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For more information on The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, how you can help, and events in your area, select a state from the dropdown list to find a contact near you. (See the route map.)

            


Or contact
Maria Elena Durazo
213-738-8180 x 331
E-mail [email protected]

David Glaser
1219 28th St., NW, Washington, DC 20007

 

 

 

Alabama

Selma, AL/Montgomery, AL
Birmingham, AL/Anniston, AL

Rev. James Orange
AFL-CIO Southern Region
Phone: (404) 766-5050
Fax: (404) 766-2049
Cell: (404) 229-8964
Email: [email protected]

Mary Crayton
AFL-CIO Field Mobilization
Phone: (404) 766-5050
Fax: (404) 766-2049
Cell: (312) 560-3111
Email: [email protected]

Arizona

Flagstaff

Ann Beck
928-525-9351
[email protected]

Phoenix

Rebecca Friend
Arizona State Federation
Phone: 602 631-4488
Email: [email protected]

Randy Parraz
AFL-CIO Western Region
Phone: (602) 631-4488
Email: [email protected]

Carlos Duarte
Phone: (602) 793-1585
e-mail: [email protected]

Tucson

Jessie Bhangoo
cell: (520) 907-9145
e-mail: [email protected]

James Watson
Southern Arizona Central Labor Council
office: (520) 751-9672
fax: (520) 903-1069
e-mail: [email protected]

 

Arkansas

Little Rock

Neil Sealy
ACORN
Phone: 501 376-7151
Email: [email protected]

Californina

Los Angeles
Yvonne Wheeler
Phone: 213-387-1974x21
Email: [email protected]

Sylvia Carranza
Phone: 213-381-5611, ext. (*)851
Email: [email protected]

Oakland

Andrew Lee
Phone: 510-893-3181 ext. 129
Fax: 510-893-5362

Palm Springs

Marisol Cardenas
Phone: (760) 275-4260
e-mail: [email protected]

Mike Hill
Phone: (760) 275-5727
e-mail: [email protected]

Sacramento, CA
Rigo Valdez
Phone: 415 292-1400 x 12
Email: [email protected]

San Francisco
JR de Vera
HERE
Phone: 831 375-2246
Email: [email protected]

Rigo Valdez
AFL-CIO Western Region
Phone: 415 292-1400 x 12
Email: [email protected]

Karen Araujo
Phone: 831-375-2246, ext 12;
Email: [email protected]

Sheila R. Chung
Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition
Phone: 510-839-7598
Email: [email protected]

Colorado

Denver, CO
Leslie Moody
Denver Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
303-477-6111 ext.12
[email protected]


Connecticut

Hartford

Jeremy Haicken
[email protected]
860-246-2561

New Haven

Barbara Munck
Federation of University Employees
Email: [email protected]
Office: (203) 624-5161

 

Florida

Imokalee

Damara Luce
Interfaith Action and
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
(239) 657-8311
[email protected]

Ana Fink
Unite for Dignity
Phone: 305 623-3000 x 128
Email: [email protected]

Miami
Andre Balash
Phone: 954-455-3718
Email: [email protected]

Anna Fink
Phone: 305-623-3000 x128
Email: [email protected]

Orlando

Van Church
Phone: 407 - 855-5161
Cell: 407 948-4809
Email: [email protected]

Jacksonville

Delina Stevens
904-514-1923

Georgia

Atlanta

Charlie Fleming
Denise Maurer
Atlanta, GA 30312
Phone: 404 525-3559
Email: [email protected]

Lorenzo Scott
AFLCIO
404-766-5050
[email protected]

Savannah

Brett Hulme
Trades and Labor Assembly of Savannah
Email: [email protected]

Idaho

Boise, Nampa & Rupert ID

Sam Blair
Idaho Community Action Network
208 385 9146
[email protected]

Leo Morales
Idaho Community Action Network
208 385 9146

Julie Chinitz
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
206 568 5440
[email protected]

Illinois

Chicago
Lucy Scharbach
HERE Local 1
Phone: 312-663-4373 x260
Email: [email protected]

Indiana

Indianapolis

Nancy Holle
Central Indiana Jobs with Justice
Phone: 317 917-0723 x 13
Email: [email protected]

 

Iowa

Des Moines

Gabriela Flora
American Friends Service Committee
515-274-4851 x24
[email protected]

Quad Cities/Davenport

Norma Heilmann
563 324-8119
[email protected]

Kansas

Kansas City

Melinda Lewis
El Centro, Inc.
Phone: 913-677-0100 X 119
Email: [email protected]

Wichita

Mario Cervantes
[email protected]
316-267-1321

Sulma Mercado
Hispanos Unidos
316-264-3580
[email protected]

Kentucky

Louisville

James Johnson
Kentucky Jobs with Justice
Phone: 502 625-3724
Email: [email protected]

Shelbyville

Jose Neil

Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA
New Orleans, LA

Bill Chandler
Phone: 601-969-3959
Cell Phone: 601 594-3564
Fax: 601-594-3961
Email: [email protected]

Maryland

Baltimore

Roxie Herbekian
HERE - Local 7
Phone: 410-230-0859
Email: [email protected]

Betty Robinson
[email protected]

