Lawmakers want President Obama to award Fred Ross Sr. a Medal of Freedom. March 19, 2013— -- In 1952, Fred Ross Sr. was combing the Latino barrios of San Jose, California, for places to hold ...

We’re in desperate need of broad-based community organizing these days. Many of the most tangible injustices in our world, both large and small, appear to be unresolvable through straightforward ...

John L. McKnight, a professor of speech and urban affairs at Northwestern University, was an expert on community organizing and a keen researcher whose work focused on helping neighborhoods understand ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A Tucson community organizer is asking city leaders to support or partially sponsor a city-sanctioned encampment. Armed with a stack of visual guides and possible programming ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A meeting was held Saturday in west Louisville as community leaders brainstorm ways to make the city a safer place for everyone. The first of three meetings took place ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) -Frederick Edwards Jr. has been a community organizer for over five years and is the lead organizer for the City of Fargo’s Juneteenth celebration—a federal holiday that ...

This story is part of a partnership between Verite News and Modern Farmer. Verite News is nonprofit news outlet covering New Orleans. You can read more of their work here. Chekeita Strong stood up in ...

Obama knows Chicago. After all, Chicago is where Obama began his public service career as a South Side community organizer. He’s got roots there. He could bring people together.