As the Economy Worsens: Helping People Find Jobs

Summary: Gotham Gazette published this article on April 22, 2008, and the EveryBlock system found it to be geographically relevant to Bedford-Stuyvesant in New York. Below, you can read the article excerpt that mentions the given location and follow the link to read the full article.

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These communities often have little political power, but they are frequently the sites of vibrant activism and creativity. Out of the social upheavals of the 1960s came the multi-purpose community development corporations (the first one was in Bedford-Stuyvesant), and new community organizing groups such as ACORN and the Industrial Areas Foundation. Read the full article at the original source (Gotham Gazette)…

Location Bedford-Stuyvesant
Publication date April 22, 2008
Source Gotham Gazette

Added to EveryBlock on April 22, 2008.