Lawyer with Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance, Inc., 1977-1983. Active in Springfield's Eastside neighborhood and energy self-reliance citizens' groups and community organizations.

(1) Minutes, correspondence and sub-committee records of the Citizen's Advisory Committee, 1976-1981, regarding the goals, activities and policies of this official citizens' group, and Springfield's citizen participation plan and community development block grant program. (2) Correspondence and other records regarding a 1978 complaint submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by Nielsen on the behalf of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance's "low and moderate income" clients, objecting to Springfield's 1978 application of Community Development Block Grant funds. (3) By-laws, minutes, correspondence, personnel and financial records of Community Energy Systems, 1978-1982, an organization dedicated to combating community deterioration through energy conservation and solar sales and contracting, founded in 1979. (4) By-laws, minutes, correspondence and committee records of the Springfield Energy Coalition, 1980, a coalition dedicated to promoting energy self-reliance. (5) Minutes, correspondence, grant applications and other records of the Access to Housing Committee, 1979-1982, documenting the activities of this organization dedicated to working against housing discrimination, particularly for low-income blacks of Springfield's Eastside. (6) Minutes, correspondence, proposals, reference materials and other records of the Springfield Community Development Credit Union Task Force, 1978-1981, regarding this organization's research on redlining and efforts to promote community economic development by seeking to establish a federally-chartered community development credit union task force.