Michael Higgins Jr is a longtime community organizer born and raised in Brooklyn. He got his start in organizing as a member of Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) doing base building and political education with public housing residents in Fort Greene, Gowanus and Boerum Hill. Later, he worked with Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) as a staff organizer supporting initiatives such as Turning the Tide and the Gowanus Neighborhood Coalition for Justice (GNCJ). In his previous position as Senior Organizer of Housing and Sustainability at Brooklyn Movement Center, he led tenant association development at local apartment complexes and recruitment for a renewable solar subscription service for low and moderate-income Central Brooklynites. He received his bachelor’s degree in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.