Personal experience applying for public aid led her to work in the welfare rights movement. Started working for United Farm Workers; welfare rights movement; VISTA …
Highlighted the challenge of building a base for an advocacy campaign with a small constituency; difficulty of isolation when not connected to other organizers or …
Organizer & Director of Northwest Community Organization (formed by Alinsky & Jack Egan), helped form National People’s Action, helped form and direct Metro Area Housing …
Long career beginning in Providence with a welfare rights organization, working there with Jim Dickson, Bob Cohen, Father Henry Shelton and Stan Holt. Moving on …
Good description of crisis points both organizationally and personally; the experience of molding an organization to succeed both in organizing and in ownership of significant …
Transition from leader to organizer. Challenge of getting people who do volunteer work to move to activism. Cultural and spiritual aspects of organizing.
Concise descriptions of the strengths/weaknesses of the Welfare Rights organizing methods; and of the use of house meetings. VISTA volunteer; Ohio Welfare Rights Organization; Institute …
Having been trained both at the Center for Third World Organizing and at the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute, Cindy became an organizer and union rep for …