Anyone know where I could go to be trained as "one of those darn community organizers"?

[KamaAina]

(y'know, like Obama :-) )

This is an issue that's come up at work, and darned if I can find anything west of Chicago. Has the grassroots movement in the Bay Area sunk to such a low estate?

[EFerrari]

1. Like AmeriCorps? They're active in San Francisco. I haven't checked down here.

Their website looks like it's meant to attract 18 year old girls but this is it:

http://www.americorps.gov/

[KamaAina]

2. Not quite. And who could live out here on their stipend?!

More like the kind of community organizing that (shhhhhhhh!) ACORN does.

[EFerrari]

3. There's an ACORN office downtown here.

:)

[proud patriot]

4. good question

[Bluenorthwest]

5. What sort of organizer?

And do you expect to make a CA style living doing that? Because Americorps is everywhere.

[KamaAina]

6. Well, I expect to make the kind of living I am now

nearly 40,000 American dollars each and every year, whether I need it or not! :sarcasm:

Community organizing will be only one part of my work as a Systems Change Advocate at an Independent Living Center, a nonprofit that serves people with disabilities.

[Irishonly]

7. The Inland Valley Belongs To The Same Community Organizers as Obama

I am posting a link to the group.

http://onela-iaf.org/

We have done some good things. If there isn't an IAF organization, maybe you could contact One LA to see about getting one started.

[proud patriot]

8. These people are hiring in SF

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/note.php?note_id=189252883125&id=6851405967&ref=nf