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McCaffrey, Patrick – Perspectives: The Civil Rights Quarterly, 1982
Gentrification, or the return of the middle class to renovated inner-city neighborhoods, is forcing out the aged and minority poor who can no longer afford the higher cost of housing in those areas. This has created the problem of a population of mostly Blacks and ethnic groups. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Housing, Housing Needs
Gaston, John C. – 1987
Blacks have spent much time and energy "filling other people's pockets" (as Margaret Walker has said) but have not addressed the needs of their own community. Black communities are in a state of deterioration for which the treatment must be self-help. In this paper the example of an unhealthy organism is used as a metaphor for prescribing a cure…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Education, Church Programs, Community Control
United States Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report proposes a new national strategy to prevent child abuse and neglect. Four components of the proposed strategy are that it be: (1) comprehensive; (2) neighborhood-based; (3) child-centered; and (4) family-focused. Specific elements of the strategy include: (1) strengthening neighborhoods; (2) reorienting the delivery of human services;…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect