
2023 Communications Institute
Brittany Cheatham
Communications Manager, Forward JusticeBrittany Cheatham is a strategic communicator focused on using storytelling and narrative change to propel movements forward, disrupt harmful stereotypes, empower our communities, and fight for racial and social justice.
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Press Secretary and Deputy Director of Communications, Stand Up AmericaSarah Harris is the Deputy Communications Director and Press Secretary at Stand Up America, helping to highlight Stand Up America’s campaigns for the press and the public. Through her work, she emphasizes the importance and urgency of making sure everyone has access to a democracy that functions for everyone in...
Get To know SarahMyaisha Hayes
Campaign Strategies Director, MediaJusticeMyaisha is the Campaign Strategies Director at MediaJustice. She previously spent two years as the organization’s National Organizer on Criminal Justice & Technology, where she oversaw the launch of the #NoDigitalPrisons and #ProtectBlackDissent campaigns. Myaisha has an organizing background that includes issue areas such as labor, electoral, and mass incarceration.
Get To know MyaishaJasmine Heiss
Initiative Director, Vera Institute of JusticeJasmine Heiss leads the Vera Institute of Justice’s national work to reduce jail incarceration and eliminate money bail, with a particular focus on smaller cities and rural counties. She previously served as the deputy director of The Coalition for Public Safety, the nation's largest bipartisan effort to reform the U.S....
Get To know JasmineLaura A. Hughes
Director of Narrative Strategies, PolicyLinkLaura A. Hughes, Director of Narrative Strategies at PolicyLink, is a curious learner, change-maker, and persuasive leader with high emotional intelligence. In this role, Laura is responsible for harnessing the power of narrative to advance racial equity and justice specific to housing for the more than one million individuals who...
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Social Media & Narrative Creator, Familia: Trans Queer Liberation MovementSol is a trans immigrant from Mexico City, a first-generation DACA recipient, and a renowned makeup artist. They have coordinated local and national racial justice work, prioritizing transgender communities and Black trans women.
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Founding Executive Director, Iowa Migrant Movement for JusticeErica Johnson has been working for positive changes in immigration policy at the local, state and federal levels since 2006. Originally from Iowa, Erica is the Founding Executive Director of the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice.
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Communications Strategist, ACLUQainat Khan is a communications strategist with the national ACLU, working on communications and public education related to criminal legal reform. Before joining the national organization, Qainat was the communications director at the ACLU of Maine. A focus of her work in Maine was to be in coalition with and...
Get To know QainatValerie Kiebala
Managing Editor, Solitary WatchValerie Kiebala is a radical feminist writer, organizer, and artist centering relationships and firsthand experiences to produce groundbreaking narrative work towards dismantling oppressive structures and uplifting our people. She is currently the Communications Director at Straight Ahead.
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Policy Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource CenterPriscilla Olivarez is a Policy Attorney at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) based in San Antonio, TX. Priscilla's other advocacy experience includes working abroad, providing legal support to survivors of human trafficking in the Philippines. Priscilla has also advocated on behalf of survivors of domestic violence and represented unaccompanied...
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