US-RPB-ms2017.004 Guide to the Henry Shelton and George Wiley Center records1968-2009 Finding aid prepared by Karen Eberhart. Brown University Library

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English 15 linear feet 1968-2009 Shelton, Henry, 1930-2016 The Henry Shelton and George Wiley Center records comprise correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, publications, newspaper clippings, and press releases that cover all aspects of Henry Shelton's community organizing work both independently and through the George Wiley Center. The materials date from 1968-2009. The content reflects the mission of Shelton and the George Wiley Center to empower people to create social and economic justice through changes in public policy. The focus of the work has been the following issues affecting low-income populations: utility access and affordability, fair housing, labor unions, childhood poverty, and preventing hunger. They have worked on these goals through several major programs including the Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty, Rhode Island Parents for Progress, and the Fund for Community Progress. These materials also reflect the work of Shelton to lobby and partner with the Rhode Island Governor’s office, Representatives and Senators at the state and federal levels, and community groups of all types. Biographical/Historical Note

Henry Shelton was born in 1930 in Central Falls, RI. He attended St. Raphael Academy and then became a Catholic priest. He left the priesthood in 1972. He met and married Carol Reagan a former nun with the Sisters of Mercy. Carol Reagan Shelton was born and raised in Fall River, MA. She became a nun in the Sisters of Mercy in 1955, received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Salve Regina University in Newport, RI in 1964, a Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota, and Doctoral Degree from Brandeis University. She taught nursing at Salve Regina University and Rhode Island College. She dispensed her vows as a nun in 1970. Henry and Carol Shelton devoted their lives to social justice and public health.

Henry Shelton founded the George Wiley Center in Pawtucket, RI in 1981 to empower people to create social and economic justice through changes in public policy. The name of the center honors George Wiley (1931-1973) who was born in Warwick, RI, worked for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and founded the National Welfare Rights Organization.

Shelton and the George Wiley Center have focused on the following issues affecting low-income populations: utility access and affordability, fair housing, labor unions, childhood poverty, and preventing hunger. They have worked on these goals through several major programs including the Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty, Rhode Island Parents for Progress, and the Fund for Community Progress. The George Wiley Center has partnered with the Rhode Island Governor’s office, Representatives and Senators at the state and federal levels, and community groups of all types.

Henry Shelton died September 21, 2016 at his home in Cranston, RI. Carol Shelton continues to work with the George Wiley Center.

To learn more about the George Wiley Center visit their website: George Wiley Center.

Collection information

The Henry Shelton and George Wiley Center records comprise correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, publications, newspaper clippings, and press releases that cover all aspects of Henry Shelton's community organizing work both independently and through the George Wiley Center. The materials date from 1968-2009. The content reflects the mission of Shelton and the George Wiley Center to empower people to create social and economic justice through changes in public policy. The focus of the work has been the following issues affecting low-income populations: utility access and affordability, fair housing, labor unions, childhood poverty, and preventing hunger. They have worked on these goals through several major programs including the Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty, Rhode Island Parents for Progress, and the Fund for Community Progress. These materials also reflect the work of Shelton to lobby and partner with the Rhode Island Governor’s office, Representatives and Senators at the state and federal levels, and community groups of all types.

The papers are organized into the following four series:

Series 1. Henry Shelton's folders. These folders were organized and named by Henry Shelton. The staff at Brown University did not alter them nor integrate them with other materials within the collection in order to preserve the way Shelton had arranged them. The people and topics represented in this series may have additional information in the other series also.

Series 2. People. This series contains information collected by Henry Shelton about various politicians, community organizers, and news reporters. The files contain a few items of correspondence to or from the individual. But, the majority of each file is information Shelton gathered about the invidual in the form of newspaper clippings, articles and opinion pieces that Shelton wrote.

Series 3. Organizations. This series contains information collecty by Henry Shelton about a wide range of organizations that were important to the work of the George Wiley Center. The files contain information produced by the organization such as memos, flyers, brochures and newsletters. It also includes administrative documents for organizations in which Shelton was directly involved.

Series 4. Topics. This series contains folders on general topics of interest to Henry Shelton and the George Wiley Center. These contain primarily newspaper and magazine articles or other published sources of information on the topic.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

Henry Shelton and George Wiley Center records, Ms.2017.004, Brown University Library.

This collection is arranged in 4 series.

Series 1. Henry Shelton's folders Series 2. People Series 3. Organizations and Programs Series 4. Topics

Administrative information

Gift of Carol Reagan Shelton in 2017.

The library staff at Brown University maintained any folders that were created and labeled by Henry Shelton. The remaining materials were loose in boxes in no particular order. The library staff sorted through the loose pages to group materials together into categories based on the predominant subject of the document - people, organizations, or topics.

Additions to this collection are anticipated in the future from the George Wiley Center.

Additional information

To learn more about the George Wiley Center visit their website: George Wiley Center.

