Edward T. Chambers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdward T. Chambers
American activist
Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1930
Place of Birth: Clarion, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 26-Apr-2015
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Edward T. Chambers
- Edward Thomas Chambers (April 2, 1930 – April 26, 2015) was the executive director of the Industrial Areas Foundation from 1972 to 2009, a community organizing group founded by Saul Alinsky.
- Chambers was born in Clarion, Iowa to Thomas Chambers and Hazella Downing.
- He is credited with developing systematic training of organizers and leaders of congregation-based community organizations, and establishing relational meetings (or "one-on-ones") as a critical practice of organizers.
- He is the author of Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003, ISBN 0-8264-1499-0.).
- A memorial article in The New Yorker called him "community organizing’s unforgiving hero." He died of heart failure in Drimoleague, Ireland in 2015.
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