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Department History and Mission
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Mission Statement
The Community Organizing Department fights for social, political and economic justice and is a lasting and united voice committed to the self-sufficiency and empowerment of residents of LA's Eastside.
History of Community Organizing
Community organizing activities have been an integral component of ELACC's mission since it was founded in 1996. Early organizing and advocacy efforts were neighborhood-based, focusing on issues relevant to ELACC's specific housing developments.
By 2000, ELACC helped form eight active neighborhood councils. These were designed to be advocacy entities to leverage their collective voice for neighborhood change.
In 2001, community-organizing efforts adopted education reform as a new issue to focus its activities on.
In 2003, ELACC's expanding community organizing efforts culminated in the creation of its own distinct department within the organization, the Community Organizing Department. This new department adopted an issue-based focus rather than its previous neighborhood-based approach. Education and employment were designated as the first two focal advocacy issues.
In 2005, ELACC adopted housing as its third advocacy issue.
Goals
Empower community members and facilitate active participation in community organizing and social change.
Work through existing education and economic justice campaigns targeting housing rights, economic justice and educational equity to enact policy and programmatic changes that will lead to the social and economic empowerment and self-sufficiency of the Eastside community
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