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DC Organizing Initiative

 

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We were meeting people on their terms, not ours. If they were out in the field picking cotton, we would go out on that field and pick with them...Before we ever got around to saying what we had to say, we listened. And in the process we built up both their trust in us and their confidence in themselves.

                                                                                                                               John Lewis, SNCC

 

Community Organizing moves forward all of ONE DC’s (formerly Manna CDC) goals, programs and projects. ONE DC staff accompany Shaw & DC residents and stakeholders through varying consciousness-raising, political education, and strategic & action planning activities so that they can effectively and democratically voice the needs of ONE DC’s constituency.

ONE DC's progressive community organizing values stem from the principles put forth by SNCC and other national and international people-led movements for justice and human rights.

 

 

   Community Organizing Goals  

  • With direct resident input, create organizing opportunities and initiatives rooted in ONE DC’s values & approach

  • Place key ONE DC partners and resident leaders in strategic positions that increase resident voice and power in community initiatives and key decision-making Boards

  • Using a popular education and a participatory process that centers on community input and leadership development, create and advance housing and economic development policies that produce measurable and specific (quantitative & qualitative) results

  • Identify and accompany potential leaders in building a sustainable resource pool that drives ONE DC’s work forward

 

 

    Educational Approach and Framework  

  1. Develop a capacity building process that honors people’s experiences and values

  2. Promote and support healthy/shared leadership and the development of a shared vision

  3. Create a safe action space that promotes genuine alliance building

  4. Move people to make political and ideological connections