Names Shelton, Carol Reagan George Wiley Center Fund for Community Progress (R.I.) Parents for Progress (R.I.) Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty Community Organizing Archive, Brown University Subjects Discrimination in housing--Rhode Island Public utilities--Rhode Island Labor unions--Rhode Island Poor--Government policy--Rhode Island Poor--Energy assistance--Rhode Island RIAMCO Browsing Term Rhode Island/Local Interest Government, Politics and Law Race, Ethnicity and Gender Henry Shelton's folders Series 1 Almacs 1 1 1990 Almacs issue 1 2 1990 Almond, Lincoln 1 3 1993, 1995 Alternative Funds and Black United Funds National Strategy Meeting 1 4 1984-1985 American Power Conversion (APC) 1 5 1993-1996 American Power Conversion (APC) mall construction jobs 1 6 1994-1995 Cable TV 1 7 1981-1983 Carol Shelton's students 1 8 1994 Cartoons 1 9 1995 Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy - Central Falls' KIDS FIRST, A Case Study 1 10 1996 Combined Federal Campaign 1 11 1983 Cuts in Washington 1 12 1983, 1995 Department of Human Services Budget 1 13 1993 Emergency Assistance to Families (EAF) 1 14 1991-1992 Family Economic Security Alliance - Meeting with John Chafee 1 15-16 1995-1996 Fund for Community Progress 1 17-19 1979-1995 Fund for Community Progress - Access for 1995 Campaign 1 20 1994-1995 Fund for Community Progress - Admissions letter 1 21 1982, 1992 Fund for Community Progress - Allocation Committee 1 22 1980-1983 Fund for Community Progress - Attendances 1 23 1982-1983 Fund for Community Progress - Business Committee 1 24 1982-1983 Fund for Community Progress - By-laws 1 25 1972-1983 Fund for Community Progress - Campaign 1 26 1985-1986 Fund for Community Progress - Campaign Committee 1 27 1978-1983 Fund for Community Progress - Campaign requests for interviews 1 28 1985 Fund for Community Progress - Evaluation day 1 29 1983 Fund for Community Progress - Finance Committee 1 30 1982-1983 Fund for Community Progress - Media contracts 1 31 1971-1986 Fund for Community Progress - Payroll deduction 1 32 1982-1984 Fund for Community Progress - Softball team 1 33 1984-1989 Fundraising 2 1 1984-1993 George A. Wiley Center 2 2-8 1979-2009 George A. Wiley Center - The ABC's of Community Organizing 2 9 1984 John Hay Whitney Foundation 2 10 1981-1982 Labor Conference 2 11 1983 Legislation 2 12 1989-1990 Letters to lenders 2 13 1996 Mall-Transportation, DOT Watch 2 14 1994 Medicaid cuts 2 15 1995 New York Times photos, homeless and affluent on Madison Ave 2 16 1994 Organizer interview 2 17 1996 Parents for Progress - Clothing allowance for school-aged AFDC recipients 2 18 1988-1991 Parents for Progress - Clothing, transportation and jobs for welfare mothers 2 19 1981-1990 Parents for Progress Blackstone Valley Chapter 2 20 1994 Parishes 2 21 1997 Public Utilities Commission (PUC) - Hearing for telephone issues 2 22 1991 Religious statement for National Conference of Catholic Bishops 2 23 1994 Rhode Island College - Standard of Need, students reveal gap 2 24 1995 Rhode Island Department of Corrections Training Academy - Correctional Officer Pre-Service Training Instruction Package 2 25 1996 Rhode Island Families First 2 26 1993 Rhode Island Workforce 2000 Council 2 27 1989-1990 Save the Bay Coalition 2 28 1995-1996 Share Our Strength (SOS) 2 29 1991-1994 Student volunteers 2 30 1994 Unemployment statistics 2 31 1991-1995 United Way allocations 2 32 1978-1982 United Way donor option 2 33 1982-1983 Utility strategy 3 1 1979, 1982 Valentine's Day Press Conference 3 2 1991-1995 WAGE early days 3 3 1978-1979 WAGE Woonsocket Chapter - Woonsocket Churches 3 4 1981-1983 Welfare Reform 3 5 1994 Welfare waivers 3 6 1993-1994 Women's groups attending Piven's lecture 3 7 1981 Women's groups names 3 8 1980-1983 Woonsocket Council of Community Services - Group names 3 9 1981 World Fellowship Center 3 10 1983 Youth jobs 3 11-12 1981-1995 People Series 2 Alinsky, Saul 3 13 1989 Almond, Lincoln 3 14 1994-2002 Archambault, Barbara Fulton 3 15 1995 Baldelli-Hunt, Lisa 3 16 1988 Baroni, Geno Charles 3 17 1987 Bordeleau, Nancy V. 3 18 1989 Brown, J. Larry 3 19 1998 Bush, George H. W. 3 20 1989-1990 Caplan, Ruth 3 21 undated Chafee, John H. 3 22 1981-1998 Cianci, Vincent A. Jr. 3 23 2001 Clinton, Bill 3 24 1992-1996 Cole, Pearl A. 3 25 undated Connelly, Robert J. Jr. 3 26 1992 Curran, Aurora 3 27 1988 Davis, Angela 3 28 1990s DeLeeuw, Bert 3 29 1990 Dempster, Paul 3 30 1992, 1994 DiPrete, Edward D. 3 31 1985-1990 Dukakis, Michael 3 32 1983-1995 Edelman, Marian Wright 3 33 1997 Egan, Jerome P. 3 34 1988 Elliott, Osborne 3 35 1992 Fairbrother, Lloyd 3 36 1997 Fitzgerald, Terry 3 37 undated Fitzpatrick, William 3 38 1993 Fleisher, Paul 3 39 1990 Fogarty, Charles J. 3 40 2001 Ford, William D. 3 41 1988 Galbraith, John Kenneth 3 42 undated Gallo, Ronald 3 43 1994 Gans, Herbert J. 3 44 1979 Germain, Fernard J. St 3 45 1987 Goetcheus, Janelle 3 46 1985 Gordon, Ernest 3 47 undated Hassenfeld, Alan G. 3 48 1994-1995 Hill, Joe 3 49 1984 Hoffman, Nicholas von 3 50 undated Jackson, Jesse L. 3 51 1989 Jacques, Norman 3 52 1972 Johnson, Sonia 3 53 1983 Kennedy, Patrick J. 3 54 1993, 1999 King, Martin Luther Jr. 3 55 1987-2002 Koppel, Ted 3 56 undated Licht, Richard A. 3 57 1985, 1988 Lott, Bernice 3 58 1997 Machtley, Ron 3 59 1990, 1994 Magaziner, Ira C. 3 60 undated Matthews, Doug 3 61 1986 McGovern, Patricia 3 62 1988 Morrow, Karen 3 63 1987 Nader, Ralph 3 64 1985, 1992 Nixon, Richard 3 65 1994 Noel, Philip W. 3 66 1974 