COMMUNITY ACTIVISM IN OAK PARK: COMPETING AGENDAS ...

20 The National Labor Federation (1975) states, “The term unrecognized worker was developed to
categorize a third status of workers in the United States who have not yet been recognized as necessitating
the same rights and privileges as other workers who have been so recognized. These workers include farm
workers, domestic workers, independent contractors, workers in small shops and in business and service
arenas, and the unemployed and welfare recipients who are increasingly being forced into point of
production arenas.”
21 Not all non-profit organizations are CBOs (community based organizations). For instance, while the Red
Cross and National Urban League are non-profits, they are not CBOs. “The non-profits classified as CBOs,
are, first of all, ‘community-based’ in that they are organized around a particular geographic place (i.e., a
‘community,’ such as an urban neighborhood. CBOs generally only operate in their geographic space,
which distinguishes geographic CBOs from larger non-profits operating at multiple sites” (Marwell
2004:270).
22 See http://www.shra.org/Content/AboutSHRA/About.htm.
23 A pseudonym has been used to keep the anonymity of the news publication. The author of the news
articles have also been kept anonymous.
24 Lu and Fine (1995:535) explain that many of the social places where ethnicity is made ‘real’ are
economically grounded. At festivals, restaurants, art galleries, clothing outlets, and musical venues,
‘ethnicity’ becomes used as a marketing tool, a part of an entrepreneurial market.
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