RECO - Resources for Evaluating Community Organizing: What's New in RECO?

What’s new in RECO?

November 7th, 2011 

Community Engagement

Community engagement is important in community organizing efforts.  The topic has received considerable attention in the past year, and the RECO update reflects that with three new resources.

Movement Building

The “Occupy Wall Street” movement is garnering much public attention.  Organizing and movement building are related and are key to creating social change. RECO has added one movement building resource.

The Latest Additions to RECO

·        Measuring Community Engagement  By David Adams and Michael Hess

·        Social Movements and Philanthropy: How Foundations Can Support Movement Building By Barbara Masters and Torie Osborn

·        Auditing Community Participation: An Assessment Handbook By Danny Burns and Marilyn Taylor

·        A Conversation about Measurement of Community and Civic Engagement  By Organizational Research Services

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