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May is Community Action Month! Help us Celebrate!

May 1, 2023 | News and Information

As the Community Action Agency for Onondaga County, PEACE, Inc. will celebrate the impact of community action this month!

Did you know, for example, that PEACE, Inc. and Community Action emerged from the 1960s and then President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty?” Or the central tenant of Community Action, Maximum Feasible Participation? You can learn more about the history of Community Action here!

President Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964