Alliance Citoyenne

In August 2010, the {{Lang|fr|Espace des Communautés et Habitants Organisés}} ({{Literal translation|Communities' and Organized Residents' Space}}, ECHO){{Cite journal |last=Louis |first=Jérémy |date=2015 |title=The Democratic Ambition of Community Organizing:The Example of the Citizen Alliance in the Grenoble Urban Area |url=https://shs.cairn.info/journal-mouvements-2015-3-page-168?lang=en |journal=Mouvements |language=fr |volume=83 |issue=3 |pages=168–176 |issn=1291-6412}} association was established in Grenoble with the intent of bringing methods of community organizing and citizen empowerment by non-violent direct action into France. Among their seven founding members were David Gabriel, Solène Compingt and Adrien Roux.{{Cite web |last=Compingt |first=Solène |last2=Gabriel |first2=David |last3=Roux |first3=Adrien |title=Espace des Communautés et des Habitants Organisés: Expérimentation des méthodes du community organizing |url=https://www.centres-sociaux.fr/files/2012/12/Livret-ECHO.pdf |website=Centres Sociaux}}

Compingt, Roux and Gabriel served as community organizers, building networks of residents to challenge those responsible for injustice.{{Cite news |last=Zappi |first=Sylvia |date=2013-02-07 |title=A Grenoble, bâtir un contre-pouvoir pour se faire entendre |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/banlieues/article/2013/02/07/a-grenoble-batir-un-contre-pouvoir-pour-se-faire-entendre_6002575_1653530.html |work=Le Monde |language=fr}} ECHO formed an all-terrain tenants' union for people living in working-class neighbourhoods,{{Cite journal |last=Louis |first=Jérémy |date=2015 |title=The Democratic Ambition of Community Organizing:The Example of the Citizen Alliance in the Grenoble Urban Area |url=https://shs.cairn.info/journal-mouvements-2015-3-page-168?lang=en |journal=Mouvements |language=fr |volume=83 |issue=3 |pages=168–176 |issn=1291-6412}} including cleaning women, parents of students and those living in low-income housing.{{Cite journal |last=Roux |first=Adrien |date=2016-03-10 |title=Community organizing : une méthode « résolument américaine » ?:Saul D. Alinsky et le mariage fécond de la sociologie urbaine et des tactiques syndicales |url=https://shs.cairn.info/revue-mouvements-2016-1-page-53?lang=fr |journal=Mouvements |language=fr |volume=85 |issue=1 |pages=53–64 |doi=10.3917/mouv.085.0053 |issn=1291-6412|url-access=subscription }}

After two years of organizing, non-violent actions and small victories, such as improved schedules for cleaning women, a new reception desk for foreign students and the reconstruction of a school in Villeneuve,{{Cite journal |last=Louis |first=Jérémy |date=2015 |title=The Democratic Ambition of Community Organizing:The Example of the Citizen Alliance in the Grenoble Urban Area |url=https://shs.cairn.info/journal-mouvements-2015-3-page-168?lang=en |journal=Mouvements |language=fr |volume=83 |issue=3 |pages=168–176 |issn=1291-6412}} five founding members left the project, while Compingt and Roux continued their efforts. On 4 December 2012,{{Cite journal |last=Louis |first=Jérémy |date=9 September 2015 |title=L'ambition démocratique du community organizing |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/mouv.083.0168 |journal=Mouvements |language=fr |volume=83 |issue=3 |pages=168–176 |doi=10.3917/mouv.083.0168 |issn=1291-6412|url-access=subscription }} an assembly of 280 people met at {{Lang|fr|Le Prisme à Seyssins}}, which officially established {{Lang|fr|Alliance citoyenne}} in the Grenoble urban area.{{Cite web |last=Beziau |first=Gwendoline |date=2012-12-04 |title=Solidarité Assemblée fondatrice à Seyssins. Une Alliance citoyenne « inédite en France » |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2012/12/04/une-alliance-citoyenne-inedite-en-france |website=Le Dauphine |language=FR-fr}}

{{Lang|fr|Alliance citoyenne}} has established offshoots in other cities.

