Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Power to the People": Basic Organizing Philosophy and Goals -- "Locate & Relate. Motivate and Integrate. Facilitate & Integrate. ACTIVATE!"--The Role of the Organizer -- "Can't Ya Hear Me Knockin?"--Organizing Models and Methods -- "Analyze, Strategize and Catalyze"--Issues and Strategy -- "Moving into Action"--Making and Carrying Out Action Plans -- "Keeping It All Together"--Organizational Development and Maintenance -- "Nuts and Bolts, Some Do's and Don'ts"--A Short Collection.

When ordinary people band together to gain more control over their life conditions, the first order of business is to organize in pursuit of collective action. This how-to manual presents strategies, tactics, methods, and techniques that community members can use to set their own goals, select issues, campaign for these issues, recruit members, develop leaders, hold effective meetings, conduct research, lobby politicians and legislators, and get the word out to the media.