Michael Gecan Explained

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). .^[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.

Notes and References

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/nyregion/27about.html?ref=nyregion "In a Sea of Foreclosures, an Island of Calm" - New York Times
2. Web site: Tattersall . Amanda . ChangeMakers . Gecan . Mike . 2020 . Changemaker Chat with Mike Gecan: Organising in the US . 2022-06-22 . Commons Social Change Library.
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lw4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ygcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6799,457519&dq=michael-gecan+saul&hl=en "Church and community: churches push for change" - Ocala Star-Banner
4. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/nyregion/thecity/26dens.html "Long Down on Its Heels, a Community Looks Up" - New York Times
5. http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-10-22/news/building-public-power/ "Building Public Power" - Village Voice
6. News: Gecan, Michael . . In a clueless party . December 29, 2004 .
7. News: . The grand canyon: Our leaders can't fix the economy because they live in opposing fantasy lands . August 7, 2011 . Gecan, Michael .
8. News: Gecan, Michael . . The Tea Party isn't radical enough . February 28, 2011.
9. News: Gecan, Michael . . Freedom and the meaning of the Tea Party . February 24, 2011 .
10. News: Gecan, Michael . . Freedom from and what it means to be an American . February 23, 2011 .