Chapter 3: Understanding and Applying the Strategic Principles of Consensus Organizing
Keywords:community leaders; consensus; job fairs; low income; neighborhoods; pragmatic leadership; valleys
Purpose: This chapter describes the strategic principles of consensus organizing, and provides concrete examples to illustrate each principle. Participants will apply the strategic principles to a case study of a consensus organizing intervention.
To identify and describe the strategic principles of consensus organizing and how they have been applied to real problems and issues.
To analyze and apply consensus organizing principles to issues in low-income communities.
Keywords: strategic principles, self-determination, self-interest, mutual interest, contribution, pragmatic leadership, strategic partnerships
The Strategic Principles of Consensus Organizing
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Ohmer, M. L., & DeMasi, K. (2009). Understanding and applying the strategic principles of consensus organizing. In Consensus organizing: A community development workbook: A comprehensive guide to designing, implementing, and evaluating community change initiatives (pp. 51-66). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452274744.n3
Ohmer, Mary L., and Karen DeMasi. "Understanding and Applying the Strategic Principles of Consensus Organizing." In Consensus Organizing: A Community Development Workbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Community Change Initiatives, 51-66. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452274744.n3.
Ohmer, M. L. and DeMasi, K. 2009. Understanding and Applying the Strategic Principles of Consensus Organizing. In: 2009. Consensus Organizing: A Community Development Workbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Community Change Initiatives, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 51-66 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452274744.n3> [Accessed 9 Dec 2021].
Ohmer, Mary L. and Karen DeMasi. "Understanding and Applying the Strategic Principles of Consensus Organizing." Consensus Organizing: A Community Development Workbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Community Change Initiatives. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 51-66. SAGE Knowledge. 9 Dec 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452274744.n3.