Industrial Areas Foundation

CTL-E-1861 · Organization · civic · 1940-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Community-organizing network in the tradition of Saul Alinsky; organized The Woodlawn Organization.

The record

Also known as: IAF

Relationships

The Woodlawn Organization — partnered with
The Industrial Areas Foundation partnered with TWO, which it organized through Alinsky and von Hoffman.

Referenced by

The Woodlawn Organization — partnered with → this record

Sources

Wikipedia — Saul Alinsky

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