Links to further resources about Fifth City

 

                          Village leader in rural India with picture of the Fifth City Iron Man

 

• Fifth City Grid on Map

•   Fifth City Social Model 1  The original comprehensive template of the organizational structure, along with the community Stakes and Guild structures

• Testimony of Joseph Wesley Mathews before the US Senate, Given shortly after the urban riots following the death of Dr. Martin Luther King,1968

• The Fifth City Mini-School Manual: An introduction to the educational theory and practical operation of the Fifth City Mini-School for the teaching staff

• Fifth City: The Rebirth of Community (stories and remarks of Mayor Richard J. Daley)

• Summary of Progress from the Fifth City Annual Report, 1977-78; click on the images to enlarge

 

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• A Decisional City: A video documentary on Fifth City narrated by Oprah Winfrey; click to download and view

• The Human Development Report: Fifth City Fifth City residents give brief reports to the 1979 ICA Summer Assembly

• Community Development That Works Article from InContext magazine on how Fifth City principles were applied around the world

• Creating Community: A Handbook for Comprehensive Community Development — by George Randall West, member of the Institute staff who worked in 5th City in the early stages of the project, as well as in other community projects around the world

• The Fifth City Preschool Children Sing  A video clip of a visit to the community preschool in 2013

 

 

Seagull statue at the entrance to Hai Ou Village in Taiwan–

Another version of the global Iron Man symbol.