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===Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council===
 
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After parting ways with the Institute of Juvenile Research in 1939(some sources say that he was fired by Shaw<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0j6h988fQ9QC&pg=PA23 The Origins of American Criminology]</ref>), he teamed up with Joseph Meegan<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-07-09/news/9407090073_1_labor-organizer-low-cost-donna-cook Joseph Meegan, Back Of Yards Council Co-founder], [[Chicago Tribune]]</ref> where they formed the Back-Of-The-Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC), named after the Union Stockyards,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ld3LBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 Remediation of Former Manufactured Gas Plants and Other Coal-Tar Sites]</ref> the meatpacking district of Chicago which was made infamous by [[Upton Sinclair]]'s book ''[[The Jungle]]''.<ref name=rebel />  This was his first act of "community organizer," and cemented his position as a radical reformer.
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After parting ways with the Institute of Juvenile Research in 1939(some sources say that he was fired by Shaw<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0j6h988fQ9QC&pg=PA23 The Origins of American Criminology]</ref>), he teamed up with Joseph Meegan<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-07-09/news/9407090073_1_labor-organizer-low-cost-donna-cook Joseph Meegan, Back Of Yards Council Co-founder], [[Chicago Tribune]]</ref> where they formed the Back-Of-The-Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC), named after the Union Stockyards,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ld3LBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 Remediation of Former Manufactured Gas Plants and Other Coal-Tar Sites]</ref> the meatpacking district of Chicago which was made infamous by [[Upton Sinclair]]'s book ''[[The Jungle]]''.<ref name=rebel />  This was his first act of "community organizer," and cemented his position as a radical reformer. John Lewis' main organizer in the Back of the Yards was Herb March, who became good friends with Alinsky.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fy11AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT119 Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice]</ref>
    
In reviewing the BYN, Alinsky made the following observation:<ref name=Kincaid>[http://sorosfiles.com/soros/2011/10/john-podesta-the-center-for-american-progress-and-the-communist-friendly-modern-progressive-movement.html John Podesta, the Center for American Progress, and the Communist-friendly Modern Progressive Movement]</ref>
 
In reviewing the BYN, Alinsky made the following observation:<ref name=Kincaid>[http://sorosfiles.com/soros/2011/10/john-podesta-the-center-for-american-progress-and-the-communist-friendly-modern-progressive-movement.html John Podesta, the Center for American Progress, and the Communist-friendly Modern Progressive Movement]</ref>
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