BMP Detroit Partners Featured in Huffington Post!
The North End Woodward Community Coalition, a longstanding BMP partner in Detroit, recently made headlines by announcing that it will file a Title VI Civil Rights complaint against the Detroit […]
Category: Movement Building
The Real Deal with Detroit Transit
Our Partners at Progress Michigan recently released this video where they interviewed every day commuters in Detroit about their experiences with the severe bus cuts that recently ravaged the city’s […]
BMP Spotted at NYC’s first Participatory Budgeting Vote
Beginning in October of 2011 and culminating in a final vote a few weeks ago, New York City just completed its first round of participatory budgeting. Four city council members, […]
Really Talking About Taxes
Yesterday I participated in a workshop on Active Listening. This is a way of listening that actually involves LISTENING instead of just waiting for your turn to talk. One person […]
Movement Building Resources
At Building Movement Project, we work to strengthen the role of US nonprofits as they build a movement toward progressive social change. While our focus is working with other organizations […]
Current Movement Building Organizations
There are some groups we’d like to highlight that are currently building movements in their communities. Head to their websites for more information about what they’re doing and how they’re […]
Key Readings and Other Resources on Movement Building
While the purpose of this page is mainly to give you a brief outline of social movements in the United States and point you to groups currently dedicated to movement […]
History of Social Movements in the United States
The history of the United States provides rich examples for social movements and movement building. Below are some resources that you might find useful for a historical outline of modern […]
Theory and Definitions
At BMP, we generally use a 5-step process to outline the stages of movement building. They are: 1) MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE– While issues that movements are built around are […]
Nonprofits and Social Change
If you are associated with a nonprofit or service provider that is interested in increasing its social change work, you’ve come to the right place. BMP works to help nonprofits […]