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Ernesto J. Cortes Jr.
Community Organizer | Class of March 1984
Title
Community Organizer
Location
Weslaco, Texas
Age
41 at time of award
Area of Focus
Civil Society and Community Organizing
Published March 1, 1984
ABOUT ERNESTO'S WORK
Ernesto Cortes is an organizational strategist who works with citizens’ groups, religious denominations, and labor unions to increase their participation in the political process at the community level.
As a community organizer, he establishes neighborhood groups and teaches them how to deal effectively with utility companies, city governments, and social and economic problems, such as unemployment, health care, and affordable housing. He has also helped poor people to develop their leadership skills. He has organized community movements in several cities, including Houston, El Paso, Fort Worth, East Los Angeles, Gary, and East Chicago.
BIOGRAPHY
Cortes is a founder of the San Antonio Communities Organized for Public Service, the United Neighborhood Organization in Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Organization in Houston. He is based in Los Angeles as southwest regional director of the Industrial Areas Foundation, a group that carries out and expands on the work of Saul Alinsky. At the Foundation, he guides the efforts of community organizations in Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Iowa.
Cortes received a B.A. (1963) from Texas A & M University and did graduate work at the University of Texas.
Last updated January 1, 2005.
小埃内斯托-J-科尔特斯
社区组织者 | 1984年3月班
职称
社区组织者
工作地点
韦斯拉科,德克萨斯州
年龄
获奖时为41岁
关注领域
公民社会和社区组织
发表于1984年3月1日
关于埃内斯托的工作
埃内斯托-科尔特斯是一位组织战略家,他与公民团体、宗教教派和工会合作,提高他们在社区层面的政治进程的参与度。
作为社区组织者,他建立邻里团体,并教他们如何有效地处理公用事业公司、市政府以及社会和经济问题,如失业、医疗保健和经济适用房。 他还帮助穷人发展他们的领导技能。 他曾在多个城市组织社区运动,包括休斯顿、埃尔帕索、沃斯堡、东洛杉矶、加里和东芝加哥。
个人简历
科尔特斯是圣安东尼奥社区公共服务组织、洛杉矶的联合邻里组织和休斯顿的大都会组织的创始人。 他在洛杉矶担任工业区基金会的西南地区主任,该基金会是一个执行和扩大索尔-阿林斯基的工作的团体。 在该基金会,他指导德克萨斯州、加利福尼亚州、亚利桑那州、新墨西哥州、路易斯安那州、内布拉斯加州和爱荷华州的社区组织的工作。
科尔特斯在德克萨斯A&M大学获得学士学位(1963年),并在德克萨斯大学进行了研究生学习。
最后更新于2005年1月1日。 |
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