What we do...

GEAR builds grassroots leadership for community change by bringing together diverse individuals and groups to share knowledge, skills, tools and resources of people seeking to create a better life for themselves, their families and their communities. GEAR provides support for grassroots people to identify, research, and address problems in their own communities.

We Believe ...

1. The people who live with a problem are the people most qualified to address the problem.

2. Lasting solutions to pressing social problems demand that people work together across lines of race, culture, income, gender, and age.

3. By claiming, sharing, and applying their own knowledge, people become empowered to act collectively on their own behalf.