TIPS AND TOOLS

Setting Up a Community Action Team (CAT)
This set of tips gives brief descriptions of what a CAT is, why it is needed, how it functions, and what is expected of an organizer, along with a sample set of goals that can help guide the CAT's activities.

Community Mobilizing--What It Is and Isn't
This tool defines and describes key components of community mobilizing.

Benefits and Challenges of Community Mobilization
This tool outlines some of the advantages and disadvantages of using community mobilizing methods in domestic violence prevention work.

CAT Mission Worksheet
Use this handy outline and worksheet to create a clear, crisp mission statement to guide your CAT's strategic directions.

The Difference between a "Project" and a "Campaign"
This one-page chart describes differences between a more traditional community-based "project" and "campaign."

Before You Start a Community Action Team
'Before You Start a Community Action Team' offers two sets of questions organizers can use to assess personal and organizational readiness for mobilizing community members to take action to stop domestic violence.

Vision, Political Moments, Organization and Planning
'Vision, Political Moments, Organization and Planning' describes key factors that organizers need to consider in deciding how best to take action in their community.

Awareness + Community Action = Change
The 'Awareness + Community Action = Change' model depicts how creating awareness and building a team's capacity for action work together in producing community change.