Collection
COPS/Metro
Contributor
Dieckow, Kensley; Gore, Lizzy
Publication Date
Spring 2024
Description
In the oral history interview of Lizzie Gore, she shares her motivations behind pursuing a career in social justice and personal journey joining the COPS organization. She reflects on the challenges she faced going to community organizing from an education background. Lizzy shares a proudest moment involving the Cassiano Homes Project, where a struggling community, with COPS' support, successfully advocated for city funding to improve housing conditions. Looking to the future, Lizzy sees COPS evolving to meet the changing institutional landscape in San Antonio.
Biography
Lizzy Gore is the Documentarian and Media Organizer for COPS / Metro (Communities Organized for Public Services), and previously worked as an Organizer for COPS / Metro. Prior to moving to San Antonio and joining the organization, she was a public school teacher in California for eight years. She was first exposed to community organizing through the IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation), while attending college in Chicago.
Interview Index
00:26 Background and Motivation for Joining COPS
03:00 Challenges and Growth
06:06 Proudest Moments and Community Impact
09:11 Future Vision for COPS
Keywords
COPS (Communities Organized for Public Service); IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation); Housing; Social Justice; Cassiano Homes Project; Catholic Parish
Size or Duration
8 pages; 13 mins, 8 secs of audio
Format
MP3, PDF
Disciplines
Oral History | Social Justice
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Dieckow, Kensley, "COPS/Metro Alliance- StMU Oral Histories with Lizzy Gore" (2024). COPS/Metro. 10.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/copsmetro/10
