Michael Gecan
Michael Gecan, an organizer with Industrial Areas Foundation for over 25 years, is author of After America’s Midlife Crisis and Going Public.
How Not to Fix Gentrification
The community development industry has failed in the fight for fair housing. Despite claiming to involve residents, power and self-interest still have the final say.
In Defense of Politics
The only antidote to despair over national politics will be to generate and expand new solutions at local, state, and regional levels.
How Not to Do Activism
The calculus of power isn’t defined by hits or clicks or tweets. It is measured in relationships and meaningful reactions over time.
Gecan Response to Anxieties of Democracy
Ordinary people have proven that they can access political life.
