3 Community organising

Organising in the community uses the same principles as organising in the workplace. However, organising in the context of a community can be more complicated. Unlike a workplace, there are no predefined mechanisms for an organisation to be ‘recognised’ – no single authority to recognise your organisation and no predefined constituency to win 50% support from. Instead, community organising relies much more on reputation and effective organising/campaigning practices.

Figure 4 A large group of protestors