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Title
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Gum Springs Poverty War Contract Signed
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Repository
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Library of Virginia - Virginia Chronicle
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Date Created
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6/3/1965
Vol 26, No. 3
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Creator
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Fairfax County Sun Echo
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Description
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Article on the approval of the contract between the United Planning Organization and the SBMCAA by the Moon group's board of directors. The document provided for the work to improve the economic and social condition of the community (see text below), and find all qualified citizens of the community to fill available jobs in the program.
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Index/Partial Transcript
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"The document provides 'for a community development program in Gum Springs' which is designed to 'help the residents solve their economic and social problems both through the use of their own resources and through public and private services.'"
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Research Themes
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Gum Springs
United Planning Organization
Office of Economic Opportunity
Saunders B. Moon
Community Action Program
Community Action Programs
Johnson Administration
War on Poverty
Education
Housing
Employment
Community organization
Community resistance
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Type
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Newspaper
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Researcher Name
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Jacob Connelly
