Developing Communities Project (DCP)

CTL-E-1238 · Organization · other · 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Church-based community organizing on the Far South Side: youth programs, job training, housing advocacy, environmental cleanup, and leadership development in the wake of steel deindustrialization Geography: Chicago, Illinois (Far South Side: Roseland, Pullman, Altgeld Gardens area)

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-029; source research type(s): community_organization.

Sources

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/chicago-annenberg-challenge-in-spotlight/2008/10
https://billmoyers.com/2014/12/12/organizer-chief/

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