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“Creating Our Own Sense of Movement”: Using Collective Skepticism to Build Coalitions “Creating Our Own Sense of Movement”: Using Collective Skepticism to Build Coalitions
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Networks of Opportunity and Organizing Strategies Networks of Opportunity and Organizing Strategies
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The New Communities Program and Expanded Redevelopment within Greater Englewood The New Communities Program and Expanded Redevelopment within Greater Englewood
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Green Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative Green Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative
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Partnering with Local Experts: R.A.G.E. and the Large Lot Program Partnering with Local Experts: R.A.G.E. and the Large Lot Program
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Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE) Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE)
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Partnering to Confront: Sustainable Englewood Initiatives and the Freight Yard Expansion Partnering to Confront: Sustainable Englewood Initiatives and the Freight Yard Expansion
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Partnering with a Broad Network: LVEJO and the Park Partnering with a Broad Network: LVEJO and the Park
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The Park The Park
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Partnering with a Broad Network: LVEJO Partnering with a Broad Network: LVEJO
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Conclusion Conclusion
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4 “Teamwork to Make the Dream Work”: Networks of Opportunity and Collective Skepticism as a Tactical Tool
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Published:June 2021
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Abstract
By tracing coalition building among grassroots community organizations, chapter 4 identifies the high level of mistrust among the lead agencies, the intermediary, and grassroots groups unaffiliated with the New Communities Program. Still, this chapter explains, these organizations collaborated and shared ideas, resources, and information. Goal-focused collaborative relationships—what the author terms networks of opportunity—provided benefits to both local residents and community organizations, but rather than working toward building trust, grassroots groups in these networks used their collective skepticism of the New Communities Program, the lead agencies, local politicians, and other external organizations as a tool to ensure a more careful evaluation of what they could accomplish. They thus assessed the information they shared with a more critical eye toward project outcomes. As this chapter explains, such an approach to networking, while potentially difficult and time-consuming, allows organizations to connect their local causes to broader national issues and is particularly useful in networks that contain unequal power relations. Within Greater Englewood and Little Village, two unique approaches emerged—partnering with local agencies and partnering with a broad network.
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