The Citizen's Handbook

Introduction
The Citizen's Handbook is a core read about organizing community groups. This book curates the experience of organization at Greenpeace, and was first drafted in 1995, by Chris Warren of the City of Vancouver, B.C., and updated regularly since by Charles Dobson. This books shares some of the most effective principles of community organization and how to apply them to organizing in your own community.

Core Takeaways

 * There are many reasons to form a group, but overall, the health of a community is better when it has many active community groups.
 * Know what you can handle and when you need to get a professional organizer
 * Fully planning before you act is the generally most-effective strategy.
 * Curate your media contacts for exposure planning
 * Take the Direct Approach first always.
 * Seperate Evaluation from Idea Generation
 * Collect Information
 * Make sure you have the most representative group
 * Adopt a consensus process
 * Know when is the most effective to contact others
 * If you find something else, add it here! - B.