ABSTRACT
Most analysts of community organizing agree that the major resource of social action organizations (Grosser & Mondros, 1984) as they exert pressure for social change is a large base of committed activists which both legitimize and empower the organization to act (Haggstrom, 1987). Problems organizers have in attaining and then maintaining people's involvement are illustrated by Burghardt (1984):
An organizer offers a familiar complaint: one million people show up in New York in June, 1984 for an anti-nuclear rally. It is the largest march in U.S. history, writes the activist; but three months later organizing activity is at a snail's pace. (p. 31)
