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| | About PICO - FAQs |
 | | PICO was founded in 1972 under the leadership Father John Baumann, a Jesuit priest who had learned community organizing Chicago. |
 | | PICO works on issues such as housing, education, public safety, immigration reform, neighborhood revitalization, youth activities, transportation and health care that directly affect the quality of life in communities. |
 | | The most common way in which a PICO organization is started is that a group of people, often but not always clergy, invite PICO staff to meet with them to help build a new community effort. |
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