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Michael J (Mike) Miller
442 Vicksburg St San Francisco, CA 94114
Tel: 415.648.6894
Email: Mike@OrganizeTrainingCenter.org

EDUCATION

BA University of California, Berkeley (Political Science & Sociology) 1958;
Graduate work, Sociology, Columbia University, 1958-1959;
Graduate work, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-1962

HONORS AND AWARDS

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1958 Koret Israel Prize Award, 1989;
Tufts Public Services Fellow, Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts University, 1992;
Two-year research grant from the Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, 1994-1995

EMPLOYMENT IN CIVIC & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

Community worker, Henry Street Settlement House, New York City, 1959;
California state director, Campaign Against Capital Punishment, 1960;
Program worker, Youth for Service (delinquency prevention agency), San Francisco, 1962;
Managing Editor The liberal democrat, 1963;
Field Secretary, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1962-66;
Staff Director, Council for United Action, Kansas City, '67/'68;
Staff Director, Mission Coalition Organization, San Francisco, 1968-70;
Director, Mission Model Neighborhood Corporation (Model Cities), San Francisco, 1970-71;
Coordinator, Coalition 4 Effective Schools; elected four of five candidates to SF Board of Education, 1972;
Staff Director, All People's Coalition (San Francisco multi-income/racial neighborhood org), 1972-74;
Director, California Citizens Action League, 1976;
Editor, Social Policy (2001-04); Editor-at-Large, 2005-2007;
Founder and Executive Director, ORGANIZE Training Center (OTC), San Francisco, CA, 1972-present.

CONSULTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS (1968 - present)

Served as the sole or principal workshop leader and/or community organizing consultant with these organizations.
Church and Religious Organizations:
United Church (of Christ) Board for Homeland Ministries National Conference of Catholic Charities
Northern California Conference, United Church of Christ Institute on the Church in Urban Industrial Society
Santa Clara County Catholic Social Services Denver Catholic Community Services
Seattle Catholic Charities Miami Christian Community Service Agency
Minneapolis Catholic Charities Diocese of Tucson, Office for Hispanic Affairs
Nebraska Conference, United Methodist Church Bresee Institute, Los Angeles
Christians Supporting Community Organizing (new national organization of Evangelicals and Pentecostals)
Presbyterian Church (USA) Office for Social Justice and Peacemaking
United Methodist Church Board of Global Ministries, National Division
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) (international missionary organization)
World Council of Churches Office for Urban & Rural Mission
Northern California Ecumenical Council Joint Strategy & Action Commission

Academic Employment:

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-1962;
Adjunct Instructor, Program on Urban Studies, Stanford University, 1972-74;
Instructor, San Francisco State University, 1972-76;Instructor, Hayward State University, 1978;
Instructor, Catholic Committee on Urban Ministry Summer Institute, Notre Dame 1981-82;
Instructor, Pacific School of Religion, 1987-88;
Lecturer, Department of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, 1989, 1990

CONSULTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS (1968 - present)

Served as the sole or principal workshop leader and/or community organizing consultant for:

Church and Religious Organizations: United Church (of Christ) Board for Homeland Ministries, National Conference of Catholic Charities, Northern California Conference, United Church of Christ, Institute on the Church in Urban Industrial Society, Santa Clara County Catholic Social Services, Denver Catholic Community Services, Seattle Catholic Charities, Miami Christian Community Service Agency, Minneapolis Catholic Charities, Office for Hispanic Affairs Diocese of Tucson, Nebraska Conference United Methodist Church, Bresee Institute, Christians Supporting Community Organizing, Presbyterian Church (USA) Office for Social Justice and Peacemaking,United Methodist Church Board of Global Ministries, National Division Youth With A Mission (YWAM), World Council of Churches Office for Urban & Rural Mission, Northern California Ecumenical Council Joint Strategy & Action Commission.

Labor Organizations: American Federation of Teachers (AFT) California State Employees Association (CSEA), Service Employees International Union, California School Employees Association, Transport Workers Union, Department Store Employees Union, United Food & Commercial Workers, Office & Professional Employees Union, Hotel & Restaurant Employees Union, Nebraska Association of Public Employees/AFSCME.

