Organizing Strategy and Practice

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Jess Wisneski

Jess Wisneski is the Co-Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, a statewide, grassroots membership organization that fights for social, economic, racial and environmental justice at the local, state and federal level.  Jess has directed state legislative battles for many campaigns including the Fight for 15, Ending Prison-based Gerrymandering, Health Care for All New York and Fair Elections, the campaign to win Fair Elections, a public financing of elections system in New York State.  She also has years of experience in electoral organizing and civic engagement. Jess has been a grassroots and student organizer for nearly 2 decades, first with New York Public Interest Research Group and the Hawaii Clean Elections campaign.  She is an active State Committee and Advisory Committee member of the New York Working Families Party.