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Peer reviewedKern, Joseph C. – Journal of Community Psychology, 1974
A description of how research and theoretical concepts dealing with poverty-stricken communities were translated into effective social action programs. (EH)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Involvement, Poverty
Eisinger, Peter K. – 1978
Early assessments of the impact of the Community Action Program (CAP) of the Federal War on Poverty suggested that its major achievement would be the creation of a corps of black political leaders. Data gathered from a nationwide sample of 210 black elected officials in State and local government show that nearly a quarter of those elected since…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Aspiration, Black Leadership, City Government
WADE, LOUISE C. – 1967
AMERICAN SETTLEMENT HOUSES CAME INTO BEING AS AN EXPERIMENTAL EFFORT TO SOLVE THE SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS IN A GREAT CITY. THEIR BROAD GOAL WAS TO BRIDGE THE CHASM OF MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS BY A 3-FOLD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM -- (1) RESIDENTS OF THE SETTLEMENTS EDUCATED THEMSELVES ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE POOR BY…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Action, Community Development
