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Len Norwitz

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Work History

Start Year	End Year	Organization	Position
1977	1980	Hartford Areas Rally Together	Organizer
1980	1983	Citizens for Action in New Britain CANB	Director
1983	1984	Massachusetts Fair Share	Lead Organizer Organizer
1984	1986	Connecticut Citizen Action Group	Lead Organizer
1986	1987	Oregon Fair Share	Lead Organizer
1987	1990	Western States Center	Coach / Consultant Lead Organizer
1990	1992	OR Democratic Campaign Committee	Coach / Consultant
1992	1995	SEIU Local 503	Organizer
1995	2002	Western States Center	Coach / Consultant Lead Organizer

Organizer Profile

Who has inspired you in your organizing?:

Muhammad Ali

Saul Alinsky, IAF

Dorothy Day, Catholic Worker Movement

Laddie Michalowski, Citizens for Action in New Britain, CT; CCAG

John Sayles, Screen writer and Director

Cipriano Ferrel, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, Woodburn Oregon

Virginia and Russell Brodine, Activists, writers and neighbors

Are you still in organizing? If not, in what other fields have you worked? What are you doing now?:

I worked with social change - community based, statewide organizations, political campaigns and organized labor efforts - for nearly twenty-five years and retired in 2002. Since then - I have been farming seedling trees, shrubs and grasses that are endemic to the wetside Pacific Northwest.

Genealogy

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Len Norwitz's Trainers

Who developed and/or trained you as an organizer?

Person	Organization
Krivosh, Michael	SEIU Local 503
Mimnaugh, Jack	Hartford Areas Rally Together/United CT Action for Neighborhoods

Len Norwitz's Coaches

Who has mentored, coached, or consulted with you in your organizing career?

Len Norwitz's Peers

Which of your peers influenced your development as an organizer?

Person	Organization
Diener, Bart	Massachusetts Fair Share/Oregon Fair Share
Kaufman, Liz	CCAG and OR Democratic Campaign Committee
Malachowsky, Jeff	Western States Center
Parson, Donna	Connecticut Citizen Action Group/Public Campaign
Petegorsky, Dan	Western States Center
Ramos, Tarso Luis	Western States Center
Rogers, David	Western States Center
Ross, Deb	Western States Center/Public Campaign
Turner, Kathy	Portland Organizing Project
Zepatos, Thalia	Basic Rights Oregon/Western States Center

Len Norwitz's Trainees

Whom have you developed or trained as an organizer? (Please list people who have stayed in the field or a related field for at least three years.)

Person	Organization
Farber, Mike	Connecticut Citizen Action Group/Oregon Fair Share
Pinney, Ellen	Oregon Fair Share
Rome, Ethan	Connecticut Citizen Action Group
Schiewe, Carin	Massachusetts Fair Share
Wong, Phil	OR Democratic Campaign Committee

Len Norwitz's Coachees

Who did you mentor, coach, or consult with you in your organizing career? (Please list people who have stayed in the field or a related field for at least 3 years.)

Person	Organization
Cooke, Cordy	RIDGE, Roslyn, WA
DeLapp, Renee	SEIU Local 503
Desiderato, David	Connecticut Citizen Action Group
Fulkerson, Bob	Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
Gorzoch, Michael	Hartford Areas Rally Together
Hansen, Jim	United Vision for Idaho
Hill, Anne	SEIU Local 503
Kelly, Kevin	Citizens for Action in New Britain, CT
Throop, Tom	Equality State Policy Center, WY
Vogt, Lorna	Utah Progressive Network