If I were stranded on an island today, I would want these three books at my side: The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Build, or Manage a Business by Martha Stewart Meditations of the Heart by Howard Thurman (a collection of meditations and prayers) And Taking On the System: Rules [...]
This week’s Community Organizers Hall of Famer (HOF) is alive and well and doing great things in Washington, DC. He is Robert Egger, founder and president of D.C. Central Kitchen just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol. D.C. Central Kitchen trains unemployed men and women in marketable culinary skills and converts foods donated by restuarants, [...]
It’s Wednesday and time for the Community Organizer of the week. This week’s Community Organizer Hall of Famer is Julius Hobson, Sr. (1922 – 1977) submitted by Dawn E. Robinson of Washington, DC. Some of the gains of Hobson’s work include dismantling discrimintion in hiring in Washington, DC [The first black busdrivers were hired as [...]
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities. Acceptance Speech – Sarah Palin, Republican Vice Presidential candidate – September 3, 2008 Community organizing is how ordinary people respond to out-of-touch politicians and their failed policies. Response to Palin’s acceptance speech – David Plouffe Campaign Manager, [...]
