His organization (MOP) made the decision to buy into a highly disciplined model of congregation-based organizing by affiliating with the PICO network (now Faith in Action). This brought training and policy resources and enables MOP to participate in national-level issues. Faith in Action sacrifices high-conflict tactics in order to mobilize a much larger base of participants. Started with Catholic Charities; began with MOP when it was affiliated with National People’s Action; continued his entire career.
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Kromrey, Mike, Community Organizer Genealogy Project oral history interviews, Ms.2015.016, Brown University Library
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The Center for Community Change created the Community Organizer Genealogy Project in order "to document the development of community organizing, the development of individual organizers and the connections among organizers, organizations and networks." The project was led by Don Elmer …
