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Markeith Johnson

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Organizer Profile

What brought you into the work?:

I want to make lasting change posible, for everone who wants it.

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

Never do for someone what they can do for themselves, power conceeds nothing without struggle, the thing you learn to accept become the things you most regret

Who has inspired you in your organizing?:

Saul Alinsky

Barack Obama

Malcolm X

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

Obama '08, and the last two elections.

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

None yet it is my second day

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

Find people who will stand for what is right. By creating community standards and fighting for them.

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

Yes

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Person	Organization
Perez, Ramon	United North (North River)

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