These workshops of participatory planning became know, in a general sense, as Community Development Centers (CDCs). Operating primarily from storefront locations, they involved the community in the planning process. CDCs began to expand as they got deeper and deeper into community problems. Other professionals and para-professionals became involved; engineers, lawyers, community organizers, sociologists and others began to participate through CDCs. Through hard work, devotion, understanding and trust, these store-front planning centers with their shoe-string budgets became a legitimate component of the community. A service mechanism emerged which spoke with sincerity to its community, a competent cog in the urban machine.
Excerpt: pg. 9, Design Quarterly 82/83: Advocacy: A Community Planning Voice. Walker Art Center, 1971. If readers are interested I would scan this issue for access: Walker has listed several issues here for download.
Malcolm X, The Ballot or The Bullet. Speech given at Cory Methodist Church, April 3rd 1964. PDF of text here.
play the version and reel it back:
