How do we do it?

We do it with discipline. In IAF organizing, accountability starts from within. A leader's ability to participate in training, relate to followers and fellow leaders, pay dues, and remain focused on clear priorities prepares him or her for an effective role in the public arena.

We do it with chutzpah. We don't let others set boundaries, barriers, and distractions that prevent us from identifying the source of a problem and the shape of a solution. We don't see ourselves as squatters in the public square, but as full owners of what happens there.

We do it with joy. We experience the joy of relating to people unlike ourselves, both within and outside of our organizations. We learn about the richness of other racial and ethnic and religious in an environment of mutual respect and regard. We watch new homeowners turn the key on the home of their dreams, children graduate with honors after four fulfilling years, grandmothers walk with confidence through lobbies once ruled by gangs, working people take home a wage that supports family life, whole communities rebuilt and renewed. We know what it is to win.