{"product_id":"making-policy-making-change-isbn-9780787961794","title":"Making Policy Making Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout the country, activists are making change and getting it in writing. Read how community groups have successfully developed and promoted more than 1,000 local policies that have:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003elimited alcohol and tobacco billboards and liquor stores in low-income communities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewon higher wages and more rights for workers under public contract\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eheld corporations accountable for environmental damage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebrought youth into the policy-setting process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy using case studies that focus on community organizing campaigns that created local policy, Themba provides an invaluable guidebook for activists. Written for social activists, community organizers, and students of social and public policy, she offers cogent and clear insights into how these successes can be translated to other social justice organizing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Time to Share the Burden: Toward Institution-Focused Intervention 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 An Agenda of Substance: Grassroots Efforts to Reduce Alcohol and Tobacco Problems 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Making More Pie: Local Initiatives that Increase Resources and Institutional Accountability 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Plotting A Course: Lessons from the Front Lines 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Talking Policy: Media and the Message 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Looking Ahead: Reflections and Recommendations 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful Books 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 172\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This book has big concepts, insightful analysis, tested strategies and tactics, and numerous practical hints that are immediately useful. Most important, it provides stories from those who have learned lessons that you simply cannot afford to ignore. Do yourself and your cause a favor, take advantage of the experience captured here and avoid the pitfalls.\"--Lawrence Wallack, Professor of Public Health, UC Berkeley; co-author, News For A Change\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Full of practical \"how-to\" ideas for grassroots organizing to change public policy. An all-too-rare balance of realism and optimistic vision.\"--Elizabeth Martinez, author, DeColores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A much-needed life jacket for those committed to progressive social change. In a straightforward, full-blast recitation from one who knows, Makani Themba weaves powerful stories of grassroots struggles to shape and construct policy. Her stories of ordinary folks reaching extraordinary heights is indeed inspiring, encouraging and, thankfully, to more than a few, perhaps threatening. This book is a requiem for apathy and inaction.\"--Clarence Lusane, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University; author, Race \u0026amp; the Global Era: African Americans at the Millennium  Makani N. Themba, a longtime community organizer, has worked extensively in the area of media and social change, including stints as Media Director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference\/Los Angeles and Director of the Center for Media \u0026amp; Policy Analysis of the Marin Institute. She has trained hundreds of community coalitions on effective media and policy advocacy. Themba currently directs the Applied Research Center's Grassroots Innovative Policy Program (GRIPP).  Throughout the country, activists are making change and getting it in writing. Read how community groups have successfully developed and promoted more than 1,000 local policies that have:  \u003cul type=\"DISC\"\u003e \u003cli\u003elimited alcohol and tobacco billboards and liquor stores in low-income communities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewon higher wages and more rights for workers under public contract\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eheld corporations accountable for environmental damage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebrought youth into the policy-setting process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy using case studies that focus on community organizing campaigns that created local policy, Themba provides an invaluable guidebook for activists. Written for social activists, community organizers, and students of social and public policy, she offers cogent and clear insights into how these successes can be translated to other social justice organizing.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This book has big concepts, insightful analysis, tested strategies and tactics, and numerous practical hints that are immediately useful. Most important, it provides stories from those who have learned lessons that you simply cannot afford to ignore. Do yourself and your cause a favor, take advantage of the experience captured here and avoid the pitfalls.\" (Lawrence Wallack, Professor of Public Health, UC Berkeley; co-author, News For A Change)  \u003cp\u003e\"Full of practical \"how-to\" ideas for grassroots organizing to change public policy. An all-too-rare balance of realism and optimistic vision.\" (Elizabeth Martinez, author, DeColores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A much-needed life jacket for those committed to progressive social change. In a straightforward, full-blast recitation from one who knows, Makani Themba weaves powerful stories of grassroots struggles to shape and construct policy. Her stories of ordinary folks reaching extraordinary heights is indeed inspiring, encouraging and, thankfully, to more than a few, perhaps threatening. This book is a requiem for apathy and inaction.\" (Clarence Lusane, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University; author, Race \u0026amp; the Global Era: African Americans at the Millennium)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989556478181,"sku":"NP9780787961794","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787961794.jpg?v=1761784583","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/making-policy-making-change-isbn-9780787961794","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}