Reminiscences of William J. Grinker : oral history, 2003.

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Grinker, William J.,. Reminiscences of William J. Grinker : oral history, 2003.

Reminiscences of William J. Grinker : oral history, 2003.

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Born in Milwaukee, WI; education: University of Wisconsin in 1957 and Harvard Law School in 1961; career: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Labor, anti-poverty work, United Planning Organization, assistant commissioner for Community Development Agency in New York, President of Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, consultant, creator/partner in NSP Works and Seedco; September 11th: calling family, television coverage, staff shaken; September 11th Fund: coordinating work between United Way and New York Community Trust, program strategies, Red Cross controversy, media coverage; post-9/11 focus of Seedco: funding sources, creation of resource guide, multifacted strategy of grant-giving, wage subsidies and loans, use of consultants, work with Safe Horizon, questions of eligibility, definition of victim, flexible lending, allocation of funds, Chinatown, Asian Americans for Equality and Consortium for Worker Education, World Trade Center Small Business Fund, Small Grocers Initiative, Garment Industry Development Project, Small Business Service Firm Initiative, relationship between city, state and federal response to 9/11, impact of emergency allocation on standard operations.

transcript: 47 p.sound recordings: 2 sound discs (109 min.) : digital ; 3 in.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries