Alex is a student and education justice organizer based in Atlanta, GA. The child of two public school teachers, Alex founded the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition: now, she mentors, funds, and supports youth organizing nationwide.

Anna is an abolitionist, student organizer, and community activist. She is the co-director of The Remedy Project, a national organization she co-founded while at Barnard College that brings together high school and college students with formerly incarcerated jailhouse lawyers to fight against inhumane conditions in prisons. She has also worked with the Police Reform Organizing Project exposing broken windows policing practices by court watching in New York City criminal arraignments. Born and raised in Philly, she currently lives in Brooklyn.

Ariana Valderrama (she/her) is deputy communications director for the Movement for Black Lives, an ecosystem of over 100 Black led organizations and leaders, creating a broad political home for Black people to learn, organize and take action. She is based in Chicago and every day strives to live in the values of Black Queer Feminism.

My name is Aura Mejia, Tenant Advocate, and Tenant Organizer, Labor Organizer and my main goal is to work with the immigrant community to advance in social and economic justice by organizing and connecting families to City and State campaign to have more protection in our communities and stop displacement.

Bilal is the Campaigns Director at Standup Nashville. Previously an engineer, he started organizing in 2017 and was field director for Ocasio-Cortez. He joined Justice Democrats, and did candidate recruitment and structured campaigns. In 2022 he joined Progressive Victory to launch their nationwide organizing program that recruited from YouTube and Twitch communities on Discord.

Brian is a union organizer in the higher education sector of New York City. In addition to labor unions, Brian is passionate about environmental justice and confronting voter disenfranchisement in his home state of Georgia.

Davida grew up in the San Joaquin Valley and came to the labor movement in 2017. They currently work at North Bay Jobs with Justice organizing alongside farmworker leaders on the frontlines of climate crisis – fighting agrarian elites in the wine industry while building a worker-led transition to better jobs tending the Land. They live in Sonoma County with their beloved and you can often find them meandering through Oak woodlands or watching the stars.

Fernanda Banda Coronado, originally from Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, immigrated to Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of one with her mother and older sister. Raised by a creative and inspiring Albañil father, her life took a turn in 2011 when her father was abruptly deported, instilling an immense fear that she transformed into fearless advocacy. With three years of experience in local, regional, and national organizing, as well as three years dedicated to community-generated policy work, Fernanda now serves as the Affiliate Engagement Coordinator at United We Dream, a national immigrant network, where she connects and strategizes with affiliates across the nation.

Isaiah Withers is a senior organizer with the Forward Justice in Raleigh, NC, and co-founder of the newly created Black Self-Defense Team. At Forward Justice he organizes around several key issues in North Carolina. This includes voter engagement, police accountability, and community engagement in the triangle area. Before joining Forward Justice at the National Black Worker Center a labor-focused organization he was the lead organizer of the pilot program Black Voices, Black Votes 2020. The goal of the program is to demonstrate that by investing in organizing and leadership development at the local level, Black communities can be influential in key districts for the 2020 elections. He works with local Black businesses and organizations to build partnerships that will hold elected officials accountable. The program collected over 3,000 surveys through canvassing and was featured in the online magazine Scalawag. He also helped work with the NBWC program Working While Black, which interviewed Black workers and shared their experiences of racial discrimination in the workplace. Growing up in Reidsville, NC, where white supremacy and the KKK maintain an active presence, he joined and eventually became president of the local youth chapter of the North Carolina NAACP. Before joining the National Black Worker Center, he co-founded Unknown Society, a broadly inclusive group dedicated to collective liberation that included young people from Winston-Salem State, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, and surrounding communities. Group members worked together with other local organizations, including NC 100, on various civic engagement and community programs.

Jasia Mosley is a born and raised Oregonian. She has been involved in many forms of community organizing and advocacy work since she was 14 years old. Her passion and dedication to change making has led her to work for a non-profit focused on empowering and scaffolding young leaders across Oregon. She is looking forward to continuing her journey to complete her bachelors in Political Science and pursue more opportunities to work with young leaders like herself.

