http://newscoma.com/2009/07/01/focusing-on-the-issues/ Got A Two-Pack Habit And A Motel Tan Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://newscoma.com/2009/07/01/focusing-on-the-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-27426 Wib Smith Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:20:45 +0000 http://newscoma.com/?p=9975#comment-27426 Yes! support issues, not candidates....Ask politicians to support YOUR Agenda. Do not support their Agenda. This is one of the community organizing principles that has led to success in getting power - IAF, Dart, Pico. Best local example was the success TNT had in Nashville, under Lead Organizer Angela Cowser, with 60 supporting congregations. Another principle: Make sure you keep public [politics] and personal [friends, family] separate. Unfortunately, maintaining an organization such as TNT requires an exceptional organizer, and is expensive. After Cowser left [now a Vandy PhD candidate] the group fell apart. Sounds like Nashville could use some people organizing again. Yes! support issues, not candidates….Ask politicians to support YOUR Agenda. Do not support their Agenda.
This is one of the community organizing principles that has led to success in getting power – IAF, Dart, Pico.
Best local example was the success TNT had in Nashville, under Lead Organizer Angela Cowser, with 60 supporting congregations. Another principle: Make sure you keep public [politics] and personal [friends, family] separate.
Unfortunately, maintaining an organization such as TNT requires an exceptional organizer, and is expensive. After Cowser left [now a Vandy PhD candidate] the group fell apart. Sounds like Nashville could use some people organizing again.

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