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It is now a commonly held belief that funding organizing work is the most effective way to bring about real, effective social change. But what is the history behind that belief? How have full-time ...

Nearly two months after Iowa City resident Jorge Elieser González Ochoa’s arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ...

John L. McKnight, a professor of speech and urban affairs at Northwestern University, was an expert on community organizing and a keen researcher whose work focused on helping neighborhoods understand ...

Lawmakers want President Obama to award Fred Ross Sr. a Medal of Freedom. March 19, 2013— -- In 1952, Fred Ross Sr. was combing the Latino barrios of San Jose, California, for places to hold ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A Tucson community organizer is asking city leaders to support or partially sponsor a city-sanctioned encampment. Armed with a stack of visual guides and possible programming ...

Since Nov. 5, I have seen a wave of white liberals making racist posts blaming Latino men for the loss of Vice President ...

The Needles Community Food Cooperative organizing committee met last month with Matt Soliz, an organizer with Teamsters 1932, ...