O'Conner, Jessie Lloyd 3 67 1989 O'Hayer, Ginny 3 68 1984 O'Neil, Albert L. 3 69 1992 Piven, Frances Fox 3 70 1981-1993 Platt, Harry 3 71 1982, 1988 Reed, Jack 3 72 1997 Rice, Marsha 3 73 2002 Rickman, Ray 3 74 1992 Robbins, I. D. 3 75 1996 Sanders, Bernard 3 76 1997 Scalia, Justice Antonin 3 77 1992 Schaefer, William Donald 3 78 1989 Schneider, Claudine 3 79 1984-1986 Seamans, Fred H. 3 80 1986 Shaw, John J. 3 81 1997 Shelton, Carol 3 82 1986, 1992 Shelton, Henry - Awards and honors 3 83 1972-2001 Shelton, Henry - Calendar 3 84 1993-1999 Shelton, Henry - Correspondence 3 85 1985-2008 Shelton, Henry - In the media 3 86-87 1978-2007 Shelton, Henry - Notes 3 88-89 1983-2008 Shelton, Henry - Personal 3 90 1972-2002 Shelton, Henry - Public speaking 3 91 1999 Singleton, Richard 3 92 undated Stone, I. F. 3 93 undated Sundlin, Bruce 4 1 1989-1994 Swearer, Howard 4 2 1988 Terkel, Studs 4 3 1989 Tiernan, Kip 4 4 undated Tillmon, Johnnie 4 5 1995 Weld, William F. 4 6 1995 Wennerstrom, Janet A. 4 7 1989 Weygand, Bob 4 8 1998 Wiley, George 4 9 1972-1999 Wilson, Marion O. 4 10 1994-1997 Winn, Charles 4 11 1983 Organizations and Programs Series 3 1 Job = 1 Family Out of Poverty Campaign 4 12 1999 A History of Rhode Island Working People 4 13 1983 A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions 4 14 1990 Advent House 4 15 1987 Advisory Commission on Women in Rhode Island 4 16 1988 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) 4 17-18 1985-1997 Alliance for Community Jobs 4 19 undated Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union 4 20 1986 America's Second Harvest (A2H) 4 21 2001 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 4 22 1986 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) 4 23 1989-1999 American Friends Service Committee 4 24 1985-1986 American Income Life / National Income Life Insurance Company (AIL/NILCO) 4 25 2007-2008 American Power Conversion (APC) 4 26 1992-1996 American School for the Deaf 4 27 2000-2001 American Society on Aging (ASA) 4 28 1992 Americans Against Unfair Gas Taxes 4 29 1989 Amnesty International USA 4 30 undated Amos House 4 31 1983-1997 Andrade-Faxon Charities for Children 4 32 2007 Anti-Racism Literature Project 4 33 1986 Area Residents Concerned for a Healthy Environment (ARCHE) 4 34 1988 AS220 4 35 1999 Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (ACLD) 4 36 1986-1988 Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) 4 37 1986-2001 Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) 4 38 2001, 2007 AT&T 4 39 1982, 1988 Attorney General 4 40 1982-2001 Bell Atlantic 4 41 1998-1999 Bertha Capen Reynolds Society (BCRS) 4 42 1992 Blackstone Valley Community Action Program (BVCAP) 4 43 1983-1999 Blackstone Valley Community Health Care 4 44 1989-1992 Blackstone Valley Electric 4 45 1983-1992 Blackstone Valley Model Family Day Care Program 4 46 1976 Boston University School of Social Work 4 47 1995 Brandeis University 4 48 1985 Bread and Roses Community Fund 4 49 1980s Breakfast Club Members 4 50 2002 Brown Community Outreach 4 51 1990-1991 Brown University 4 52 1985-1999 Bryant College 4 53 1981 Building and Construction Trades Department 4 54 2000 Bureau of Labor Statistics 4 55-56 1985-2001 BUS Coalition 4 57 1996 Buy Nothing Day 4 58 1999 Call to Action Conference 4 59 1997 Campaign for Human Development 4 60 1995 Campaign for Jobs 4 61 1994 Campaign to End Childhood Hunger - 1995 Nationwide Study of Childhood Hunger 4 62 1995 Campaign to End Nuclear Explosions 4 63 1986 Capital Newspapers 4 64 1989 Catholic Inner City Apostolate 4 65 1969, 1988 Catholic Relief Services 4 66 2001 Catholics for Free Choice in Rhode Island 4 67 1990 Center for Applied Research in Education 4 68 undated Center for Child and Family Health 4 69 2001 Center for Community Change 4 70 1995, 1999 Center for Health, Environment and Justice 4 71 1999 Center for Law and Social Policy 4 72 1988-1997 Center for Third World Organizing 4 73 1989 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 4 74 1991, 1996 Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy 4 75 1992-2002 Center to Help Opportunities, Ideas, and Commitment Equal Success (CHOICES) 4 76 1988 Challenge to Leadership Conference 4 77 1987 Channel One 4 78 1980s Child and Family Consumer Advisory Committee 4 79 2001-2002 Child Nutrition Program 4 80 1998-1999 Children's Code Commission 4 81 1992 Children's Defense Fund 4 82 1985-1996 Children's Economic Security Act of 1997 4 83 1995 Children's Friend and Service 4 84 1990-1996 Children's Policy Coalition 4 85 2007 Christic Institute 5 1 1987-1989 Christmas in April 5 2 1999 Chronicle of Philanthropy 5 3 undated Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes (CCHW) 5 4 1983-1997 Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition 5 5 1976-1979 Citizens Bank 5 6 1986-1996 Citizens Community Foundation 5 7 1992 Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) 5 8 2002 Coalition for America's Children 5 9 1992 Coalition for Aquidneck Resource Development (CARD) 5 10 1974 Coalition for Central America 5 11 1989 Coalition for Consumer Justice (CCJ) 5 12 1978-2001 Coalition for Family Support and Involvement 5 13 1999 Coalition for Free Sports 5 14 1999 Coalition for Immigrants and Refugees 5 15 1997 Coalition for Rhode Island Housing and Open Space 5 16 1990 Coalition on Human Needs 5 17 1989-1997 Coastal Berry 5 18 1998 Combined Federal Campaign 5 19 1982-1983 Common Cause 5 20 1986, 1997 Communist Party of Rhode Island 5 21 1986, 