Part One: Roots of Organizing:
Omar bin Said, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, Emma Lazarus, Lucy Gonzles Parsons, Ohiyesa, Mother Jones, John L. Lewis, Stoyan Pribichevich, Pauli Murray, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Ella Baker, John R. Lewis
Part Two: Foundations of Organizing:
Saul Alinsky, Cesar Chavez, Michael Gecan, Zeik Saidman, Tom Mosgaller, Ernesto Cortes, Jr., Arnie Graf, Kathleen O'Toole, Lionel Edmonds, Ed Chambers, Dick Harmon, Jeff Krehbiel, Pearl Ceasar, Anna Eng, Lady Carlson, Krysten King, Ernesto Cortes, Jr., Ronnie Crudup, Martin Trimble
Part Three: Future of Organizing:
Cheri Andes, David Applegate, Chevon Chatman, Bob Connolly, Dean Deida, Keisha Krumm, Alisa Glassman, Matthew Marienthal, Cynthia Marshall, Adrienne McCauley, Malik Mujahid, Perry Perkins, Burns Stanfield and Larry Gordon, Amy Totsch, Richard Townsell, Paul Turner
Epilogue:
David Truer from his book The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
Gregory F. Augustine Pierce has been the publisher of ACTA (A Commitment to All) Publications for over thirty-five years and is a past president of the National Center for the Laity. He is the author of ten books, including The World As It Should Be, The Spirituality of Work, and Activism That Makes Sense. Pierce has been involved in community organizing for fifty years as an organizer, supervisor, mentor, trainer, and/or volunteer leader with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) in Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and New York. He conducts an intensive workshop on "Writing for Organizers and Community Leaders," which led to many of the essays in this book that appear here for the first time.