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This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of Mann's 'Playbook for Progressives'. Each of the twelve roles is explored in depth. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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the Occupy Wall Street movement, the organizations tend to fizzle without accomplishing much. The answer, of course, lies in organization. While right wing causes that support the advance of capitalism
can rely upon funding and organizational assistance from the wealthy, left wing organizations often must take this burden upon themselves, and they are rarely properly equipped to do so. To
address this, the book lays out twelve unique roles that must be fulfilled within an organization if meaningful work is to be done. The first of these roles is the
"foot soldier". According to Mann, the foot soldier "works on the ground" in a specific community and acts as something of a symbol for the organization as a whole (Mann,
2011). He or she is frequently seen getting to know people in the community, working on their behalf, learning their stories, and generally representing the face of a caring and
involved organization. He or she should be "known by high school students, those working from dawn to dusk, the unemployed", and so on (Mann, 2012). The second of these
roles is that of the "evangelist". The evangelist works similar to the foot soldier but is primarily concerned with raising awareness of the cause, and to "recruit and retain people
in the movement by touching their deepest feelings and aspirations" (Mann, 2011). Mann cites Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a key example of an evangelist, someone who relies upon
emotionally stirring and value-driven oratory to create a personal transformation of the bystander into the committed activist. The "recruiter" also plays a key role in the organization, simply by filling
the role of one whose task "is to reach new members, to involve them in the organization, to get them to stay, and over time, to bring them into the
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