Michael Gecan

American activist

Michael Gecan is a community organizer in New York City affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation.[1][2] He was trained in part by Saul Alinsky.[3] He is lead organizer for East Brooklyn Congregations and other New York-based organizations.[4] He is the executive director of United Power for Action and Justice, a Chicago Based Industrial Area Foundation affiliate. He is the author of Going Public: An Organizer's Guide to Citizen Action (Anchor Books, 2004). ISBN 1-4000-7649-8.[5]

Gecan has authored pieces on the Democratic Party in The Washington Post,[6] contemporary politics in New York Daily News,[7] a series on populism and the Tea Party for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation,[8][9][10] among others.

References

  1. ^ "In a Sea of Foreclosures, an Island of Calm" - New York Times
  2. ^ Tattersall, Amanda; ChangeMakers; Gecan, Mike (2020). "Changemaker Chat with Mike Gecan: Organising in the US". Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  3. ^ "Church and community: churches push for change" - Ocala Star-Banner
  4. ^ "Long Down on Its Heels, a Community Looks Up" - New York Times
  5. ^ "Building Public Power" - Village Voice
  6. ^ Gecan, Michael (December 29, 2004). "In a clueless party". The Washington Post.
  7. ^ Gecan, Michael (August 7, 2011). "The grand canyon: Our leaders can't fix the economy because they live in opposing fantasy lands". New York Daily News.
  8. ^ Gecan, Michael (February 28, 2011). "The Tea Party isn't radical enough". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  9. ^ Gecan, Michael (February 24, 2011). "Freedom and the meaning of the Tea Party". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  10. ^ Gecan, Michael (February 23, 2011). "Freedom from and what it means to be an American". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.


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