1995 Community Baptist Church - Turning Around Ministries 5 22 2007 Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) 5 23 1983-1995 Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV) 5 24 1980-1988 Community Partnership for Substance Abuse Prevention 5 25 undated Community Training and Assistance Center (CTAC) 5 26 1986 Community Voice / Rhode Island Voice 5 27 1982-1986 Community / Media Conference 5 28 1986-1989 Concerned Citizens of Newport County 5 29 1974 Congress for Working America 5 30 1986 Conservation Law Foundation 5 31 1992 Consumer Federation of America 5 32 2002, 2007 Consumer's Resource Handbook 5 33 1988 Consumers Against Power Cost Adjustment (CAPCA) 5 34 1974 Consumers Against Power Cost Adjustment (CAPCA) - Trip to Washington, DC 5 35 1974 Contra aid 5 36 1986 Coordinated Health Partners 5 37 1999 Council for Community Services 5 38 1983 Cox Communications 5 39 1998 CVS Pharmacy Charity Classic 5 40 2000 DAWN for Children 5 41 1986-1995 DAY CARE USA 5 42 undated Dexter Donation 5 43 1991 Diocese of Providence 5 44 1983-2002 Direct Action for Rights & Equality (DARE) 5 45 1987-2005 Disclosure the National Newspaper of Neighborhoods 5 46 1988, 1990 Division of Labor Standards 5 47 1991 Division of Motor Vehicles Community Coalition 5 48 2001-2002 Division of Public Utilities and Carriers 5 49 1982-2007 Dorr War Bookstore 5 50 1983 DOT Watch 5 51 1992 Drug Initiative Act 5 52 1989 Eagle Apartments Tenant's Association 5 53 2001 Earned Income Credit Campaign 5 54 1990-2000 Earned Income Tax Credit 5 55 1998-2001 Eastern Utilities 5 56 1999 Economic Innovation Center 5 57 1995 Education Media & Network 5 58 1997 Elmwood Community Center 5 59 2001 Emblem Club 5 60 1992 Emergency Assistance to Families (EAF) 5 61 1986-1987 Energy Conservation Financing Task Force 5 62 1981-1983 English as a Second Language Program 5 63 1978 Environmental Action Foundation 5 64 undated Environmental Diversity Working Group 5 65 1993 Environmental Lead Task Force 5 66 undated Episcopal Community at Brown - RISD 5 67 1986 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) 5 68 1980s Equity Trust 5 69 2002 Executive Service Corps (ESC) 5 70 1999-2002 Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington 5 71 1995 Fair Income Training Employment (FITE) Coalition 5 72 1988 Families USA 5 73 2002 Family Economic Security Alliance 5 74 1995-1996 Family Housing Development Corporation 5 75 1995 Family Independence Program (FIP) 5 76 1997-2005 Family Support Act 5 77 1989 Fast for Life - Grape Boycott 5 78 1987-1989 Federal Aid 5 79 1987-1989 Federal Communications Commission 5 80 undated Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 5 81 1996 Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council 5 82 1990 Feinstein Foundation 5 83 1999-2002 FINCA International 5 84 undated First Baptist Church 5 85 undated Florence Gray Center 5 86 1992 Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) 5 87 1976-2001 Food Stamp Program 5 88 1983-2008 Forever Young Club 6 1 1974 Frank Morrow Company 6 2 1992 Fred Friendly 6 3 1998 Fuerza Laboral - Power of Workers 6 4 2007 Fund for Community Progress - Access Committee 6 5 1987-1990 Fund for Community Progress - Allocations and Annual Report 6 6 1983-1988 Fund for Community Progress - Appeal letters and proposals 6 7 1982-1994 Fund for Community Progress - Board of Directors 6 8 1983-1997 Fund for Community Progress - Campaign 6 9-10 1980-1999 Fund for Community Progress - Correspondence 6 11 1982-1999 Fund for Community Progress - Donations and pledges 6 12 1987-1989 Fund for Community Progress - Employer-Public Relations Committee 6 13 1987-1988 Fund for Community Progress - Events 6 14 1986-2007 Fund for Community Progress - Executive Committee 6 15 1982-1989 Fund for Community Progress - Financial and operational reports 6 16 1983-1995 Fund for Community Progress - Grant history 6 17 1990-1995 Fund for Community Progress - In the news media 6 18 1983-1997 Fund for Community Progress - Lawsuits 6 19 1987-1997 Fund for Community Progress - Meetings 6 20 1982-1997 Fund for Community Progress - Member organizations 6 21 1982-2000 Fund for Community Progress - Newsletters 6 22 1986-2001 Fund for Community Progress - Organizational structure 6 23 undated Fund for Community Progress - Protests and rallies 6 24 1993 Fund for Community Progress - Radio announcement 6 25 1992 Fund for Community Progress - Softball team 6 26 1986-1994 Gaspee Day Committee 6 27 1988 Gay/Lesbian Helpline 6 28 1991 General Hospital at the Rhode Island Medical Center 6 29 1986 General Public Assistance (GPA) 6 30 1985-1994 Genesis Community 6 31 1982-1989 Genesis Ecumenical Community 6 32 1992 Genesis, a Pilgrim People (GPP) 6 33 1990 George A. Wiley Center - Rhode Island Poverty 6 34 1993-1994 George A. Wiley Center - Rhode Island Voice 6 35 1986-1991 George A. Wiley Center - The Wiley Voice 6 36 1995-2001 George A. Wiley Center - 20th anniversary 6 37 2001 George A. Wiley Center - Accounting system 6 38 2000 George A. Wiley Center - Appeals/proposals 6 39-40 1982-2007 George A. Wiley Center - Board of Directors 6 41-42 1983-2007 George A. Wiley Center - Charitable organization tax status 6 43 1981-1992 George A. Wiley Center - Communications-Development Committee 6 44 2001 George A. Wiley Center - Correspondence 6 45 1981-2007 George A. Wiley Center - Development Committee 6 46 2000 George A. Wiley Center - Donations 7 1 1981-2001 George A. Wiley Center - Donations in memory of