fundraising events (bake sales, auctions, raffles, benefit concerts, etc.), going door to door, and asking local businesses. They may also apply for grants from private foundations and ask for donations from civic-minded wealthy people. But generally they operate on a shoestring. The ultimate goal is to force government to accept the community as a partner in its decision making. Obviously it's highly political. And again, this is as distinct from, say, your local arts council or Big Brother/Big Sister program or branch of Habitat for Humanity. There may be interaction between the two types of groups, but the structure, process, and goals are quite different.