Josa Eve Alvarez (they/she) is an economic justice communicator based in Orlando, FL. Through her work at Central Florida Jobs with Justice, they are standing in opposition to the reactionary narrative of the DeSantis Administration and building power for working people across the state of Florida. Before joining CFJWJ, Josa oversaw the trans justice advocacy of QLatinx, an organization formed in the aftermath of the Pulse Nightclub Tragedy.

Karly (she/her) is a Black feminist scholar who has worked with various nonprofits to uplift her passion for community and individual capacity building. Throughout her years of work, Karly has focused on justice initiatives in the areas of housing, mental health, healthcare access, girls empowerment, food insecurity, and racial equity. She is currently the Resource Mobilization Manager for Black Feminist Future, working to shift the material conditions for Black women, girls and gender-expansive people.

Thiên Ân (Mary) Duong is an ordained minister with the American Baptist Churches of U.S.A. and Puerto Rico. Born and raised in Asia, she has long witnessed the power of faith communities in resisting oppressive systems, fighting for liberation, and embodying hope in society. She is currently organizing with Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) in Los Angeles, California, to engage interfaith leaders and communities in making positive policy changes by using their spiritual tools and traditions for societal transformation.

Nia Thomas is the Manager of Social Justice Advocacy at the Center for Social Justice, powered by the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio. With a deep passion for transformative community engagement and policy advocacy, Nia is recognized as a dedicated Social Justice Practitioner driven by a mission to contribute to the liberation of Black people and create a more equitable society.

Nico forged their way into organizing out of necessity and community building. After years of community building, Nico was given an opportunity to be a Labor Organizer. Linking their previous community work with labor organizing has given them a skillset to move working class folks from all backgrounds to action together. Outside of their current position, Nico is passionate about organizing around prison abolition, reparations/land back and youth rights.

Perla Silva (she/her/ella) is Make The Road NY’s civic engagement and Make The Road Action’s political coordinator. Has been a loud advocate to her community for years. For women’s rights, LBGTQ+, BIPOC and immigrant right and now is organizing throughout the state of NY to assure that everyone’s voices are being heard by the power of voting. Perla’s deep commitment to help her communities in the state of NY to also assure that her daughter’s future is the brightest future.

Pj is an avid believer in the creative power of communities to shape a liberated future for all. A writer at heart, they specialize in narrative and vision alignment within organizations and grassroots movements. They have been a community organizer, restaurant manager, writing tutor, research assistant, narrative and vision director, and collective co-founder. Their journey has informed their passion to create widespread change through strategy-based storytelling.

Steven is the Program Director at CivicTN, supporting over 40 coalition partners to develop and implement their civic and voter engagement strategies to reach and empower millions of Tennessean voters who have been historically disenfranchised. Prior to joining CivcTN, Steven was the National Manager of Redistricting Fellows at Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and the inaugural Coordinator of the Center for Civic Justice at Stony Brook University.

Talasia Jones is a skilled professional in program and operations management with a background in strategic planning, client relations, and management from New York. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The Howard University, Talasia has dedicated her career to social justice, working with organizations such as Equal Justice USA, Cities United, and the Office of Mayor-President Broome to launch innovative strategies to reduce violence. Currently, she serves as the Operations Manager for A.G.I.L.E. Planning Solutions Inc, the first community violence intervention organization in Baton Rouge, LA. She is a 2020 Cities United Young Leader Alum and an AmeriCorps Alum. She also utilizes her business, 222 Consulting Agency, to help organizations with program and operational management.

Yasmin is a first-generation Mexican American from California’s Central Valley. She has been able to organizer for various campaigns including immigrant rights, labor rights, voter outreach programs and the 2020 Census. As the current CA Lead Organizer with United We Dream, she is working with the membership across the state and UWD national partners to provide leadership opportunities to immigrant youth and creat meaningful change in their local communities.

My name is Y'Shall Davis. I have spent most of my adult life pursuing a career as a female rap artist. Once that pursuit was over, I enrolled in college and obtained an Associate's Degree in Chemical Dependency Counseling. From there, I was scouted out and became a Community Organizer. Today, I am a Civic Engagement Strategist, and my potential is limitless.