Patrick J. Dwyer 7 2 1993 George A. Wiley Center - Events 7 3 1981-2007 George A. Wiley Center - Financial information 7 4 1981-2001 George A. Wiley Center - Food program 7 5 1997 George A. Wiley Center - Funding from State of Rhode Island 7 6 1983-1989 George A. Wiley Center - Information sheet/essay 7 7-8 1982-2005 George A. Wiley Center - Insurance 7 9 1987 George A. Wiley Center - Internships 7 10 1993-2007 George A. Wiley Center - Leadership Committee 7 11 2007 George A. Wiley Center - Letters to editors/legislators 7 12 1986-2005 George A. Wiley Center - Media Oversight Committee 7 13 1987 George A. Wiley Center - Meetings 7 14 1986-2007 George A. Wiley Center - Newsletters/pamphlets 7 15 1986-2008 George A. Wiley Center - Newspaper clippings 7 16 1982-2007 George A. Wiley Center - Office administrative documents 7 17 1995-2002 George A. Wiley Center - Personnel weekly reports 7 18 1989 George A. Wiley Center - Press releases 7 19-20 1988-2006 George A. Wiley Center - Protests/rallies 7 21 1993-1998 George A. Wiley Center - Reports 7 22 1985-1996 George A. Wiley Center - Resource lists 7 23 1986-1992 George A. Wiley Center - Sports teams 7 24 1990-1999 George A. Wiley Center - Vigil Committee 7 25 1998 George Patrick Duffy 7 26 1988 Get the Lead Out Coalition 7 27 1992-2000 Good Nabor Wagon 7 28 1988 Governor's Steering Committee on Medically Uninsured 7 29 1990 GPA 4000 7 30 1993 Gray Panthers 7 31 1989-1998 Gray Panthers 7 32 1979-2008 Green Party of Rhode Island 7 33 1992-1993 Guatemala United 7 34 1994 Habitat for Humanity 7 35 1988-1999 HandsNet 7 36 1999 Hasbro - Playskool 7 37 1984-1996 Haymarket People's Fund 7 38 1990-1992 Head Start 7 39 1986 Health Care Organizing Project 7 40 1999 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) 7 41 1997 Health-tex 7 42 1986 Help! Emergency Assistance for RIers (H'EAR) 7 43-45 1984-1988 Helpline 7 46 1989-1990 Henry Barnard School / Parents Promoting Multicultural Awareness 7 47 1989-1990 Hope in Youth 7 48 1992 House Finance Committee 7 49 1987-1994 Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University 7 50 2001 Howard University 7 51 1989 Human SERVE Fund 7 52 1984 Human Services Conference 7 53 1990 Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee 7 54 1995-1998 Hydrogen Terror Press Pak 7 55 1995-1996 Injured Workers of Rhode Island (IWORI) 8 1 1985-1986 Institute for Community Economics 8 2 1990 Institute for Labor Studies and Research 8 3 1988-2002 Institute for Policy Studies 8 4 1993 Institute for Poverty Awareness and Education 8 5 undated Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence 8 6 2001-2002 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 8 7 1995 International Gallery for Heritage and Culture 8 8 2002 International Institute 8 9 1991-2001 Jesuit International Volunteers 8 10 1994 Jewish Federation of Rhode Island 8 11 1999-2000 Job Corps Center 8 12 undated JOBS 8 13 1995 Jobs with Justice 8 14 1996-2007 Jobs with Justice - RI Workers' Rights 8 15 2002 Johnson and Wales University 8 16 1999-2002 Joslin Community Development Corporation 8 17 1987 Justice Resource Institute 8 18 undated Kaiser Family Foundation 8 19 2001 Kids First 8 20 1999 Koch 8 21 1986-1988 Labor and Ethnic Heritage Festival 8 22 1992 Labor Notes 8 23 1986 Labor Party Advocates of Rhode Island 8 24 1995 Labor View 8 25 1990 LaSalette Center for Christian Living 8 26 2002 Leadership for a Changing World, grant nomination 8 27 2000 Leadership Greater Providence 8 28 1981 Leadership Rhode Island 8 29 1988 League of Women Voters of Rhode island 8 30 1990 Learning Connection 8 31 1994 Leon A. Mathieu Senior Center 8 32 2007 Leonard Peltier Defense Committee 8 33 undated Lieutenant Governor's Update 8 34 1989 Lifeline 8 35 1990-1993 Lifespan 8 36 1999 Living Wage 8 37 2002 Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies 8 38 1987 Local 26 8 39 1990 Local 76 Rhode Island Workers Union 8 40 1986 Local 904 8 41 undated Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 8 42 1987-2002 Lutheran Church 8 43 1998 Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation 8 44 1987 Marathon House 8 45 2000 Mass Direct Action 8 46 2002 Massachusetts Catholic Conference 8 47 1986 Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless 8 48 1987 Massachusetts Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP) 8 49 1991 Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) 8 50 1998 Massachusetts Urban Reinvestment Advisory Group 8 51 1984 Medical Mission Sisters 8 52 undated Medicare/Medicaid 8 53 undated Mercian Orthodox Catholic Church 8 54 1990 Ministers Alliance of Rhode Island 8 55 2002 Mother Jones 8 56 undated Mothers of East Los Angeles 8 57 1989 Movement for Economic Justice 8 58 1973 Movement for Economic Justice organizer notebook, second volume 8 59 1974 Narragansett Bay Commission 8 60 1995 Narragansett Electric Company 8 61 1974-1999 Nathan Bishop Middle School 8 62 1983 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 8 63 1989 National Association of Social Workers 8 64 1994-1996 National Black United Fund (NBUF) 8 65 1983 National Catholic Social Justice Lobby 8 66 1990 National Center for the Laity 8 67 1986-1990 National Child Support Enforcement Reference Center 8 68 1990 National Coalition for the Homeless 8 69 1986 National Commission on Children 8 70 undated National Committee for Full Employment (NCFE) 8 71 1984 National Committee for Independent Political Action (NCIPA) 8 72 1986 