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Stephen Klink

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Work History

Start Year	End Year	Organization	Position
1979	1989	San Diego Organizing Project (SDOP)	Director

Organizer Profile

What brought you into the work?:

Rev. John A. Baumann, S.J., and Rev. Michael Kennedy, S.J.

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

Never do for the people what you really want them to do for themselves.

Support, teach, and get out of the way.

Enjoy the great work.

Who has inspired you in your organizing?:

John Baumann, PICO

Ron Snyder, PICO

Scott Reed, PICO

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

The growth and development of PICO and of the unique PICO model.

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

New models of policing and public safety.

Opening the San Diego education establishment to real reform via a voice for families and students.

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

Greed and the work of the "have's" to skillfully hang on to power and a privileged place in our system.

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

Still organizing and doing fund development for the PICO National Network.

Genealogy

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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.)

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