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People working together for social, economic and environmental justice in Tennessee
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SOCM chapters offer local citizens a place to meet, discuss their concerns, and
plan actions. The chapters support SOCM statewide projects and also have their own local projects.
SOCM began as a local organization, and today's local chapters
can draw on over 30 years of grassroots organizing
skills. They can be very effective in bringing about change in a community.
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SOCM chapters are organized by area. This may be a county, part of a county, or a multi-county area. They have been organized in three different
ways:
1 - An existing organization applies to SOCM to become a chapter.
2 - A group of citizens dealing with a "hot" local issue applies to become a SOCM
chapter.
3 - The SOCM Board decides that a chapter is needed in a specific area for political balance.
Each chapter has its own chapter chair (facilitator) and is assigned one staff organizer to assist the chapter in local efforts and to help coordinate the chapter's work on
statewide issues.
The amount of organizer time is based on priorities assigned by the Board.
You can be an active member of SOCM without being a member of any chapter. In fact, most of our members are at-large members.
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHAPTERS |
Each active chapter must have a minimum of 30 members, agree to support SOCM statewide issues, and support the organization with local fund raising events.
The SOCM board sets goals for fund raising and priorities for SOCM-wide issues.
Individual members may participate in any local activities and join any SOCM statewide issue committee as they see fit. Support chapters may have fewer than 30 members and still
be active in statewide issues, but they do not
hold regular meetings.
Each chapter has one voting representative and one or more non-voting alternate representatives on the
board.
At least one of these representatives is expected to attend the 6
board meetings each year. (The alternate becomes a voting member in the absence of the representative.)
Chapters meet monthly or at such other intervals as they determine appropriate. Chapter meetings are open to the public.
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FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO CONTACT THE ABOVE CHAPTERS TO
LEARN ABOUT THEIR MEETING TIMES AND PLACES AND THEIR LOCAL ISSUES,
PLEASE CONTACT THE SOCM OFFICE. PLEASE SPECIFY IN YOUR MESSAGE
WHAT INFORMATION YOU ARE SEEKING. THANK YOU.
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