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Marshall Ganz
American grassroots organizing practitioner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marshall Ganz (born March 14, 1943) is the Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Introduced to organizing in the American civil rights movement, he worked on the staff of the United Farm Workers for sixteen years, became trainer and organizer for political campaigns, unions and nonprofit groups, and returned to Harvard where he earned his PhD in Sociology (2000). He is credited with devising the successful grassroots organizing model and training for Barack Obama’s winning 2008 presidential campaign.[1][2][3]
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Born | (1943-03-14) March 14, 1943 (age 81) Bay City, Michigan, U.S. |
Education | Harvard University (BA, MPA, PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Practitioner and professor of community organizing and grassroots organizing |
Years active | 1964-present |
Employer | John F. Kennedy School of Government |
Spouse | Susan Eaton (deceased 2003) |
Website | marshallganz |
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Marshall is the founder of the Leading Change Network NGO.[4][5]