In 2017, Innovation Network and Community Change began work on a learning project to understand what it takes to build grassroots power and advance economic justice in impacted communities. The findings featured in this research brief highlights their collaborative approach to learning and inquiry rooted in the experiences of community organizers with the intention of providing new insights about organizing, highlighting day-to-day challenges, and offering recommendations for how to better support the field.

Their research served two purposes:
1) To provide a conceptual framework about organizations’ power building approaches; and
2) To describe organizations’ strategies for building power.

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This publication is the product of research conducted by Innovation Network, in collaboration with Community Change and the grassroots organizations who are part of the Power in Places Initiative.