National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse 8 73 1983-1992 National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCPR) 8 74 1984-1997 National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) 8 75 1986-2007 National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence 8 76 undated National Grid 8 77 1997-2008 National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) 8 78 1986 National People's Action 8 79 1992 National Society of Fund Raising Executives (NSFRE) 8 80 1986 National Welfare Rights and Reform Union 8 81 1989 National Welfare Rights Movement (NWRO) 8 82 undated Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island 8 83 2000 Neighborhood Opportunities Program 8 84 2001 Neighborhood Preservation Apartments 8 85 1992 Neighborhood Uniting Project 8 86 1974 Network 8 87 1999 New England Alliance for Economic Justice 8 88 1987 New England Community Action Association 8 89 undated New England Electric System 8 90 1986-1997 New England Gas Company 8 91 2003 New England Governors' Conference 8 92 1992 New England Housing Network 8 93 2007 New England Labor History Conference 8 94 1995 New England Sanctuary Workers 8 95 1985 New England Training and Employment Council (NETEC) 8 96 1988 New England Welfare Reform Initiative (NEWRI) 8 97 1999 New Hampshire Feminist Health Center / WomenWise 8 98 1981 New Hampshire World Fellowship Center 8 99 1983-1987 Newman Church 8 100 1999 Newport County Community Mental Health Center 8 101 2002 Newport County Council of Community Services 8 102 1974 Newport Electric Corp. 8 103 1974 Newport Housing Authority 8 104 2007 NonProfit Resources 8 105 1999-2002 Northern Rhode Island Private Industry Council (NRIPIC) 8 106 1989-1992 Nutrition Council of Rhode Island 8 107 1995 NYNEX/New England Telephone Company 8 108 1982-1997 Ocean State Action 8 109 1992-1996 Ocean State Center for Independent Living 8 110 undated Ocean State Employment and Economic Project (OSEEP) 8 111 1981-1986 Ocean State Issues Program 8 112 1990 Office of Child Support Enforcement 8 113 1990 Office of Higher Education 8 114 1990 One-Stop Employment 8 115 undated Operation Clean Government 8 116 1996 Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) of Rhode Island 8 117 1983-1990 Options 8 118 1991-1992 Origins, CNS Documentary Service 8 119 1991 Outlet Company 8 120 1982 Oxfam 8 121 1992 Pathways to Independence 9 1 1988-1991 Pawtucket Boys and Girls Club 9 2 1990-1997 Pawtucket Housing Hearing 9 3 2000 People First Budget Coalition 9 4 1992-1994 People to End Homelessness 9 5 2001 People's Bicentennial Center of RI 9 6 1976 People's Bicentennial Commission 9 7 1973-1976 People's Daily World 9 8 1986, 1988 People's Daily World 9 9 1988 People's Utility Fairness Coalition 9 10 2001 Percentage of Income Plan (PIP) 9 11 1980-2005 Pew Charitable Trusts - Children's Initiative in Rhode Island 9 12 1992 Politics of Community Action Groups - Rhode Island College course 9 13 1985 Port Authority and Economic Development Corporation 9 14 1994 Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) 9 15 1993 Poverty Fund 9 16 1994 Presbyterian Church 9 17 2000-2001 Progreso Latino 9 18 1998-2002 Progressive Policy Initiative 9 19 1992 Project Bread 9 20 1999 Project Independence 9 21 1988-1990 Providence Black Repertory Company 9 22 2002 Providence City Council 9 23 1980-1989 Providence College 9 24 1993-2000 Providence Community Action Program 9 25 undated Providence Energy Corporation 9 26 1987-1999 Providence Family Learning Center 9 27 1988 Providence Gas Company 9 28 1992-2002 Providence Housing Authority 9 29 2001 Providence Human Relations Commission 9 30 1988 Providence Mall 9 31 1996 Providence Newspaper Guild 9 32 1989-1995 Providence School Board 9 33 1984-1989 Providence Title I Evaluation Final Report 9 34 1978 PROVIDENCE/350 9 35 1986 Public Affairs Conference 9 36 1989 Public Assistance Act (PAA) 9 37 1984 Public Employee Department 9 38 1989 Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (Early Identification Program) 9 39 1984-1993 Public Service Company of New Hampshire 9 40 1986 Public Utilities Commission (PUC) 9 41 1974-2005 Public Utilities Commission (PUC) 9 42 1971-1999 Public Voice 9 43 1996 Recovery Systems 9 44 1979 Research Institute on Legal Assistance of the Legal Services Corporation 9 45 1983 Resist 9 46 1986-2001 Resumes 9 47 1987-1991 Rhode Island Bar Association 9 48 1988 Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty 9 49 1988-2000 Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty 9 50 1984-1998 Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty 9 51 1988-2002 Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty 9 52 1991-2005 Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty 9 53 1989-1995 Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty 9 54 1988-2007 Rhode Island Carrier's Association 10 1 1987-1997 Rhode Island Carrier's Association 10 2 1986-1994 Rhode Island Carrier's Association 10 3 1989-1995 Rhode Island Central America Network 10 4 1990 Rhode Island Children in Poverty Summit 10 5 2005 Rhode Island Children's Advocacy Network 10 6 1986 Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless 10 7 1986-2002 Rhode Island College 10 8 1982-2002 Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights 10 9 1989 Rhode Island Committee for Nonviolence Initiatives 10 10 1999 Rhode Island Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (RICOSH) 10 11 1983-2001 Rhode Island Community Action Association 10 12 2007 