tion and collaboration with the powerholders
may shy away from groups who are perceived
as taking a conflict approach because they
are questioning ‘who sits at the table.’ Groups
that are working to organize to win a local
campaign on a specific issue, may not want
to focus on education and leadership development,
or to debate what the table ought to
look like. Groups focusing on leadership
development and education may be not very
good at creating sustaining organizations, or
on understanding the intricacies of the political
process, once they find that they have
gotten to the table. Funders upon whom many
of the groups are dependent may encourage
the support of one approach over another.