The first offshoot outside of Grenoble was established in Rennes in early 2014.{{Cite web |first=polly |date=2015-06-29 |title=« Si on s’alliait », le collectif qui ringardise la fabrique citoyenne ! |url=https://alter1fo.com/si-on-salliait-le-collectif-qui-ridiculise-la-fabrique-citoyenne-96325 |website=Alter1fo |language=fr-FR}} Si On s'Allait ({{Literal translation|If we ally}}) was primarily lead by Claire St Sernin, who studied at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies with Roux. Their first tenants' unions emerged in May 2015 when tenants living in the Villejean neighbourhood lead an action that involved putting photos of mold growing in their units on display in front of public housing owned by the company Neotoa.{{Cite web |title=Insolite à Rennes : Des locataires « exposent » leurs moisissures |url=https://rennes.maville.com/actu/actudet_-insolite-a-rennes-des-locataires-exposent-leurs-moisissures_52674-2776157_actu.Htm |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Maville |language=fr}}

File:Alliance_citoyenne_d'Aubervilliers.jpg against poor living conditions.]]

In 2016, an {{Lang|fr|Alliance citoyenne}} offshoot was established in Aubervilliers{{Cite web |last=Gay |first=Adeline de Lépinay, Vincent |date=2017-01-25 |title=La naissance du "community organizing" en France. Entretien avec Adeline de Lépinay |url=https://www.contretemps.eu/naissance-community-organizing-france/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=CONTRETEMPS |language=fr-FR}} by Simon Cottin Marx and Leïla Chaibi. Following a three-month-long training course in Grenoble from September to December 2015, three apprentice organizers (Adeline de Lepinay, Elias Showk and Yves Jouffe) started tenants' unions in {{Lang|fr|Vallès la Frette}} and {{Lang|fr|Maladrerie}}. Their first successful challenge saw tenants reimbursed for high charges issued by their housing projects.{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Rapport d’activité |url=https://alliancecitoyenne.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ACA-Rapport-dActivit%C3%A9-2016.pdf |publisher=Alliance citoyenne}} {{Lang|fr|Alliance citoyenne}} also mobilized {{Lang|fr|Vallès la Frette}} residents against abusive police behaviour during an action where residents placed tickets on police cars.{{Cite web |last=Revenu |first=Nathalie |date=16 January 2017 |title=Ils mettent des PV... aux policiers |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/ils-mettent-des-pv-aux-policiers-16-01-2017-6573162.php |access-date= |website=Le Parisien |language=fr-FR}}

In December 2020, a new tenant union was established in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine,{{Cite web |last=Lieures |first=Anthony |last2= |first2= |date=2020-12-18 |title=Chauffage défaillant, pannes d’ascenseurs… le SOS des locataires de Saint-Ouen |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/chauffage-defaillant-pannes-d-ascenseurs-le-sos-des-locataires-de-saint-ouen-18-12-2020-8415061.php |website=Le Parisien |language=fr-FR}} transforming the Aubervilliers offshoot of {{Lang|fr|Alliance citoyenne}} into {{Lang|fr|Alliance citoyenne de Seine-Saint-Denis}}.

In April 2019, {{Lang|fr|Alliance citoyenne}} established an offshoot in the Metropolis of Lyon when members worked with a group of Muslim women who were protesting municipal regulations that forbade them from wearing burkinis in municipal pools.{{Cite web |last=Daoud |first=Dalya |date=2019-07-02 |title=Villeurbanne : les porteuses de burkini veulent accéder aux piscines |url=https://www.rue89lyon.fr/2019/07/02/les-porteuses-de-burkini-veulent-discuter-avec-le-maire-de-villeurbanne-pour-acceder-aux-piscines/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Rue89 Lyon |language=fr-FR}} In 2020, the establishment of a tenants' union in the neighbourhood of Monod à Villeurbanne was followed by a campaign of social housing tenants demanding city hall and their landlords make renovations to their homes' heating systems.{{Cite web |last=Rifflet |first=Philippe |date=2020-07-26 |title=Près de Lyon, 240 familles se gèlent l'hiver et étouffent l'été dans la Cité Monod |url=https://actu.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/saint-priest_69290/pres-de-lyon-240-familles-se-gelent-l-hiver-et-etouffent-l-ete-dans-la-cite-monod_35163605.html |website=actu.fr |language=fr}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/lyon/replay-emissions/bonjour-lyon/villeurbanne-le-ras-le-bol-des-habitants-de-la-cite-jacques-monod_VN-202103180057.html |title=Villeurbanne: le ras-le-bol des habitants de la cité Jacques-Monod |date=2021-03-18 |language=fr |via=www.bfmtv.com}}

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