After Alinsky: Community Organizing in Illinois
(c) 1990 Illinois Issues, University of Illinois at Springfield (illinoisissues.uis.edu)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Center for State Policy and Leadership

University of Illinois at Springfield

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Page Chapter Title Chapter Author
vii Acknowledgments  
ix Introduction by Peg Knoepfle
1 Alinsky's Legacy by Ben Joravsky
11 UNO: Organizing at the Grass Roots by Wilfredo Cruz
23 SON/SOC: Organizing in White Ethnic Neighborhoods  by Paul M. Green
35 Why Organize? Problems and Promise in the Inner City by Barack Obama
41 Tenants and Neighbors Battle HUD and ComEd by Thom Clark
53 Gale Cincotta and Heather Booth   by Patrick Barry
61 Organizing in South Suburban Islands of Poverty by Bill Kemp
71 Organizing Downstate: Conflicts and Coalitions by Cheryl Frank
83 Bedrock Democracy: Community Organizations and Washington's Civic Legacy by Christopher Robert Reed
97 From Tom Gaudette: Good Stories and Hard Wisdom Excerpts from an interview
123 Organizing in the 1990s: A Roundtable Discussion Excerpts from a roundtable discussion on 9-22-1989
161 Index