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Ben Chin

Ben Chin is the Deputy Director of Maine People’s Alliance, where he has worked on community organizing campaigns for the last fifteen years. He helped build the teams that have...

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez  (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and Latino American civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers...

The Forge Staff

The Forge is built by organizers and our target audience is both organizers – labor, community, movement, digital, and electoral organizers – in the US, as well as those with...

Brian Kettenring

Brian leads CPD’s Economic Justice Campaigns including Fair Work Week, Fed Up, Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Days, Childcare, and Wall Street Accountability. Additionally, Brian oversees CPD’s voter engagement portfolio, as...

Ana María Archila

Ana María Archila is the Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy, she immigrated to the U.S. from Colombia at the age of 17 and has become a leading...

Fatima Goss Graves

She is widely recognized for her effectiveness in the complex public policy arena at both the state and federal levels, regularly testifies before Congress and federal agencies, and is a...

Kate Hess Pace

Kate Hess Pace has worked in organizing and advocacy for the past 20 years. Prior to starting Hoosier Action, she worked  as a community organizer for ISAIAH in the Twin...

Puja Datta

A proud first-generation Indian-American midwesterner, Puja is a union organizer with CMRJB Workers United. She believes strongly in the power of human connection in dismantling capitalism. She is driven by...

Udit Thakur

Udit is a research associate with the Open Markets Institute. His research and writing focuses on a range of issues, including labor anti-monopoly, democratic process and institutions, corporate governance, and...

James Whelan

James Whelan is co-director of The Change Agency. His PhD developed strategies for activist education and training, which have been applied by hundreds of social and environmental justice groups in...

Angela Lang

Angela Lang was born and raised in the heart of Milwaukee and is currently serving as Executive Director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) that works to intentionally uplift...

David Beckwith

David Beckwith is the current Scholar in Residence for the Clinton School of Public Service Center on Community Philanthropy. He is also the Principal Consultant for the Great Lakes Institute...

Cristina Lopez

Cristina Lopez is the Executive Director of The Adelante Movement. The Adelante Movement is a national nonprofit organization that supports Latina entrepreneurship and economic success and strengthens the role of Latinas...

Sam Luebke

Sam Luebke is the Organizing Director of AFSCME Maryland. 

Jennifer Luff

Jennifer Luff is an associate professor of history at Durham University.

Kelley Robinson

Kelley Robinson is the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Robinson currently previously served as national organizing director for the Action Fund and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Robinson...

Mat Hanson

Matthew Hanson works in advocacy in Washington, DC, and is the former Director of the DC Working Families Party. He has also worked as a researcher and organizer on a...

Miya Yoshitani

Miya Yoshitani has been the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network since 2013. Starting at APEN as a youth organizer in the 1990’s, Miya has an extensive background...

Jennifer Flynn Walker

Jennifer joins CPD after serving for 10 years as a co-founder and Executive Director of CPD affiliate, VOCAL-NY.  She was the director of Health GAP, a global AIDS advocacy organization,...