Tom Knoche, Activist, Camden, New
Jersey
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Tom Knoche holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Master of Regional Planning from Univ. of N. Carolina. Working as an urban practitioner/ teacher/ community organizer, Knoche has provided technical assistance to many grassroots community organizations committed to social change, especially with housing and community planning. He has won many awards including the Community Merit Award from the Camden Housing and Community Development Corp. and the Hans Gobel Award from the Concerned Citizens of North Camden. Biography |
The only projects that move forward are those that people loyal to the machine want and promote. Constituents who are not loyal to the machine are ignored...
"I want to provide an understanding of how politics works in Camden, and how it benefits just a few people," said Tom Knoche, a city activist who compares his 16-page tract to Common Sense, the 1776 essay that inspired American resistance to British rule.
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Tom Knoche, Author. The book is a response to political realities in Camden. I have been working with community groups in Camden as a community organizer since 1978. In the last decade, it has gotten harder and harder for legitimate community concerns to get a response. Residents organize, set priorities, and present them to public officials at appropriate forums, only to be ignored. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions got spent on waterfront development projects that weren’t benefiting residents. Read "Common Sense"