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Saa'un Bell

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Saa’un Bell is the daughter of a Black Alabama Southerner John Fitzgerald Bell and Pilipina-Visayan immigrant Nenita Deladia. Her organizing, strategy, and writing are deeply rooted in Eastside Long Beach, her Working Class, Black Southern, and rural Filipino Immigrant roots.

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Alicia Olivarez

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Alicia is a daughter, sister, Xicana and organizer in Fresno, CA. Her early experiences growing up poor in a small farm working town have served as the main motivation for her to create leadership pathways and opportunities for young people to step into their power across the Central Valley.

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Jada Johnson

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Jada is organizer, strategist, creative, and lover of Black liberation with over 10 years of movement work experience. As a Compton native with “down South” ancestral roots, she works relentlessly to keep the spirit of those who rebelled before her alive.

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Albert Tobias

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Albert was born and raised in Eastside, San Jose, the son of Mexican and Salvadorian immigrants. He first stepped into organizing as a high school student with Californians for Justice after seeing the impacts of the Great Recession on his community and the education system.

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Mariela Vasquez Herrera

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Mariela is a first generation Latina. Mariela is very passionate about being involved in her community. She graduated from Fresno State with a bachelors in Sociology and certificate in Social Justice and Social Change.  Mariela began to get involved in community organizing in 2020 during the pandemic.

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Muna Sharif

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Muna is a Palestinian Muslim organizer, strategist and people operations specialist with over a decade of experience in the non-profit sector. Beginning her career as a grassroots organizer, she centered her efforts around Palestinian liberation, anti-Islamophobia and countering surveillance initiatives.

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