upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Jasmine Rivera has been organizing in the Philadelphia area for four years. Growing up in Arizona she became involved in social justice movements at a young age, earning the Presidential Service Award and a Rotary scholarship her senior year. She studied at Sarah Lawrence College concentrating in history, economics and environmental science. Her senior year she was the co-chair of the Latino Identity group UNIDAD, while also holding positions in various others clubs and Student Senate. She began her organizing career with NJPIRG organizing students at Camden Rutgers on health care reform, hunger and homelessness, tuition costs and environmental issues. She later joined ACTION United organizing in Germantown and North Philadelphia on issues ranging from street flooding and blight to public education and bank accountability. She became the Lead Organizer in 2012 with ACTION United. She is now the Lead Organizer at Juntos working on Immigration Reform and in the Norristown community.