Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Invisible Actors: Community Organizing, Agenda Setting, and American Social Movements -- 1. Different Mobilizing Cultures: Congregation-based Organizing and ACORN -- 2. Religion and Progressive Politics: Congregation-based Community Organizing's Innovative Cultural Strategy -- 3. Experimenting with National Organizing Campaigns: ACORN's Innovative Political Strategy -- 4. Organizing Is a Numbers Game: St. Louis ACORN -- 5. A Seat at the Regional Table: Metropolitan Congregations United for St. Louis -- 6. La Puebla Unida: ACORN in the Sunbelt -- 7. The Power Is in the Relationship: San Jose PACT -- 8. The Results of Organizing -- 9. American Inequality and the Potential of Community Organizing -- Appendix A: Excerpts from "PICO Principles" -- Appendix B: Methodological Appendix -- Appendix C: Policy Outcomes for Selected National and Local Organizations since 1990 -- Appendix D: Agenda Setting: Selected Proposals Introduced by Four Community Organizations since 1990 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.