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Education Center for Community Organizing
(ECCO)
Silberman School of Social
Work at Hunter College
2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10035
phone 212-396-7531, fax 212-396-7647
My WebPage:Terry Mizrahi, Director
e-mail: tmizrahi@hunter.cuny.edu
The Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) at Hunter
College School of Social Work in New York City was founded in 1982 to
strengthen the effectiveness of organizers in the neighborhoods and
human service agencies. ECCO has assisted over 5,000 human service workers
and community organizers through workshops, conferences, festivals,
forums, consultations, written materials, training and skills development.
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What
is ECCO?
- a resource for organizers
- consultation and training
- an initiator of new projects
to build organizers' skills and knowledge
- video, audio & print
library & training materials
What
We Have Done:
- Monthly Organizers' Coffee
House Series
- Basic Organizing Skills
Series
- Conferences on Organizing
in Diverse Society
- The Coalition Project
(see below)
- Computers
For Social Change Network
- A Celebration of Organizing
in the Eighties: The Life of Saul Alinsky
- The Women Organizers'
Project (see below)
- Resource Files and Library
- Film and Video Festivals
- Community Organizers'
Exchange Days
- Child Welfare Organizing
Project
- Organizers' Technology
Exchange (OTEX)
- On-Line Reports and Papers
(see below)
Special
ECCO Initiated Projects
On-Line
Reports & Research
Community
organizing strategies and case examples in addressing issues relating
to asthma
Community and Labor Organizing:
Trends and Techniques for the Classroom & Field, 1998-2000.
Integrating Distance Learning Technologies
Into Community Organizing-1999- 2000
Basic Principles for Organizing:
Perspectives from Practice.
Community
Organizing: For A Change (a career guide)
Educating for Social
Change: The Impact of an Innovtive Interdisciplinary Community Organizing
Course on Hunter Students' Career and Civic Pursiuts. (with Andrea
Case); Presented at ACOSA Symposium at Council on Social Work Education,
1999
An Innovative Model for
Teaching A Community Organizing Course at Hunter College (with Christina
Danguilan, MPH), 1998.
The Coalition Project Coalitions:
Enhancing Capacity and Effectiveness
The research and training project which started in 1985 develops and
refines techniques to help diverse organizations work together more
effectively through its research, training, and publications (with Beth
Rosenthal).
Publication:
Strategic Partnerships: Building Effective Collaborations and Coalitions
Content: Definitions; Advantages and disadvantages; Essential components
of coalition development; Successful coalitions; Planning suggestions
for structuring interagency collaborations; Managing dynamic tensions;
Recommended readings; (250 pages)
Cost: $35.00
Computers For Social Change (CFSC) Network
Since 1986 the CFSC Network has promoted the use and accessibility of
information technology as a tool for community organizing, empowerment,
and progressive social change. Directory and database available.
The Women Organizers'
Project
Founded in 1987, the Women Organizers' Project serves as an information
clearing house, conducts research on Feminist organizing, holds workshops
and support groups, and produces written and video materials to strengthen
women's roles as organizers and leaders.
Publications & Video
Women, Organizing, and Diversity: Struggling with the Issues
(30 min. Video)
Women,
Organizing video script
Women,
Organizing, and Diversity
(Workbook and Guide to accompany video, 88 pages)
Women Organizers: A
Beginning Collection of References and Resources (34 pages)
Women on the Advance: Highlights
of a Conference of Fifty Women Organizers from Across the Country (32
pages)
Women Resources Books
*PDF
A Framework for Feminist Organizing
*PDF
* PDF file requires Adobe Acrobat to view. If you do not have it click
here for free download.
Cost: $65.00 for all materials
The Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP)
Begun in 1995 by ECCO, the purpose of the Child Welfare Organizing Project
is to organize and empower clients of the child welfare system to influence
its policies and programs. CWOP is now an independent organization,
giving voice to parents whose children are at risk for, or are in, foster
placement.
Michael Arsham, Executive Director email: mikearsham@aol.com
80 E 110 ST #1E
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212-348-3000
www.cwop.org
For Additional Networking Resources:
See The Association For Community Organization and Social Administration
ACOSA Website: www.acosa.org
Why
Join ECCO?
Support the work of ECCO!
Be the first to hear about ECCO events!
Receive discounts on ECCO events and publications!
Get priority access to our files and written resources!
Join a vital network of organizers!
Individuals: $15.00
Organizations: $25.00
(For more information on membership and resource materials, please,
write/fax/email your questions to us!) Make checks payable to: ECCO/SSSW.
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