Shel Trapp (1935 – October 18, 2010) was a community organizer based in
Chicago
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, co-founder of
National People's Action
People's Action is a national progressive advocacy and political organization in the United States made up of 40 organizations in 30 states. The group's stated goal is to "build the power of poor and working people, in rural, suburban, and urban ...
(along with
Gale Cincotta
Gale Cincotta (December 28, 1929 – August 15, 2001), a community activist from the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, led the national fight for the US federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) of 1975 and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA ...
), and author of several books and pamphlets on
community organizing. Trapp and Cincotta are widely credited with writing the
Community Reinvestment Act
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA, P.L. 95-128, 91 Stat. 1147, title VIII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, ''et seq.'') is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help ...
(CRA). Trapp has also been responsible for training hundreds of community organizers throughout the United States through the
National Training and Information Center. He retired in 2000 and died of pneumonia in October 2010.
References
Bibliography
*John Koval, Larry Bennett, Michael Bennett, and Fassil Demissie, '' The New Chicago: A Social and Cultural Analysis'' (Temple University Press, 2006).
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Rinku Sen and Kim Klein, ''Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy'' (Jossey-Bass, 2003).
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David Walls, ''The Activist's Almanac: The Concerned Citizen's Guide to the Leading Advocacy Organizations in America'' (Simon & Schuster/Fireside, 1993).
Pamphlets by Trapp
*''Basics of Organizing''. Chicago: National Training and Information Center, 1986.
*''Blessed Be the Fighters: Reflections on Organizing . . . Collected Essays''. Chicago: National Training and Information Center, 1986.
*''Dynamics of Organizing''. Chicago: National Training and Information Center, 1976.
External links
Video interview with Shel Trapp about his beginnings in organizingNPA websiteVideo interview with Shel Trapp on the origins of the "bank-in"
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American community activists
1935 births
2010 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia in Illinois