People, building neighborhoods: final report to the President and the Congress of the United States, Količina 1The Commission, 1979 - 358 strani |
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activities Adams Morgan assistance Battle Creek BHHC Birmingham block clubs Blue Hills Homes board members borhood budget building Catholic CDBG Center CETA changes Cherry Hill Chinatown Church citizen participation city council city government City Hall city officials Cleveland Foundation Cleveland Heights Committee Community Action Community Development Community Improvement community organizations COPS Councilman Detroit-Shoreway Development Corporation District DSCDO Eastlake Community Council efforts elected Elyria ethnic Executive Director federal FLARE funding groups Hills Homes Corporation housing Improvement Association Improvement Resource Center income increased initiated involved issues Jacksonville Lake View Citizens leaders leadership loans major mayor meetings membership ment monies needs neigh neighbor Neighborhood Improvement neighborhood organizations Ohio organizational Percent planning problems proposal question racial redlining rehabilitation relationship representatives respondents revitalization role Seattle specific staff structure target organization target organization's tion Urban Voluntary Associations Waterloo
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Stran 6 - Everything is in motion around you ; here, the people of one quarter of a town are met to decide upon the building of a church ; there, the election of a representative is going on ; a little...
Stran 6 - But if an American were condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence; he would feel an immense void in the life which he is accustomed to lead, and his wretchedness would be unbearable.
Stran 6 - These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.
Stran ii - President of the United States, White House,, Washington, DC DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: The...
Stran 485 - An organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare if it is primarily engaged in promoting in some way the common good and general welfare of the people of the community. An organization embraced within this section is one which is operated primarily for the purpose of bringing about civic betterments and social improvements. A "social welfare" organization will qualify for exemption as a charitable organization if it falls within the definition of "charitable...
Stran 37 - ... previously lacked. Long neglected by city and county government, they soon won $100 million in needed improvements, such as storm drains, adequate water and sewers, street paving, and traffic lights at dangerous intersections. At the group's first annual convention, Bishop Patricio Flores told them: You are here today not as supplicants with downcast eyes, not as welfare recipients, not as beggars. You are here as equals, as responsible, law-abiding, tax-paying people. You are a people who with...
Stran 87 - to create a conscious multi-racial community where individual and cultural differences are not only tolerated but celebrated, and where people share a sense of community.
Stran 474 - There has been a major shift in power from the wealthy blueblooded Anglos to the poor and working Mexican American families of San Antonio. COPS has been at the center of this shift.
Stran 36 - ... common goals of OEO and its community action grantees. Mere gestures or empty ritual are no substitute. (b) Community action agencies— (1) Basic responsibilities. Every CAA has a fundamental responsibility to encourage, assist, and strengthen the ability of the poor in the areas served by the CAA to play major roles in the organization; program planning; goal setting; determination of priorities; decisions concerning budgeting and financial management; key decisions concerning hiring of personnel,...
Stran 57 - ... mentioned advocacy only for the first two, all six forms are likely to engage in advocacy as a means of promoting their central missions. COMBINATIONS In reviewing the experience of 44 neighborhood organizations, the Task Force on Governance of the National Commission on Neighborhoods remarked that "it is clear from the case studies that there is no one structure that joins all neighborhoods and their needs. Rather, there are many approaches that need to be available, and can be effective in...