By Ron Achelpohl and David Warm
This Could Be the Start of Something Big
How Social Movements for Regional Equity are
Reshaping Metropolitan America
By Manuel Pastor, Jr., Chris Benner, and Martha Matsuoka
255 pages, Cornell University Press, paperback
“This Could Be the Start of Something Big” by Manuel Pastor, Jr., Chris Benner, and Martha Matsuoka is an effective and sympathetic overview of the current state of the regional social-equity initiatives, and it strongly suggests that these regional efforts are forming the basis of a national movement. This book rings true as it argues that the metropolitan scale is a particularly effective space for social change through community organizing. It should be of special interest to Gamaliel Foundation affiliates as it thoroughly documents Gamaliel’s leadership in the regional equity movement.