 | Organizing Urban America: Secular and Faith-based Progressive Movements Subjects: Community organization -- United States -- Case studies; Community development Urban -- United States; Urban renewal -- United States -- Citizen participation; ACORN (Organization); Religion and politics -- United States; Heidi J. Swarts explores activist groupso cultural, organizational, and political strategies. Focusing on ACORN chapters and church federations, Swarts demonstrates how congregation-based organizing has developed an innovative cultural strategy, and how ACORNos national structure allows it to coordinate campaigns quickly. By making these often-invisible grassroots organizers evident, Swarts sheds light on factors that constrain or enable other social movements in the United States." |
