Delta Communities In Action Tool Kit

Community Advocacy Considerations
1. Advocating for change
2. Organizing and coalition building
3. Leading a community dialogue
4. The power of collaborative partnerships
5. Model for community change
6. Strategic thinking
7. Mahatma Gandhi's methods
8. Getting noticed
9. Tactics for mobilizing and developing grass roots action
10. Identifying and using support networks
11. Collaboration. Advantages and disadvantages
12. Setting boundaries
13. Involving young people in your community organization
14. Mobilizing the community
15. Consultative processes
16. Visioning exercises
17. Getting people
18. Keeping people

Organizational Skill Sets Used
1. Leading
2. Communicating with your members/supporters
3. Keeping the network alive over time
4. The inner, middle, and outer circle
5. How to research an issue
6. Internet advocacy: The basics
7. Internet advocacy: Tactics
8. Advocacy and the media
9. Facilitating meetings effectively
10. Holding community forums
11. Taking meetings minutes

Reference Material Available to the Public
DCIA Background Information by the Delta Community In Action
DCIA Power Point Presentation by the Delta Community In Action
DCIA Phase One Community Snapshot by the Delta Community In Action
DCIA Phase Three Final Report by the Delta Community In Action
DCIA Community Advocacy Took Kit by the Delta Community In Action
DCIA Organizational Skill Set by the Delta Community In Action