Editing Coalition (section)

=== Civil society ===
In [[civil society]], a coalition denotes a group effort or a population of people coming together who believe strongly in their cause. The term also describes alliances between civil society organizations, such as labor unions, community organizations, and religious institutions. In France for example, workers from different sectors and unions band together to aid each other in communicating a point. This coalition of unions is often very effective as it can cause massive inconvenience to the country.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://0-eds.b.ebscohost.com.ignacio.usfca.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=0bab5a4f-60d7-4a9e-9ed9-d3852566e2cd%40sessionmgr120&hid=111&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=edsgcl.454076221&db=edsgij|title=CNN Wire. June 2, 2016|work=CNN Newsource Sales, Inc.}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The formation of coalitions such as the [[Community-Labor Coalition]] have proven to be an important strategy for social change in many contexts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/101/simmons.html|title=Community Labor Coalitions|last=Pitcoff|first=Winton|website=www.nhi.org|date=September 1998|access-date=2017-04-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706010032/http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/101/simmons.html|archive-date=2015-07-06}}</ref> In social groups, a coalition often forms from private citizens uniting behind a common goal or purpose, sometimes within a coalitional identity. Many of these private citizen groups form grassroots organizations, such as the [[Christian Coalition of America|Christian Coalition]], which is the largest grassroots political group in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cc.org|title=About Us|website=www.cc.org/about_us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304131053/http://www.cc.org/|archive-date=2008-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Activist]] groups in civil society are also viewed as coalitions for their respective cause. These activists are joined together by their belief in what they want to achieve or accomplish.