Saul Alinsky

Saul Alinsky

male, deceased (1972)
Jewish person, activist, Communityorganizer, Saul David Alinsky, American, from Chicago
Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909, Chicago, Illinois - June 12, 1972, Carmel, California) is generally considered the father of community...
Mother Jones

Mother Jones

female, deceased (1930)
Roman Catholic, activist, Irish-American, Labor leader, Child labor in the United States, labor…Communityorganizer
Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was a prominent American labor and community organizer, and Wobbly.
Tom Hayden

Tom Hayden

male, 69 years old
Chicago Seven, American anti Iraq War activist, University of Michigan, anti-war, political activist, Civil Rights…Newark Community Union Project, Communityorganizer
Thomas Emmett "Tom" Hayden (born December 11, 1939) is an American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in...
Jane Addams

Jane Addams

female, deceased (1935)
Child labor in the United States, gym, Rockford College, Gymnasium, East End of London, Nobel Peace Prize laureate…Community building, Communityorganizer
Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 - May 21, 1935) won the Nobel Peace Prize and was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House Movement. Born in...
Ella Baker

Ella Baker

female, deceased (1986)
COINTELPRO target, W.E.B. DuBois, martin luther king jr., African American, great depression, Works Progress Administration…Communityorganizer
Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 - December 13, 1986) was an African American civil rights and human rights activist beginning in the 1930s....
Grace Ross

Grace Ross

female, 48 years old
US Green Party politician, Our Lady Of Lourdes Academy, poverty, environment, environmentalism, from the United States…Communityorganizer
Grace Ross (Worcester, Massachusetts; born 6 June 1961) is a former Green-Rainbow Party co-chair and 2006 Green-Rainbow Party candidate for...
Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael

male, deceased (1998)
Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael, Afro-Trinidadian, black nationalism, American Civil Rights Movement, COINTELPRO target, black nationalist…Communityorganizer
Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael (June 29, 1941 - November 15, 1998), also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian-American black activist...
Medea Benjamin

Medea Benjamin

female, 57 years old
Columbia University, world health organization, New School for Social Research, Food and Agriculture Organization, Institute for Food and Development Policy, US Green Party politician…Communityorganizer
Medea Benjamin is Founding Director of Global Exchange. For over twenty years, Medea has supported human rights and social justice struggles around...
Mark Schauer

Mark Schauer

male, 48 years old
Michigan State Senator, state senate, Member of the Michigan House of Representatives, calhoun county, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Senate
Senator Mark Schauer (D- Battle Creek, Senate Democratic Leader) has much the same view, saying, "The violence in the Darfur region of Sudan has...
Wade Rathke

Wade Rathke

male
seiu, private sector worker, National Welfare Rights Organization, Lima, Peru, Service Employees International Union, hyatt…Communityorganizer
Wade Rathke is the founder and Chief Organizer of ACORN and SEIU Local 100. He began his career as an organizer for the NWRO (National Welfare...