CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNIT Y AND EQUIT Y
1971 1971–1975 Edwin D. Campbell serves as EDC president. 1972 Massachusetts passes Chapter 766, the first special education law in the United States.
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Equity
1971: The Career Education Project provides telephone-based counseling, job training, and a career resource center to help thousands of adults in Rhode Island join the workforce. It becomes a national model for workforce development initiatives.