Lew Finfer, Boston Community Organizer since the 1970’s

2023-11-16

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Lew Finfer, Quiet Leader, Thundering Results NOVEMBER 2023 PODCAST -- JFY’s podcast this month features Lew Finfer, a Boston community organizer since 1970. In an article published last year in the Boston Globe, Lew was described as “a quiet leader who spent the past four decades orchestrating some of Boston’s biggest campaigns for social and economic justice.” PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS 'You have to do a lot of listening and outreach for any kind of issue you work on.' [Timestamp 00:13:5...

Lew Finfer, Quiet Leader, Thundering Results

NOVEMBER 2023 PODCAST -- JFY’s podcast this month features Lew Finfer, a Boston community organizer since 1970. In an article published last year in the Boston Globe, Lew was described as “a quiet leader who spent the past four decades orchestrating some of Boston’s biggest campaigns for social and economic justice.”

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

'You have to do a lot of listening and outreach for any kind of issue you work on.' [Timestamp 00:13:57]

'Share something about yourself, about what you are.' [Timestamp 00:22:08]

'Starting back in 1973 and 74 when the whole shakeup of the Boston Public Schools started.' [Timestamp 00:30:04]

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