Her new project will focus on environmental justice work in Atlanta and AAPI political power building in a few other southern states. Why I chose this work: I chose organizing to end criminalization in particular because our criminal legal system, as a vestige of slavery, remains one of the primary pillars of American racial injustice and because I have witnessed the devastation it causes to individuals, families, and communities.Īsian Americans Advancing Justice–Atlantaįormerly the executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Atlanta, Stephanie Cho will be heading up Democracy Lab South, a new initiative from AAAJA, the organization which advocates for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans in Georgia and the Southeast. She has incubated and founded six social justice organizations in Louisiana and Georgia led by those most affected by criminalization, policing, and incarceration, including Women on the Rise and the Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative.Įducation: Sarah Lawrence College, New York University School of Law (JD) Bervera has more than 20 years’ experience building community power and waging campaigns to dismantle the criminal legal system. Xochitl Bervera is the director of the Racial Justice Action Center, whose mission is to engage in transformative organizing to build the grassroots leadership, power, and capacity of marginalized communities in metro Atlanta the organization’s current work includes a campaign to replace the Atlanta City Detention Center with a facility dedicated to wellness and freedom. Notable achievement: Founded the New Georgia Project, which submitted more than 200,000 registrations from voters of color between 20įirst job: Speechwriter for a congressional candidate In January 2019, she was tapped to give the Democratic response to the State of the Union address.Įducation: Spelman College, University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs (MPAff), Yale Law School (JD) Following the election, Abrams launched the organization Fair Fight to mobilize voters, advocate for electoral reform, and fight voter suppression. The first Black woman to receive a major-party nomination in a gubernatorial race in the United States, Abrams got more votes than any Democrat in the state’s history. Advocacy | Nonprofit Organizations | Religion | Legends ADVOCACYĪfter serving 11 years in the Georgia House of Representatives, including seven as minority leader, Stacey Abrams became the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in 2018.
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