The Town Meeting Campaign began with the goal of having one Town Meeting in every county of the United States. However, some states intensified that goal, such as Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Chicago Kitty Cole and Georgiana McBurney led the “Standing Tall in the 80s campaign that offered forums to every one of Chicago’s 77 communities.
Town Meeting Intensified
Illinois
“Standing Tall in the 80s in Chicago”
- Bensley, Lucas, July 29, 2019: Standing Tall in the ’80s Report. Lucas interned at the ICA Archives June-August 2019. He documented the Chicago community campaign to offer a forum in each of Chicago’s communities in this report.
- Standing Tall for the ’80s: 1980-1981 Report
Mississippi 200
- Memories of Mississippi 200 Town Meetings program, Sandra Conant Strachan, 2019
- Town Meeting report from Linda Zahrt, 1981
- Town Meeting report from Molly Shaw, 1981
- Town Meeting II: 1979-1980 – Not only did Mississippi do more than 200 Town Meetings, but the decision was made to go back to those towns for a follow-up to enable implementation of the communities plan. This effort was known as Town Meeting II.
- Town Meeting Mississippi 200 State Report, 1979
- “Citizen Involvement – The Answer“, Ruth Wilson, 16th Guardian Consult, April 7, 1979
- Town Meeting: Mississippi 200 1978-1979
- Winstonville Town Meeting (Mississippi), Christina Welty, May 23, 1977
Oklahoma 100
- Oklahoma City South Town Meeting, May 1, 1976
- Actualization: TM in Oklahoma, July 15, 1976