Your Opinion, Please

[sabrina 1]

2. Well, first I think you should write 'grass roots community organizing' handbook as you

have had so much experience with this, and most of us have not. One of the main tensions that has arisen in some of the groups around the country, is how to manage the people who are attracted to their groups without excluding them.

Some may have the types of personality disorders that disrupt group processes.And some may be from the dark side. How do you spot them? How do you deal with them?

Some groups have found ways to deal with these issues, what seems to have worked to some extent, was assigning people with some experience with, addiction and other mental health issues, to find public services that are available and to use them whenever possible. Now they have lists of services and people who are willing to work with them and although this doesn't resolve the issue entirely, it seems to have helped to an extent.

As for infiltrators, I do not know how that can be dealt with. Sometimes they have been obvious, but I'm sure there are lots of times where they are not.