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1. Rich Oulahan
(News/NWSCDC News and Blog)

... his friends knew him, Richie. I was a friend, but one that was in and out of his life. We met when I worked at Esperanza Unida from 1976-1978. The precise dates are a little hazy. Organizing in those ...

2. What Happened to All Those Community Groups?
(News/NWSCDC News and Blog)

... was covered for a while, so I started hanging out with friends who were involved in South Side community organizing. In those days, that meant Milwaukee’s Social Development Commission, the agency in town ...

3. A Note From The Executive Director
(News/NWSCDC News and Blog)

... theatre every night, captured lightening in a bottle for one brief season. Better community organizing, I have never seen. Authentic, grassroots, not leader- driven, and totally effective. Three months ...

4. NY Times: Community Organizing Never Looked So Good
(News/NWSCDC News and Blog)

"Community organizing has become cool," said Marshall Ganz, who dropped out of Harvard in 1964 to join the civil rights movement in Mississippi and spent 16 years with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm ...

5. Barry Mimis
(Contact / NWSCDC Staff)

... and maintaining block clubs, block watches, creating compacts with landlords, and organizing area cleanups. ...