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Anderson, Donald L. – 1999
Conventional anti-poverty efforts have failed because they have not created the structures for the poor to help themselves, and they are designed and controlled by people outside of the affected communities. Introduced in 1968 by the National Association of the Southern Poor, the Assembly is a non-political structure that organizes community…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Organizations, Economically Disadvantaged
