Communications Institute
The Opportunity Agenda’s Communications Institute is an annual event that brings together diverse social justice leaders from around the nation for intensive communications skill-building and support. The Institute, which takes place in New York City, is a four-day residency that prepares the movement’s up-and-coming voices to cut through the noise with effective messages that will persuade and mobilize key audiences.
Sharyn Tejani
Special Litigation Counsel, Civil Rights Division Department of JusticeSharyn Tejani recently returned to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Her current capacity is Special Litigation Counsel for the Employment Litigation Section. Tejani has worked on civil rights/women's rights issues since graduating from law school. Prior to her current position she served as Senior Policy Counsel...
Get To know SharynAlice Tianyi Liu
Co-Director of Communications, West Street Recovery; Gulf South for Green New DealAlice Tianyi Liu is a Houston-based writer and organizer working in disaster recovery and climate justice. She is a queer, 24-year- old Chinese-American who is fueled by hope and rage that we must reshape our economy and political system to be oriented towards life and care instead of extraction and...
Get To know AliceQiana Torregano
Spokesperson/Advocate, RESULTSQiana Marie Torregano is a New Orleans native, Master Teacher, and RESULTS Spokesperson. She is humbled to represent her eclectic city and great state as an educator and advocate. Her vision is "A quality lifestyle for every citizen. As lifelong learners we are charged to use our knowledge and voices...
Get To know QianaJohn-Michael Torres
Communications Coordinator, La Unión del Pueblo EnteroFrom Mission, Texas, John-Michael attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he got involved with the Student/Farmworker Alliance and the farmworker-led Campaign for Fair Food. After graduating, he returned home to South Texas and joined local organizing efforts for farmworker rights and against corporate-led globalization. He now works as...
Get To know John-MichaelAdrianna Torres-Garcia
Program Coordinator, Free Migration ProjectAdrianna Torres-Garcia, MSW has an extensive background in social and scientific research, as well as experience in policy and advocacy in nonprofit organizations.
Get To know AdriannaNatalicia Tracy
Executive Director, Brazilian Immigrant CenterNatalicia Tracy has been Executive Director of the Brazilian Immigrant Center (BIC), the New England Region’s largest Portuguese-speaking workers center, for two years. Before becoming Executive Director, she was Secretary of the BIC board from 2006-2010. Natalicia has long experience as an organizer and leader within many sectors of the Brazilian...
Get To know NataliciaDavid Trujillo
Advocacy Director, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial CountiesDavid Trujillo serves as Advocacy Director of the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties. ACLU-SDIC is a prominent force for the protection and expansion of fundamental rights in California’s second-most populous county and southern borderlands. David guides the affiliate’s public policy and civic engagement agenda. David was born in...
Get To know DavidNaomi Tsu
Deputy Legal Director of the Immigrant Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law CenterNaomi Tsu oversees the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) legal and advocacy work on behalf of immigrants in the Deep South. She represents clients who have experienced wage theft, discrimination, human trafficking, and other abuses. She was counsel for immigrant workers in David v. Signal, one of the largest labor...
Get To know NaomiBianca Tylek
Founder and Executive Director, Worth RisesBianca Tylek is one of the nation’s leading experts on and advocates against the prison industry.
Get To know BiancaJesse Van Tol
Director of Membership & Organizing, National Community Reinvestment CoalitionJesse Van Tol is Director of Membership and Organizing for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. In that capacity, he is responsible for implementing comprehensive communications and outreach strategies that highlight the organization’s membership, public policy positions and programs. Van Tol oversees a department of three communications staff, who are responsible...
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