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Saul Alinsky Goes to Church

by Helene Slessarev 03-01-2000

Faith-based community organizing is taking off---with benefits for both community and church.

Hot Tea and Union Organizing

by Helene Slessarev 03-01-2000

Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD), a faith-based organizing network in Baltimore, won the first municipal living wage ordinance in the country in 1994.

A Real House Party

by Helene Slessarev 03-01-2000

The East Brooklyn Congregations (EBC) literally have rebuilt an entire community by securing the funding to erect 2,300 single family homes in a devastated section of Oceanhill-Brownsville...