Where have all the organizers gone?: The career paths of community organizing social work alumni

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 23-48

  Starr, Rose ^a   Mizrahi, Terry ^a   Gurzinsky, Ellen ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b The Funding Exchange   (United States)

Author keywords

Community organizing; Masters of Social Work; Planning; Practitioner; Professional social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986288036     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v06n03_02     Document Type: Article

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