| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 117 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Describes key steps on how to become and evolve into an effective activist and community leader. Ertll describes social movements and provides advice on how to successfully manage non-profits to accomplish positive social change that truly improves people's lives. |
| Contents |
Foreword; 1 Evolution of an Activist; 2 Angry and Bitter Is Not Necessarily the Answer; 3 Media as Advocacy Tool -Organizing Press Conferences and Writing Columns; 4 Raising Money; 5 Three Well-Known and Well-Established Non-Profits; 6 How to Organize Fundraisers; 7 How to Organize and Mobilize Community Members; 8 How to Deal with Boards of Directors and Bureaucracies; 9 Concepts of Community Organizing and Coalition Building; 10 Other Well-Known Non-Profits and Their Role in Advocacy and Community Organizing; 11 How to Keep Going; 12 All You Need Is Love -- and Ganas 13 The Purpose of Being an Activist -- Is This Love?Appendix; References; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social movements.
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Social movements. |
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Social change.
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Social change. |
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Social reformers.
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Social reformers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Social movements. |
| Added Title |
In the frontlines twenty four seven |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ertll, Randy Jurado. Life of an activist. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2013 9780761861355 |
| ISBN |
9781299818040 (electronic book) |
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1299818048 (electronic book) |
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9780761861362 (electronic book) |
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076186136X (electronic book) |
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