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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cannon-Grant was accused of defrauding people who donated to her anti-violence nonprofit and spending much of the money on herself.