Tom Gaudette
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Tom Gaudette (1923-1998) was a community organizer who worked in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. Originally a businessman, Gaudette became interested in neighborhood organizing through his Catholic Church activism. Gaudette helped form an Alinsky-based neighborhood group on the far west side of Chicago called Organization for a Better Austin. OBA was concerned with poor schools and neighborhood decline.
He also founded the Mid-America Institute for Community Organizations, and trained notable organizers like Shel Trapp and Gale Cincotta. He was influenced by Saul Alinsky.