Frank Morales is anEpiscopalpriest andactivist inNew York City.

Morales was born in 1949 and grew up in theJacob Riis Houses on theLower East Side ofManhattan.^[1] His father wasPuerto Rican and his mother wasPeruvian. He first became involved in politics after the assassinations ofJohn F. Kennedy,Robert F. Kennedy andMartin Luther King Jr. as a member of the Assassination Information Committee.^[1]

Morales graduated from theGeneral Theological Seminary in 1976, and became an assistant pastor in 1978.^[1] In theBronx he worked withsquatters. In one interview he recalled, “I used to walk out of services with a crowbar and we’d open up abandoned buildings…”^[1] He now volunteers atSt Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.^[2][3]

In 2003, he founded the Campaign to Demilitarize the Police in NYC.^[1] He continues to campaign on housing issues.^[4]

He was married to journalistNancy Jo Sales from 2004 to 2006.^[5]

• Liberation theology
• Take it to the Streets

• Radio interview of Frank Morales about his unusual tactics for obtaining housing.
• Two-hour oral history interview with Frank Morales conducted on July 17, 2009 by oral historian Amy Starecheski live over the radio at the University of Trash.

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• 1949 births
• 20th-century American Episcopal priests
• 21st-century American Episcopal priests
• Squatting in New York City
• 20th-century squatters

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