wrote:
On Sep 5, 10:19 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Always wondered what a community organizer does.

http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk...mericas-c.html

Now we know.

So, they are lobbyists?


There's no ignorance quite like the ignorance of right-wing nutjobs.

http://www.thewoodlawnorganization.org/


The Woodlawn Organization (T.W.O.) is a not-for-profit community-based
organization that consists of an alliance of block clubs, churches,
tenant councils and other civic and institutional entities organized for
the sole purpose of building a viable and healthy community.

T.W.O. provides many social service programs that ensure that the
citizens of Woodlawn receive a fair chance for better health care,
illness prevention, fair housing and equal employment opportunities.

Founded in 1960, T.W.O.'s mission is to build community through
advocacy, social service programs and community development initiatives.

T.W.O. has more than 350 staff persons and an Executive Board that
consists of the chairman, executive director and board members. The
backgrounds of the executive team are extensive, representing the fields
of real estate, health, education, social service law, urban planning
and policy, finance, administration, employment training and advocacy.

Founded in 1972, the Woodlawn Community Development Corporation (WCDC)
was created to serve as the umbrella for T.W.O.'s real estate
development and management activities. Over the years, WCDC has
developed more than 1,659 units of single family and senior housing in
fourteen different developments. In so doing, WCDC has created site,
phasing, and financial plans, determined unit mixes and worked
extensively with government subsidy programs.

T.W.O./WCDC's programs provide:

* Housing for more than 10,000 citizens
* Daycare and Head Start for more than 200 children
* Child abuse counseling for 70 families
* Alcohol and substance abuse residential treatment for 2500 persons
* Crisis intervention for 150 mentally ill adults
* Welfare to work programs for more than 300 clients
* Comprehensive network of health, education and other human
services focused on infant mortality reduction that reaches more than
3000 teenagers and young adults.

Annually, T.W.O./WCDC touches the lives of more than 20,000 people.


Simliar organizations:

* Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) – Boston, Massachusetts
* Interfaith Community Organization (ICO) – Hoboken, New Jersey
* Washington Interfaith Network (WIN) – Washington, DC
* Action in Montgomery (AIM) – Silver Spring, Maryland
* Baltimoreans United for Leadership Development (BUILD) –
Baltimore, Maryland
* People Acting Together in Howard (PATH) – Columbia, Maryland

South

* Durham Congregations, Associations, and Neighborhoods (Durham
CAN) – Durham, North Carolina
* Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment (CHANGE) –
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Midwest

* DuPage United – Glen Ellyn, Illinois
* Lake County United – Libertyville, Illinois
* United Power for Action and Justice – Chicago, Illinois
* Omaha Together One Community (OTOC) – Omaha, Nebraska
* Dane County United – Madison, Wisconsin
* Southeastern Wisconsin Common Ground – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Southwest

* The Jeremiah Group – New Orleans, Louisiana
* Dallas Area Interfaith (DAI) – Dallas, Texas
* Allied Communities of Tarrant (ACT) – Fort Worth, Texas
* The Metropolitan Organization (TMO) – Houston, Texas
* Arizona Interfaith Organization – Phoenix, Arizona

West

* One LA – IAF – Los Angeles, California

Northwest

* Metropolitan Alliance for the Common Good (MACG) – Portland, Oregon
* Sound Alliance – Tukwila, Washington
* Spokane Alliance – Spokane, Washington

International

* Greater Edmonton Alliance – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
* Citizen Organizing Foundation (CDF) – London, England, United Kingdom



If you had any brains, Justwait, you'd be in contact with these sorts of
organizations. They'd help you with your medical problems.

But...you don't have any brains.