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Reports 

An Approach to Understanding & Measuring People Power We demonstrate how to make visible the dynamic, relational nature of power.
Understanding Strategic Capacity in Constituency-Based Organizations We identify the capacities organizations need to build power in dynamic political contexts.
Designing Resilient Coalitions We synthesize various literatures to examine the characteristics of effective, enduring coalitions.

Case Studies 

The AMOS Project and the Campaign for Universal Preschool How does a grassroots coalition manage internal tension during the height of its campaign?
The ISAIAH Trash Referendum How does a faith-based group make decisions about which issues to support and strategies to pursue?
Practicing Internal Democracy to Build Potential Power: An Electoral Strategy in Kentucky How do an organization's internal  decision-making mechanisms shape its capacity to build power?

Assessments & Toolkits

Assessing Your Organization's Strategic Capacity This assessment is a tool for teams and organizations to build a shared understanding of and investment in strategic capacity.
Promoting Democratic Participation This is an assessment of strategies for increasing civic participation as part of Ford Foundation's PERDP Initiative.
Assessing Your Coalition: Reflection Guides These guides — one for new coalitions and another for existing ones — help identify the group's strengths and challenge areas.

Videos

Additional Articles, Interviews, and More

• Hahrie Han and Liz McKenna. 2021. "To Learn about the Democratic Party's future, look at what Latino organizers did in Arizona." The Washington Post.
  
  
• Hahrie Han. 2020. “When Does Activism Become Powerful? It’s about much more than amassing money or people.” The New York Times.
  
  
• Hahrie Han. 2020. “What Happened When the Minneapolis Police Lost Legitimacy?” The New York Times.
  
  
• Hahrie Han. November 2019. “Fixing Democracy Demands the Building and Aligning of People's Motivation and Authority to Act.” Stanford Social Innovation Review. Winter 2020. p. 5-6.
  
  
• Hahrie Han and Lara Putnam. April 29, 2019. “The best way for Democrats to win in 2020? By ignoring the candidates for now.” The Washington Post (op-ed). 
  
  
• VIDEO: Realizing Democracy. Hahrie is featured in the initiative’s Introductory and Civil Society videos. 2019.
  
  
• The Forge. Interview with Hahrie Han. 2019. 
  
  
• PODCAST: No Jargon Podcast. “Groundbreakers, Part 2.” 2019.
  
  
• Hahrie Han. April 11, 2018. “Building a Bigger Tent. An Ohio megachurch’s revival of religious community activism.” The New Republic. p. 6-8.
  
  
• Hahrie Han. October 5, 2017. “Want Gun Control? Learn from the N.R.A.” The New York Times (op-ed). Published in the print edition, p. A23.
  
  
• Hahrie Han. 2017. “The Missing Political Infrastructure: Teaching the Skills of Citizenship.” Democracy Journal. 45(Summer).
  
  
• PODCAST: Great Battlefield Podcast. “Using transformational organizing to engage activists and win campaigns.” 2018