Maxine Waller: The Making of a Community Organizer.

Lewis, Helen Matthews

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ERIC Number: EJ447723

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Publication Date: 1990

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Maxine Waller: The Making of a Community Organizer.

Lewis, Helen Matthews

Now and Then, v7 n1 p12-14 Spr 1990

Maxine Waller describes how concern for the children of Ivanhoe (Virginia) led her to become president of the Civic League. The Civic League has mobilized the town to renovate buildings and create a riverside park, promoted business ventures, and sponsored adult education classes and an oral history project. (SV)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Children, Community Action, Community Change, Community Development, Community Leaders, Interviews, Personal Narratives, Rural Areas

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Virginia

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