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Direct linkHamilton, Robert – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2016
This article examines the neglected role of adult learning in the 1968 Poor People's Campaign (PPC) through a case study of a low-income group from Marks in Mississippi, regarded as the poorest town in America. Social movement theory and both Gramsci and Freire provide a conceptual framework for the study. Over 100 people travelled in May 1968…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Educational History, Activism, Low Income Groups
Download full textMolina, Frieda; Nelson, Laura C. – 2001
The Neighborhood Jobs Initiative (NJI) began in 1998 in five cities (Chicago, Fort Worth, Hartford, New York, and Washington, D.C.) in 1998. The NJI targets high-poverty urban neighborhoods, attempting to connect residents to employment opportunities nearby and in the urban periphery by providing training, supporting interpersonal networks, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Development, Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs
