Contrast between organizing farmers in a highly rural area versus building organizations in urban centers; working as an independent organization versus within a structured network with resources and colleagues. Worked at Minnesota CO-ACT, VISTA volunteer, Citizen Labor Energy Coalition, directed Family Farm Organizing Center; Eastern Washington Rural Organizing Project. Went to IAF and started Spokane Alliance; build Sound Alliance (Seattle area), now directs IAF Northwest.
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Chrastil, Joe, Community Organizer Genealogy Project oral history interviews, Ms.2015.016, Brown University Library
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The Center for Community Change created the Community Organizer Genealogy Project in order "to document the development of community organizing, the development of individual organizers and the connections among organizers, organizations and networks." The project was led by Don Elmer …
