Organizing 101: Building Community Through Relationships as a Leadership Foundation
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MoveOn
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Summary
This article is part of the "Organizing 101: Outrage to Organizing" series by MoveOn, focusing on community and relationship-building as the foundation of effective leadership and organizing. It explains how organizing builds power, petitions win attention, and actions move campaigns forward, with today's emphasis on how relationship-building fulfills both movement progress and social needs.
Key quotes
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Throughout this blog series, we'll be learning the fundamentals of being an effective leader in your community.
Hard work can be rewarding in terms of progress for the movement, but it can also fulfill your social needs.
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