Speaker: Doug Greco
Doug Greco is the Lead Organizer with Central Texas Interfaith, a network of over 50 congregations, schools, and labor locals which organize to address issues affecting families in the Central Texas area. Central Texas Interfaith is an affiliate member of the Industrial Areas Foundation, a network of 60 similar organizations nationwide. Mr. Greco has been an organizer and leader with the IAF in Central Texas, San Antonio, and Los Angeles for over 15 years. Before that Mr. Greco was a high school teacher in Austin for 5 years. He has a B.A. in Economics from Brown University, a Masters in Public Policy from Princeton, and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Southern California.
Our memories, our stories, and and in particular experiences with loss or grief, can fuel our drive and imagination to make the world around us more just and humane. While many approaches to advocacy and organizing are centered around particular issues or campaigns, “relational organizing” is focused on reweaving the social fabric of our communities … Continue reading Relational Organizing through Memory