by Charlie Albanetti | Jul 8, 2014 | Speakers-2014
Luis Torres serves as president of Rochester’s Metro Justice. He is also the coordinator for Social Justice at First Unitarian Church and a stay at home dad for Maya, Mateo and Noah. He is driven by a commitment for worker movements in rural and urban upstate...
by Charlie Albanetti | Jul 8, 2014 | Speakers-2014
Isaac has been organizing against fracking for over 4 years, first as a student, and over 2 with Citizen Action of New York. He lives in Binghamton – a unique community, both on the front lines for climate change and in the bullseye of the gas industry. When not...
by Charlie Albanetti | Jul 8, 2014 | Speakers-2014
Karen Scharff is the Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, a statewide grassroots organization that empowers New Yorkers to fight for social, economic and racial justice, with a focus on policy change at the state level.Citizen Action of New York, the New...
by Charlie Albanetti | Jul 8, 2014 | Speakers-2014
Fareed Michelen is the Director of Constituency Groups for the NYS AFL-CIO. He has worked there for the past 5 years building and maintaining relationships between Labor unions, allied groups, and community organizations. Before joining the AFL he was an organizer...
by Charlie Albanetti | Jul 8, 2014 | Speakers-2014
As a champion of civil liberties and humans’ rights, Tracy has served on the Lower Hudson Valley American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) since 2009, on the executive staff of the Southern Dutchess NAACP and Neighbor Team Lead of Obama For American during 2008...