Rhode Island Community Food Bank 10 13 1982-2008 Rhode Island Community Investment Loan Fund Work Group 10 14 undated Rhode Island Community Reinvestment Association (RICRA) 10 15 1992 Rhode Island Conference on Labor-Management Relations 10 16 1992 Rhode Island Congress of Parents and Teachers 10 17 1983-1986 Rhode Island Consumers' Council 10 18 1983-1986 Rhode Island Council 94 10 19 1989-1996 Rhode Island Council of Community Mental Health Centers 10 20 1990 Rhode Island Council of Senior Citizens 10 21 1986 Rhode Island Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence (RICAODD) 10 22 1995 Rhode Island Department of Education 10 23 1986-2002 Rhode Island Department of Elderly Affairs 10 24 1982-1990 Rhode Island Department of Employment and Training 10 25 1983-2002 Rhode Island Department of Employment Security 10 26 1982-1989 Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management 10 27 2008 Rhode Island Department of Health 10 28 1982-2001 Rhode Island Department of Human Services 10 29-30 1982-1997 Rhode Island Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services 10 31 1984 Rhode Island Department of Transportation 10 32 2002 Rhode Island Emergency Food and Shelter Board 10 33 1985 Rhode Island Ethics Commission 10 34 1996-1997 Rhode Island Fair Welfare Association 10 35 1968 Rhode Island Foundation 10 36 1991-2001 Rhode Island Handicapped Action Committee 10 37 undated Rhode Island Health Care Reform Network 10 38 undated Rhode Island Health Center Association 10 39 1997 Rhode Island Health Plan 10 40 1982-1987 Rhode Island High Schools Organized to Protect the Earth 10 41 1996 Rhode Island House of Representatives 10 42 1987-1995 Rhode Island House/Senate Commission on Women's Health Issues 10 43 1995 Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation 10 44-45 1986-1998 Rhode Island Housing Board of Commissioners 10 46 1989 Rhode Island Human Resources Investment Council (HRIC) 10 47 1994-2002 Rhode Island Human Services Coalition 10 48 1986-1987 Rhode Island Journal of the Senate 10 49 1992 Rhode Island Justice Alliance 10 50 1986-1990 Rhode Island KIDS COUNT 10 51 1994-2002 Rhode Island Maternal and Child Health Coalition 11 1 1987 Rhode Island Mental Health Coalition 11 2 1991 Rhode Island Middle East Committee (RIMEC) 11 3 1990-1991 Rhode Island Mobilization for Survival 11 4 1990-1991 Rhode Island Organizing Project (RIOP) 11 5 1999 Rhode Island Parent Information Network (RIPIN) 11 6 2002 Rhode Island Parents for Progress 11 7-16 1987-2002 Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) 11 17 1982-1990 Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) 11 18 1983-2004 Rhode Island Right to Housing Coalition 11 19 1989-1992 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) 11 20 1988 Rhode island Service Alliance 11 21 2002 Rhode Island Single Payer Campaign 11 22 1993-1996 Rhode Island Skills Commission 11 23 1992 Rhode Island State Energy Office 11 24 1996 Rhode Island State Fiscal Facts 11 25 1981 Rhode Island Statewide Health Coordinating Council 11 26 1986 Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program 11 27 2002-2004 Rhode Island Strategic Development Commission 11 28 1983 Rhode Island Women's Health Collective 11 29 1990 Rhode Island Workers Association 11 30 1996-1999 Rhode Island Workforce 2000 Council 11 31-34 1988-2000 Rhode Islanders for a Drug Free Youth 11 35 1987-1988 RI Alliance for Better Child Care 11 36 1987-1988 RI Consumer Education Program (RICEP) 11 37 undated Rite Care 12 1 1993-2001 Rural Development Leadership Network 12 2 undated Ruth Mott Fund 12 3 1992 Sacred Heart Parish 12 4 1998 Saints Francis and Therese Catholic Workers 12 5 1987 Saint Raphael Academy 12 6 1990 Salve Regina University 12 7 1994-1995 Save Our Shopping (SOS) Coalition 12 8 1996 School Breakfast Program 12 9-13 1991-2008 School Committee(s) 12 14 1992-1999 Second Community Congress 12 15 1972 Secretary of State's Office of Public Information 12 16 2002 Seeking Top Notch R.I. Vocational Education (STRIVE) 12 17 1986 Self Help And Resource Exchange (SHARE) 12 18 1995 Senior Health Affordability Coalition 12 19 1985, undated Senior Services 12 20 undated Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 12 21 1989 Share Our Strength (SOS) 12 22 1996 Shaws Market 12 23 1997 Social Action Committee 12 24 1986-1987 Social Justice Committee 12 25 1986 Social Services 12 26 1988 Sojourners 12 27 1991 Solidarity Support Committee of RI 12 28 1983-1984 South County Community Action (SCCA) 12 29 1986-1994 Southern New England Safe Roads Coalition 12 30 1996 Southern Union Company 12 31 undated Southside Community Land Trust 12 32 undated Special Legislative Commission on Child Care in Rhode Island 12 33 1987 Special Legislative Commission to Study the Need for State Day Care Centers 12 34 1973 Special Legislative Task Force to Investigate the Department for Children and Their Families 12 35 1991 Special Senate Commission to Study Methods of Promoting Gainful Employment of Welfare Recipients through State Contracts 12 36 1993 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program 12 37 1996 Spirited Women 12 38 1990 Stand for Children 12 39 1996 State Employees Combined Charitable Campaign (SECCC) 12 40 1982-1985 State of Rhode Island in General Assembly legislation 12 41 1985-1996 State of the People (Address) 12 42 1994-1996 State Workforce Investment Board 12 43 1999 Statewide Coalition and Project Hope 12 44 1974 Statewide Housing Action