Meet Mackenzie Verdiner

My name is Mackenzie Verdiner and I am a grassroots community organizer. I have been working in the Manchester community since I was 13 Years old, starting with helping to build a community garden by my middle school. In High school I was a part of the Young Organizers United Program (YOU). YOU taught me how to build power in my community with organizing. In my senior year we won a campaign to add the first and only African American studies class to the course selection. In my sophomore year of highschool I Founded the first ever Black Student Union, a club that is still running after my graduation. Now I work as the full time Youth Organizer for the Granite State Organizing Project (GSOP) and I am leading a new group of young people in the YOU program. Outside of work I am an avid reader and lover of combat sports.