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Abstract
Community organizing was an issue of discussion during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. Rather than celebrate its rich history of advocating for labor reform and community revitalization, noted opponents of former community organizer Barack Obama, including Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, decided to make grassroots community organizing the target of their ridicule and scorn. Given group work's close association with community organizing, in this article in the Social Work with Groups journal, the author aims to set the record straight.
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Lee Staples, PhD, is clinical professor at Boston University School of Social Work and a member of the board of directors and immediate past president of the Chelsea Collaborative in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
1. ACORN is a community-based organization that advocates for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, predatory lending and banking practices in low-income communities, and other social issues.