Institutes--Educational Institutions, Training Centers, Foundations and related: Seminary Consortium on Urban Pastoral Education, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, SRI (formerly Stanford Research Institute), Community Services Society (NYC), Community Action Agency (Humboldt County, CA), Center for Community Change, California Wellness Foundation, San Francisco Foundation,International Diplomacy Council, Soros Foundations/Open Society Institute, National Program for Educational Leadership, Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Stanford University (Multi-Department Community Project).

Women's, Minority, Senior, Low Income, Neighborhood Organizations: Mexican-American Political Association (California), Advocates for Women (San Francisco), National Organization for Women (San Francisco), Women Employed (San Francisco), Latino Mental Health Professionals (San Diego, CA), Mission Planning Council (San Francisco), Organization of Forgotten Americans (Klamath Falls), Canal Community Council (Marin County, CA), Filipino Organizing Committee (San Francisco), Tenderloin Senior Organizing Project (San Francisco), Concerned Seniors of Dade County (Florida), Japan Pacific Resource Network (Oakland, CA), El Pajaro Community Development Corporation (Salinas), National Welfare Rights Organization

Broadly based, multi-issue, multi-constituency community organizations (Alinsky tradition): South Wilkes-Barre Council of Community Organizations, All People's Coalition (San Francisco), Central Seattle Community Council Federation, Oahu Community Organizing Project (Hawaii), North County Community Project (Santa Barbara, CA), San Francisco Organizing Project, Metropolitan Organizations for People (Denver), Fresno Organizing Project, San Mateo County Organizing Project (California), U-CAN (Cincinnati, Ohio), Omaha Committee for Community Organizing, Portland Organizing Project (Oregon), Rhode Island Organizing Project (Sponsor Committee), Great Plains Organizing Project of Nebraska,?Marin Congregational Organizing Project Sponsor Committee.

Organizing Network presentations: Direct Action Research & Training (DART), Pacific Institute on Community Organizing (PICO), Gamaliel Foundation, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY:

University of California, Berkeley: Student President, University YMCA Chairman, Student Committee for Agricultural Labor President, Cloyne Court Residential Co-op Elected Associated Students Executive Committee Founding Chairman, SLATE (1957-58), Representative, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Other: President, Citizens Action League Chairman, Electricity & Gas for People Campaign Board Member, Performing Arts Workshop Board Member, Friends of Givat Havivah Advisory Committee, Urban Habitat Founding Sponsor, National Organizers Alliance

FUND RAISING:

The following agencies have funded the work of ORGANIZE Training Center:

Foundations and Funds:
Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, New World Foundation,
Columbia Foundation, Alida Rockefeller Fund, L.C.& Mary J. Skaggs Foundation, Gerbode Foundation,
Vanguard Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Stern Family Fund,
Sunflower Foundation, Limantour Fund, Atkinson Foundation, Pericles Foundation,
The Youth Project, The est Foundation, Wheat Ridge Foundation, Laras Fund,
Third World Foundation, Playboy Foundation, Friedman Family Fund, Morris Stulsaft Foundation, Bothin Foundation, Edward W. Hazen Foundation, German Marshall Fund, McKay Foundation,
Aspen Institute, Center for Community Change, Bothin Foundation, Samuel Rubin Foundation, Greenville Foundation, A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, Nu Lambda Trust, Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund,
Alida & Mark Dayton Lead Charitable Trust

Religious Agencies:
School Sisters of Notre Dame Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Presbyterian Church (various funding agencies) Jewish Community Relations Council (San Francisco)
Jewish Fund for Justice United Church of Christ, No. California Conference
United Church (of Christ) Board for Homeland Ministries
United Methodist Church Board for Global Ministries National Division
American Lutheran Church Development Assistance Project
Lutheran Church in America Division for Mission in North America
United Methodist Church, Northern California-Nevada Conference
Unitarian Universalist VEATCH Program at Shelter Rock; Marianist Sharing Program

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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