Collective Visioning: How Groups Can Work Together for a Just and Sustainable Future (BK Currents)

Ironically, social change groups often disempower their less-educated members who are from lower-socioeconomic backgrounds. Stout is founder and director of Spirit in Action, an organization that supports a grassroots transformational culture shift in organizing for social justice. Here, she shows how to make sure that even socially marginalized people become part of the collective vision of an organization. She gives guidelines for leading group activities called collective visioning exercises, and offers advice on gathering a diverse group to do collective visioning together. She also covers the crucial next steps of using collective vision to develop a plan for action and sustaining work for change over the long term. Examples describe successful programs that accomplished positive goals and visions. The author's ideas for collective visioning can be used with organizations, schools, faith groups, and minority communities. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)