Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Chanel Halliburton is a collaborative, creative and strategic leader who currently serves as the Senior Director of Community Engagement at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY). She began her career as an HIV/AIDS Educator and has since worked with various organizations, both domestically and internationally, in the areas of youth development, public health, civil liberties, education and community development. She is known for her ability to incubate and scale complex projects, while building capacity and systems that center equity.

Chris Torres has over 15 years’ experience as a community organizer, political campaigner, and strategist. Chris serves as MoveOn’s Political Director where he mobilizes voters, small-dollar donations, and narratives to elect progressive Democrats and to advance public policy. In addition to his work, he serves on the board of the Alliance for Justice and is a master’s student at the CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies (SLU).

Cynthia is a queer undocumented immigrant born in Nayarit, Mexico. She migrated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 15 where Cynthia has found community through organizing. Cynthia began her organizing work fighting deportation at the local level, empowering immigrant families and disrupting the collaboration between ICE and local law enforcement. They now lead the Community Protection Campaigns work of United We Dream."

Dani is a strategist, trainer and coach at Momentum - a movement incubator, training institute, and learning community dedicated to supporting frontline organizers to build social movements. Previously, she co-founded and served as National Campaigns Director at IfNotNow, a Jewish movement organizing to transform the American Jewish community's support for the Occupation in Israel/Palestine into a call for freedom and dignity for all.

Danielle has more than a decade of experience working in movements for racial and economic justice across the country. As Executive Director of Fair Work Center & Working Washington, she provides leadership on organizational strategy, advocates for public policy that puts workers first, and fosters collaboration between our campaigns, legal, and education teams to build worker power in Washington state and beyond.

Desmond Serrette is the Assistant Director for Civic Engagement and Strategic Campaigns at SEIU. He has worked in the labor movement fighting on behalf of working people for almost his entire career, except for two years as a Community Outreach Representative for Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (MD-04). Prior to working at SEIU, Desmond was the Deputy Political Director at Unite Here Local 25.

Edwin Robinson is a community organizer and political consultant with a background in organizing Black people and people of faith to change oppressive policies, elect progressive leaders, and build the civic and revolutionary power of ordinary people like himself. Edwin believes through the leadership of those who have been made to be "the least of these" we can dismantle the systems of oppression that continue to create the poor and powerless.

My name is Elsa Ogbe. I was born in Ethiopia and grew up in Seattle. I’ve worked at SEIU 6 for 10 years. Grassroot labor organizing is something I’m very passionate about. I've worked on serval labor and political campaigns the last decade. I’m very excited to see the labor ,movement evolve and grow.

Estrella works closely with organizers across the country to strengthen our collective base building efforts and grow our movements. She organized in the state of Massachusetts for 8 years, starting as a member leader in a people's organization. She then went became an organizer and political director responsible for developing strategic and targeted field plans.

As the Director of Organizing at SEIU6 Property Services NW I develop strategic campaigns that brings workers together to form a union in their respective workplaces and fight for economic justice. I am excited to be joining the Movement Leader Fellowship program to enhance my own skills and learn from other professionals looking to make a positive impact at their organizations and beyond.

Ingrid Romero is an educator, organizer, and artist, born and raised in NYC/Lenapehoking with deep roots in the Andes of Colombia. Ingrid came up through local community organizing and deeply believes in the power of arts and culture towards our collective liberation. They can be found working with young people through media-making, facilitating community spaces, and working on creative projects with everyday people.

Jesse Meisenhelter (she/they) is an organizer and facilitator with the Sunrise Movement living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sunrise is a youth-led movement fighting for climate justice and a federally funded Green New Deal. Previously, Jesse did communications and policy work for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign (2016) and Keith Ellison for Re-Election Campaign (2012).

I'm a minister, small business owner, coach, and community organizer who lives in Alexandria, Va with my wife of 18 years and our 4 daughters. I'm an Alabama State University graduate. I was born in Washington, DC where I was raised in the inner city by my single working class mother who wasn't highly educated. Observing her struggles and being a recipient of her nurturing has driven and shaped me.

Kyky is a labor movement organizer with roots in and a heart after the deep US south, a patient advocate, pole dancer, poet, and self portrait artist celebrating black womanhood, body creativity, and the expository power of art in movement work. Kyky works as a Campaign Lead organizing Higher Education workers across the Southeastern US. She is eager to grow and develop as an organizer, and share knowledge with others.

Liliana was born in rural San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and immigrated to the U.S. as a child. She has spent the totality of her career fighting for immigrant and worker justice, primarily as a union organizer and now as a digital organizer with the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Jeremy, son Dylan, and cat Moose.

Liliana was born in rural San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and immigrated to the U.S. as a child. She has spent the totality of her career fighting for immigrant and worker justice, primarily as a union organizer and now as a digital organizer with the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Jeremy, son Dylan, and cat Moose.

Maricela was raised in California’s Central Valley and is a first generation daughter of Mexican immigrant farmworkers from San Luis Potosí. She has extensive experience working with low income BIPOC intergenerational communities in urban and rural areas. Utilizing a trauma informed care model she has conspired in multiple grassroots led campaigns to create local change and build political power.

Michelle Martinez is a Latinx climate justice activist living and working in Detroit. Over the last 15 years she's campaigned for environmental justice through an intersectional lens helping anchor events like the US Social Forum and the March for the Green New Deal. Most recently she served as Executive Director of Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition where she grew the organization to a 12 person staff leading at the state and national level on climate justice. Michelle lives her family, cultivating land, and the sacredness of living on the Great Lakes.

Miriam is an undocumented immigrant raised in California, living in Brooklyn, and passionate about Workers' Rights advocacy. She is a proud union member, works at NDWA, and is pursuing her MA in Labor Studies at CUNY SLU. Miriam graduated with a BA in Politics and Latin American Studies from the University of San Francisco where she was an advocate for undocumented students, co-founded UndocuWeek, and helped create the Magis Fellowship.

Sam Robles (she/her/ella) is a strategist working on progressive campaigns in Texas and across the South. She's led campaigns to pass worker protections at the local level, fight against anti-immigrant attacks, and works to center working people in advocacy, policy-making, and storytelling. Sam is currently a communications advisor for the 2022 Beto for Texas gubernatorial race.

Sara Blazevic is a born-and-raised New Yorker with roots in Croatia. After spending high school and college doing student organizing around a range of social justice issues, she co-founded Sunrise Movement in 2017 with several of her friends. She's held a variety of leadership roles in Sunrise ever since, supporting the organization through its explosive growth following the launch of the Green New Deal.

Sarah Stockholm grew up rural & working class in South Dakota and currently lives in Washington state. She's worked in movements for over a decade as a popular educator and grassroots organizer on a variety of issues. She is currently the Strategic Campaigns Director for Showing Up for Racial Justice and works on local campaigns across the country to build the multi-racial power needed to win transformative demands.

For over 15 years Subha has been a strong community advocate and has managed and organized various local and national campaigns. For the last four years, she has been managing the No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign, the primary focus of which has been to repeal the Muslim and African Bans (which was successfully rescinded on President Biden's first day in office) and redress the harm caused by the bans. She is also supporting NILC's workers' rights and administrative advocacy priorities.

Walter is a co-founder of United We Dream and currently the organizing director. He immigrated to the US at the age of 11 years old and has lived in New York since then. He currently lives in the lower Hudson valley just outside the Bronx New York.