This is a book of hope and practical wisdom. It demonstrates how ten successful collaborative organizations accomplished positive socio-economic change at local, regional and national levels. The book is unique in its sharp focus on the values and social technologies of religious collaboration that are highly useful in today’s challenging economic environment.
Religious collaboration is a unique organizational form. It builds trust and cooperation, creates aggregated people power, and leverages human and financial resources to achieve major social justice goals. Helpful resource materials are provided to strengthen existing collaboratives and empower the creation of new collaboratives.
- Providence House and Hurricane Katrina: Family Empowerment
- Congregations and Communities Collaborating for Juvenile Justice
- Religious Action for Affordable Housing: Community Development
- Protestants for the Common Good: Faith-Based Public Policy Advocacy
- Common Bond Communities Affordable Housing: Pathways to Empowerment
- Public Policy and Theological Education: Cultivating Civic Leadership
- The National Farm Worker Ministry: Justice for Agricultural Workers
- BorderLinks: Bi-national Struggle for Life in the Borderlands
- Let Justice Roll: The Living Wage Campaign
- Evangelicals for Environmental Responsibility:Uniting to Care for Creation
