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Groups of people around the country and the world are working for positive change. A lot of times we become more powerful when we unite. This section includes tips about how to bring groups together for the cause you believe in.

University of Kansas' Community Toolbox
This online resource was created “to promote community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources.”
http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/tools/EN/section_1057.htm Ch 5 Building a Coalition
http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/tools/EN/section_1058.htm Ch 6 Maintaining a Coalition
These chapters offer detailed information about how to build and maintain a strong coalition.

National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI)
Best support organization. NCBI campus chapters are on campuses around the country, and internationally. To get contact info for your closest chapter, email ncbiinc@aol.com or call 202-785-9400.

North Carolina Conservation Network
The North Carolina Conservation Network "works to strengthen the environmental community's ability to impact local, state, and federal policy by facilitating coordination of campaigns, strengthening communication, providing updates and analysis on key decisions, and hosting organizing skills training." The network has a broad selection of guides to coalition building.

Ohio State University
OSU's College of Food, Agriculture, and Human Sciences offers a well-organized section on coalition building as part of a page on community development.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: A Process for Building Coalitions
Published by Cooperative Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and written by Dr. Georgia L. Stevens, this is a description of why and how to build a coalition.

Coalition Building from Protest.net
An influential article by Skipp Porteous that briefly summarizes the coalition building process and has been reprinted several times.

Ability Maine's Community Organizer's Guide
This guide is an introduction to the process of organizing for social change.
- Campaigns, Coalition Building and Long-Range Planning