Community Organizing

Community organizing is about harnessing community power. It involves bringing together individuals, groups, and organizations within a community, leveraging their collective input and voices to create change. The following resources are intended to assist public health professionals in building and mobilizing strong community-based coalitions.

For information on receiving training and technical assistance from IPS to support your community organizing efforts, please contact us.

Webinars / Tools / Hot Topics

Webinars

IPS’ free webinar series provides learned programmatic insights on successful community organizing strategies.

Empowering Youth: Coalition Building, Event Planning, and Advocacy

Learn about the critical role youth coalitions play in effecting change.
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Creating Healthy Communities through Cultural Appreciation

Cultural organizing has emerged as a multidisciplinary community of practice at the intersection of art, cultural work, and social change. In this webinar, we explore how community organizers can root their organizing in local culture and make room for people to bring their full selves to the table.

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Virtual Creativity: Engaging Youth with Technology

Getting youth advocates engaged in working for their communities took a sharp turn during the COVID-19 pandemic. Youth leaders met the challenge by pivoting toward virtual platforms in creative ways. In this webinar, we introduce participants to projects that effectively used technology to engage youth in alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention efforts.

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Playing Chess Not Checkers: How to Win at Community Organizing

Being successful at community organizing requires strategy, from building and gaining trust with community members to coalescing around a plan despite differing points of view. In this webinar, we discuss approaches to grassroots community organizing that will elevate your game.

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Tools

IPS’ community organizing tools assist providers with building effective, cohesive coalitions. For more of IPS’ community organizing tools, please contact us.

Coalition Efficacy Survey

A survey to assess coalition effectiveness and benchmark progress.
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Recruiting Guidelines

An overview of considerations for sourcing potential community coalition members.
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Hot Topics

These IPS-authored Hot Topics go deeper into community organizing to provide how-to’s and detailed perspectives.

Why We as Asian Americans Need to Step Up and Speak Out About Important Issues More Often

My heart was racing, and my chest felt tight. Blood was rushing to my face, and I was feeling the urge to flee…
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I Am a Change-Maker in My Community and Here’s My Story

Now that I have your attention, I’d like to tell you why and how you should incorporate storytelling into advocating…
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Community Organizing

Webinars

Empowering Youth: Coalition Building, Event Planning, and Advocacy

Creating Healthy Communities through Cultural Appreciation

Virtual Creativity: Engaging Youth with Technology

Playing Chess Not Checkers: How to Win at Community Organizing

Tools

Coalition Efficacy Survey

Recruiting Guidelines

Hot Topics

Why We as Asian Americans Need to Step Up and Speak Out About Important Issues More Often

I Am a Change-Maker in My Community and Here’s My Story

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