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Mike Miller

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Organizer Profile

What brought you into the work?:

- Growing up in a housing project
- The McCarthy Era
- Values learned in my family

Share 3 lessons you have learned through your work in organizing.:

- Stay close to the people who are the base.
- Never fully accept the tactical or strategic advice of insiders.
- Focus on building power & use issues that let you do that.

Who has inspired you in your organizing?:

Bob Moses - SNCC

Fritjof Thygeson - SLATE

What movements or political moments have most influenced your organizing career?:

- SNCC
- The Industrial Union Movement
- IAF/Alinsky

Share an accomplishment or list accomplishments from your career in organizing.:

- Saved the Mission District in San Francisco from urban renewal.
- Passed universal lifeline utility reform in California.

What are the barriers to successful community organizing in this country? How can we overcome these barriers?:

1. Turf claims/battles among organizing groups.
2. Organizer Timidity

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

Mostly lecturing & writing about organizing; occational consulting.

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Mike Miller's Trainers

Who developed and/or trained you as an organizer?

Mike Miller's Coaches

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

Person	Organization
Alinsky, Saul	IAF
Chambers, Ed	IAF
Mills, Herb	SLATE

Mike Miller's Peers

Which of your peers influenced your development as an organizer?

Mike Miller'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
Fazio, Tony	All Peoples Coalition
Limbocker, Spence	Mission Coalition
Mooney, Josie	Citizen's Action League
Thomas, Karen	Citizen's Action League

Mike Miller'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
Elmer, Don	Metro Organizations for People
Garcia Ashley, Ana	Metro Organizations for People
Gordon, Larry	San Francisco Organizing Project
Jeans Gail, Kevin	Portland Organizing Project
Kromrey, Mike	Metropolitan Organizations for People
Mooney, Josie	San Francisco Organizing Project
Ochs, Mary	San Mateo County Community Organizing Project
Orrben, Jeanne	Metro Organizations for People
Stahlhut, Don	San Francisco Organizing Project