Lester C. Hunt | Community Organizer Genealogy Project

Lester C Hunt

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Work History

Start Year	End Year	Organization	Position
1954	1956	Cardinal's Committee for the Spanish Speaking	Lead Organizer
1957	1960	Industrial Areas Foundation	Organizer

Organizer Profile

What brought you into the work?:

Volunteer work in the Woodlawn Area of Chicago and a basic interest in community change.

Share 3 lessons you have learned through your work in organizing.:

Define the issue clearly in terms of the community in which you are working.
Engage in a forenic debate with the community of what is the best action to take.
Make youself unnecessary.

Who has inspired you in your organizing?:

Saul Alinsky, Industrial Areas Foundaton

Nicholas von Hoffman

What movements or political moments have most influenced your organizing career?:

The New Deal

What are the barriers to successful community organizing in this country? How can we overcome these barriers?:

The usual inertia of community residents to act on issues.
Finding ways that community residents can believe in the possibilities of organizing and dramatizing the rewards to be gained.

Are you still in organizing? If not, in what other fields have you worked? What are you doing now?:

No. College Teaching. Now retired.

Genealogy

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Lester C Hunt's Trainers

Who developed and/or trained you as an organizer?

Person	Organization
Alinsky, Saul	Industrial Foundation

Lester C Hunt's Coaches

Who has mentored, coached, or consulted with you in your organizing career?

Lester C Hunt's Peers

Which of your peers influenced your development as an organizer?

Person	Organization
von Hoffman, Nicholas	Industrial Areas Fioundation

Lester C Hunt's Trainees

Whom have you developed or trained as an organizer? (Please list people who have stayed in the field or a related field for at least three years.)

Person	Organization
Sosa, Juan	Cardinal's Commttee for the Spanish Speaking - Chicsgo

Lester C Hunt's Coachees

Who did you mentor, coach, or consult with you in your organizing career? (Please list people who have stayed in the field or a related field for at least 3 years.)