Coalition (SHAC) 12 45 1991-1993 Stone Soup Folk Arts Foundation 12 46 1991-2001 Success Network 12 47 1987 Summer Food Service Program 12 48 1993-2005 Sunrise Corporation 12 49 1992 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 12 50 1989-1998 Supreme Court 12 51 undated Survival News 12 52 1988 SWAP 12 53 1988-1992 Tapping Officials' Secrets 12 54 1989 Task Force on Special Circumstance Items 12 55 1970 Teamsters Local Union No. 251 12 56 1993 Temple Beth-El 12 57 1992 Temple Emanu-El 12 58 2002 Textron Inc. 12 59 1987-1996 The Better Homes Foundation 12 60 1993 The Catholic Worker 12 61 1989 The Charles Bannerman Memorial Fellowship Program 12 62 1993 The Clothing Collaborative 12 63 undated The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island 12 64 1992 The Grantsmanship Center 12 65 1992 The Group for Fairness in the Greenhouse 12 66 1983-1984 The New World Foundation 12 67 1988-1989 The Other Side 12 68 undated The Peoples Fast for Justice and Peace in the Americas 12 69 1992 The Providence American 12 70 1987, 1988 The Providence Center 12 71 2002 The Providence Journal-Bulletin 12 72 1988-1992 The Providence Journal-Bulletin 12 73 1986 The Town Crier 13 1 1986 The Women's Funding Alliance 13 2 1990 Title XX Social Services Block Grant 13 3 1995, undated Town Meeting - Pawtucket/Central Falls 13 4 1996 Transportation Reform Alliance 13 5 1999 Tufts University 13 6 1985-1997 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 13 7 1995 U.S. Out of the Middle East Coalition 13 8 undated Unemployed Workers Union 13 9 1993, undated Union for the Homeless 13 10 undated Union of Senior Citizens 13 11 1986 Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock 13 12 undated United Black and Brown Fund 13 13 1990 United Campaign for Permanent Jobs 13 14 1999-2000 United Church of Christ 13 15 1988-1999 United Farm Workers 13 16 1987-1988 United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 791 13 17 1988-1997 United Methodist Church 13 18 1996 United Nurses and Allied Professionals 13 19 1999 United States Catholic Conference 13 20 1992 United States Postal Service 13 21 undated United Way 13 22 1982-1996 United Way 13 23 1985-2007 Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) 13 24 2001 University of Rhode Island 13 25 1986-2001 Urban Institute 13 26 1987 Urban League 13 27 1983-1993 Valley Gas Company 13 28 2001 Valley Resources 13 29 1983-1990 Verizon 13 30 2001 Vocational Resources - also Providence Center for Counselling and Psychiatric Services 13 31 1988 Volunteers In Action (VIA) 13 32 1990 Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) 13 33 1982-1986 War on Waste 13 34 1992 Welcome 13 35 undated Welfare Advocates' Group 13 36 1986 Welfare Reform Action Group 13 37 1989 Welfare to Work Partnership 13 38 1999 Welfare Warriors of Wisconsin 13 39 1996 Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) 13 40 1992 Wisconsin Gas 13 41 1994 Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island 13 42 1983 Women for a Non-Nuclear Future Education Fund (WFNNF) 13 43 1993 Women IN Non-Traditional Employment Realizing Success (WINNERS) 13 44 1990 Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program 13 45 1988-1999 Women's Center 13 46 undated Women's Development Corporation of Providence 13 47 1992 Women's Educational and Industrial Union 13 48 2001 Womens Way 13 49 undated Woonsocket Housing Authority 13 50 1988-1989 Woonsocket Neighborhood Development Corporation (WNDC) 13 51 undated Workers Association to Guarantee Employment (WAGE) 13 52-54 1978-1986 Workers Association to Guarantee Employment (WAGE) newspaper clippings 13 55-58 1980-1983 Working Assets Long Distance 13 59 2001 World Fellowship Center 13 60 1986 World Hunger Year (WHY) 13 61 1994 Youth Advocacy Project 13 62 1994 Topics Series 4 Alternative charities 14 1 1983 Arts and theater 14 2 1983-1991 Business and Agencies 14 3 1983-1988 Central America/Caribbean 14 4 1986-1990 Child care 14 5 1974-2002 Childhood poverty 14 6 1990-1999 Children 14 7-8 1985-1999 Community organizing 14 9 1987-2002 Community psychology 14 10 undated Contact Lists 14 11 1984-2007 Criminal justice 14 12 1986-1991 Disability 14 13 1984-1994 Disinformation 14 14 1986 Domestic abuse/violence 14 15 1983 Economy 14 16 1974-1993 Education 14 17 1976-1994 Elderly 14 18 1983-1993 Environmental Issues 14 19 1974-1988 Finance 14 20 1983-1997 Foreign and International Affairs 14 21 1982-1990 Gender/sexuality 14 22 1980-1999 Gun control 14 23 undated Healthcare 14 24 1982-2007 Homelessness 14 25 1983-2002 Housing 14 26-28 1982-2002 Hunger 14 29 1983-2008 Immigrants 14 30 1996-2002 Labor 14 31 1982-1999 Legal service for the poor 14 32 1987-1989 Mental Health 14 33 1998 Middle East 14 34 1996-2002 Narragansett Indians and casino in Charlestown 14 35 1982-1994 Neighborhood development 14 36 1989-1994 News media 15 1 1982-1999 Nuclear disarmament 15 2 1982-1989 Politics/politicians 15 3-4 1974-2008 Poverty 15 5 1985-2007 Poverty 15 6 1986-2001 Providence facts 15 7 undated Race/human rights 15 8 1982-1999 Religion/religious groups 15 9 1970-1991 Religion/religious groups 15 10 1983-2002 Special education 15 11 1986 Sports 15 12 1987-1996 Taxes/budget 15 13 1982-1997 Unemployment 15 14 1979-2007 Utility 15 15 1982-2007 Utility 15 16 1979-1997 Water contamination 15 17 undated Welfare 15 18 1974-1999 Welfare 15 19 1985-1999 Women's rights 15 20 1983-1997 Workers' Rights 15 21 1983-1993 Youth jobs 15 22 1998 Zoning laws 15 23 1986-1993