Companion Lectures For Progressive Community Organizing in a Globalizing World By Loretta Pyles Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 4 Social Movements Social movements entail a change in consciousness and a change in behaviorSocial movements entail a change in consciousness and a change in behavior Revolutionary movements are movements that seek to transform the system itself (e.g. anti-war); Reform movements, on the other hand, attempt incremental changes within the existing system (e.g. welfare rights) Social movements come into being due to both supply (resources such as money, time, infrastructure and expertise) and demand (response to an injustice) Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 4 Social Movements and political opportunity A social movement’s success depends on political opportunity which is: the degree the institutionalized political system is open or closed the stability or instability of elite alignments that tend to undergird a political system the presence or absence of allies who hold positions of power the state’s inclination for repression Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 4 civil rights movement The 1954 Supreme Court Decision, Brown versus the Topeka Board of Education, declared that the law and custom of “separate but equal” was no longer acceptable when it comes to education, triggering significant organizing The Mississippi Freedom Summer brought students from the North to the South to help set up Freedom Schools which included literacy classes, voter registration campaigns and organizing; eventually, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 made voting for Blacks more of a reality Direct actions such as bus boycotts, lunch counter sit-ins, and marches fostered changes to the laws and customs of the Jim Crow South ultimately resulting in the Civil Rights Act of 1965Direct actions such as bus boycotts, lunch counter sit-ins, and marches fostered changes to the laws and customs of the Jim Crow South ultimately resulting in the Civil Rights Act of 1965 Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 4 women’s movements The early work of suffragists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott would eventually lead to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote in 1920 Dissatisfied with the status of women’s issues in the civil rights movement, women in the 1960s and 1970s organized around issues of sexual assault, domestic violence, sexual harassment and reproductive health The National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) is an example of organizing by women of color and poor women that occurred out of necessity, while also drawing on cultural roots Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 4 labor movements The Haymarket uprising in Chicago in the late 19 th century represents a significant moment in the effort to secure an eight-hour workdayThe Haymarket uprising in Chicago in the late 19 th century represents a significant moment in the effort to secure an eight-hour workday Governmental attempts to control labor activism have waxed and waned The Wagner Act of 1935 set up the National Labor Relations Board, basically a social contract between the U.S. government and labor, allowing for the right to engage in collective bargaining and other workers’ rights. However, the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 limited the abilities of workers to strike. Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 4 Labor movements (cont.) Labor organizers traditionally have engaged in a variety of tactics, including direct actions such as work slowdowns, boycotts, and strikes (economic actions) Though labor organizing waned in the 1970s and 80s, it has more recently been on the rise in response to globalization as well as in response to a service economy Living wage activism is a companion activity to labor organizing and has resulted in living wage ordinances in more than 100 cities across the U.S. Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 4 LGBTQ Movements The Stonewall Uprising, a spontaneous action at a Greenwich Village gay bar in response to police harassment, is considered the beginning of the LGBTQ movementThe Stonewall Uprising, a spontaneous action at a Greenwich Village gay bar in response to police harassment, is considered the beginning of the LGBTQ movement In the 80s and 90s, AIDS activists pursued 4 strategies: publicizing the message that AIDS is not a gay disease heightening the visibility of the lesbian and gay movements through cultural outlets separating AIDS-specific reform from structural reform of the overall health-care system direct action Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 4 disability movements In the late 1970s,In the late 1970s, ADAPT (originally standing for American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation) became pioneers in direct action organizing For the entire disability rights movement—which encompasses physical and mental disabilities— deinstitutionalization, civil rights, and self-determination have been central frames or rallying points The mental health consumer movement began as resistance to such issues as involuntary hospitalization, electroshock treatment, and forced medication Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.