
	The Troublmaker's Teaparty is an updated and expanded version of The Citizen's Handbook. It contains all of The Handbook plus additional material on preventing grassroots wilt, strategic action, direct action and media advocacy.You can get a copy of The Teaparty from bookstores, online from Amazon.ca or Amazon.com and from New Society Publishers.
	TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface Why we need more active citizens 1 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING Beginning Forming a Core Group Getting to know one another Getting More People Door-knocking Block-by-Block Organizing Organizing around an issue Keeping People Leading Meeting The basics of meeting Decision Making Facilitating Fundraising 2 GRASSROOTS RELATIONSHIPS Connective Talk Deep community Wrangling Reduction Mediation and conflict resolution Affinity groups, zaps and actions Information Sharing Group Structure 3 DESIGNING AND RUNNING A PROJECT Researching a project Planning a project Carrying out a project Publicizing a project Evaluating a project 4 PROJECTS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER Block Cleanups Block Watch Block Parents Community Crime Prevention Heritage home guard Urban Signaling Environmental Projects Gleening Projects Community Image-making Visioning Exercises Block Parties Block Yard Sales Festivals Parades 5 PRACTICES THAT BUILD COMMUNITY AND DEMOCRACY Intergenerational Activities Child Minding Co-ops Community Kitchens The Walking School-bus River guardians Awards for Contributions to Local Democracy Good neighbor awards Citizens Juries Rating Candidates for Public Office Promoting spontaneous encounters Crosstalk Cafés Sharing Networks Pro-bono Networks Reciprocal care Salons Kitchen Table Discussion Groups Reading Circles Study Circles Community-wide study circles New community partnerships All Sorts of Other Activities	6 IAF ORGANIZING 7 PREVENTING GRASSROOTS WILT Grassroots Wilt 1: Lack of time Grassroots Wilt 2: Self-destructive group behavior Grassroots Wilt 3: Tiny fifedoms Grassroots Wilt 4: Corrosive people Grassroots Wilt 5: Activist motivations Grassroots Wilt 6: No Cooperation between citizens and government Grassroots Wilt 7: Counteractive Tactics Grassroots Wilt 8: Technocratic Control Grassroots Wilt 9: Leaving everyone behind Grassroots Wilt 10: The Catch 22 of Collective Action 8 STRATEGIC ACTION Creating a Strategy Spawning Workshops Coalitions The Strategy of Social Protest 9 DIRECT CONTACT Contacting government bureaucrats Contacting elected politicians Meetings with Decision Makers Public Meetings Accountability Sessions 10 MEDIA ADVOCACY Creating Messages Creating actual communications Media Relations Timing Surveys, Freedom of information requests Media advisories / News releases Op-Eds, & Letters to the Editor Video News Releases Press Conferences Ads that become news Cable TV production Radio Preparing for Interviews Narrowcasting 11 CONFRONTATION 101 Ghandi's top eight methods Rules for Radicals Citizen Investigations Direct Action Web action Extreme versions of direct action 12 APPENDICES Social Movements: A summary of what works Framing the News Serving customers or engaging citizens? How to increase community participation