People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal
Marshall Ganz’s New Book
“A spirited, encouraging handbook for progressive organizing. . . . The user’s manual that progressives have been missing until now—highly recommended.” – Kirkus Reviews
“In his book Marshall Ganz shares his brilliance about how people learn. His thinking and practice cut across issue lines to the core of how people can organize to create real change. This politically urgent book unlocks decades of transformational work.” – Jane McAlevey, author of Rules to Win By
“An accessible manual on how to bring about meaningful social change. . . . Ganz’s can-do-ism is a welcome counterpoint to recent books bemoaning a decline in civic engagement.” – Publishers Weekly
“If there was ever a moment when this message needed to be heard, this is it! Read it, and then get to work!” – Bill McKibben, author of The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon
About People, Power, Change
“Over the course of nearly six decades, I’ve learned that people can indeed find the courage to lead, the solidarity to engage with each other, and the imagination to turn the resources they have into the power they need to get what they want.” – from the Introduction
Published by Oxford University Press, the book is rooted in 60 years of experience and draws on the values, ideas, and skills driving an actionable framework of how to do it: the creation and substance of relationships, the fuel of values and narrative, the resources and power of strategy, the accountability of action, and the necessity of structure. As democracy teeters on a precarious edge in this upcoming election, and as political, economic, and technological forces have weakened nearly all capacity for collective action, Ganz has distilled a half-century’s worth of insights into an urgent call for strengthening democracy. Written in the tradition of classics like Saul Alinsky’s 1972 Rules for Radicals, Ganz’s transformational book is at once a practical guide on how to reclaim democratic power and an inspiring manifesto for collective organizing as an essential driver of democracy.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
We invite you to join us at one of the stops on our book campaign, learn more about the book, and meet others who are organizing to renew democracy in your community right now.
- San Francisco book launch in Nov 13th – 18th
- Book Talk with Robb Willer, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, November 13th, 2024 @ 4:00-6:15pm
- Goldman School event with Robert Reich, Goldman School of Public Policy, November 15th, 2024 @ 11:30am-2pm
- Marshall Ganz in Conversation with Steven Pitts, Alameda Labor Council, November 16th, 2024 @ 1:00-3:00pm
- Organizing Right Now, Marshall Ganz in Conversation with Assembly Member Buffy Wicks, Drakes Dealership (Bar & Restaurant), November 16th, 2024 @ 4:30-6pm
- The Organizing We Need in the Election Aftermath, Manny’s, November 17th 2-4pm
- New York book launch, December 11th- December 15th, 2024 (to be announced soon)
ABOUT MARSHALL GANZ
Marshall Ganz is one of the world’s leading authorities on democratic organizing, and this book is the culmination of his decades of teaching, research, and work.
He has spent his life dedicated to the craft of organizing people to enact the change they want to see in the world. Just a few of his experiences include advocating for civil rights with Bob Moses and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 16 years organizing with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers, developing the grassroots strategy for President Obama’s 2008 election campaign, and training future leaders for over 20 years at Harvard’s Kennedy School.
