Here we explore the identifications that determine our governmental, economic and social outcomes. * This concept remains under construction as we continue to add resources and tools to the field guide. If you have a link or tool to share, please email us at research@upwithcommunity.org and we’ll check it out.
Class
Missing Class
Many activists worry about the same few problems in their groups: low turnout, inactive members, conflicting views on racism, overtalking, and offensive violations of group norms. But in searching for solutions to these predictable and intractable troubles, progressive social movement groups overlook class culture differences.
Betsy Leondar-Wright
Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality & Insecurity
This widely touted book looks at the causes and manifestations of wealth disparities in the United States, including tax policy in light of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and more recent corporate scandals.
Chuck Collins
Resources from United for a Fair Economy
United for a Fair Economy challenges the concentration of wealth and power that corrupts democracy, deepens the racial divide and tears communities apart, using popular economics education, trainings and creative communications.
United for a Fair Economy
SWITCH PATHWAYS
GROW COMMUNITY
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