Massachusetts

Boston
Brian Lang
Phone: 617-423-3335
Email: [email protected]

Liz Matos
Massachusetts Immigrant and
Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
Phone: 617 350-5480
Fax: 617 350-5499
Email: [email protected]

Mark Parker
HERE Local 26
Phone: 617 423-3335
[email protected]

Michigan

Dearborn/Detroit
Dia Pearce
248-569-7090
[email protected]


Minnesota

Minneapolis
Alison Quito Ziegler
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
312 Central Avenue, Suite 371
Minneapolis, MN 55414
office: 612-379-4311
email: [email protected]

Mississippi

Jackson
Bill Chandler
Phone: 601-969-3959
Cell Phone: 601 594-3564
Fax: 601-594-3961
Email: [email protected]


Missouri

St. Louis

Dave Morton
HERE Local 74
Phone: 314 890-0250 x 316
[email protected]

Nebraska

Omaha

Carl Ariston
United Food and Commercial Workers
Office: 847 517-1085
Cell: 847 909-4247

Donna McDonald
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 271
Phone: 402 342-5417
[email protected]

 

Nevada

Las Vegas/Reno
Kevin Kline
Phone: 702-387-7032
Email: [email protected]

Mayra Ocampo
Phone: 702-313-6232
Email: [email protected]

Bob Fulkerson
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
775-348-7557
[email protected]

Emma Sepulveda
775-784-6193 x322
[email protected]

New Mexico

Albuquerque

Alma Rosa
Santiago Juarez
505-255-4266

Santa Fe

Kevin Mulligan
505-983-1210


New York

New York City
Carrie Gleason
Phone: 212-957-8000
E-mail: [email protected]

Ed Lynch
Phone: 212-604-9552 x241
E-mail: [email protected]

Amanda Ream
321 W. 44th St. 5th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-541-4226
Fax: 212-399-3005
E-mail: [email protected]

Buffalo

Maria Whyte
CEJ/Buffalo Jobs With Justice
Phone: 716 892-5877
[email protected]

Rochester

Stephanie Miller
Rochester-Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation
Phone: 585 263-2650
Fax: 585 263-4671

Syracuse

Mark Spadafore
Central New York Federation
Phone: 315 422-3363
Fax: 315 422-2260

Albany

Kathleen Scales
Capital District Area Labor Federation
Phone: 518-785-4672
Fax: 518-785-4676

Newburgh

Jen Bloom
[email protected]
845-567-7760
845-527-5554cell

North Carolina

Charlotte, NC

Michael Cooper
Pam Pompey
Grassroots Leadership
Phone: 704 332-3090
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]

Mary Crayton
AFL-CIO Field Mobilization
Phone: (404) 766-5050
Fax: (404) 766-2049
Cell: (312) 560-3111
Email: [email protected]

Durham, NC

Laxmi Haynes
Student Action with Farm Workers
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 919 660-3660

Maryann Crea
Immaculada Concepcion
919-623-0026

Rosa Saavedra
Institute for Southern Studies
Phone: 919 419-8311
Email: [email protected]

Fayetteville

Tom Clarke UFCW
United Food and Commercial Workers
Phone: 910-843-1631
Cell: 413-575-4310
E-mail: [email protected]

Eduardo Pena
United Food and Commercial Workers
Cell 813-215-7441
E-mail: [email protected]

Greensboro

Marilyn Baird
Grassroots Leadership
Phone: 336-456-1309
Email: [email protected]

Morganton

Francisco Risso
Western NC Workers Center
Office Phone: 828 432-5080
Cell: 828 320-6212
Email: [email protected]

Jeannette Butterworth
Center for Participatory Change
Phone: (828) 280-8122
Email: [email protected]

Laura Gordon
Western North Carolina Central Labor Council
Phone: 828 665-2198
Email: [email protected]

Wilson

Kevin Blair
FLOC Office Dudley NC
PH (919) 731-4433
[email protected]
Fax (919) 731-4441

Beatriz Maya
FLOC
Phone: 419 243-3456
Fax: 419 243-5655
[email protected]

Ohio

Columbus

Reg Dyck
Jobs With Justice
Phone: 614-251-0216
Email: [email protected]

Cleveland

John Ryan
Cleveland CLC
(216) 881-7200 (office)
[email protected]

Toledo

Beatriz Maya
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Phone: 419 243-3456
Fax: 419 243-5655
Email: [email protected]


Oklahoma

Oklahoma City

Tim O’Connor
Central Oklahoma AFL-CIO Labor Council
Phone: 405-634-4030
Email: [email protected]

Tulsa

Roger Nelson
Northeastern Oklahoma Labor Council
Phone: 918 832-8128

Tom Albaugh
918-295-6668
[email protected]

Oregon

Portland

Jeff Richardson
Phone: 503-230-2304
E-mail: [email protected]

Judy O'Conner
Phone: 503-235-9444
E-mail: [email protected]

Samuel Davila
Phone: 503-763-1694
E-mail: [email protected]

Weston, Oregon

Lorene Scheer
IBT Local 556
Phone: 509 525-5563 Ext. 6
[email protected]

Mark Reavis
S.E. Washington CLC
Phone: 509 547-7553
Fax: 509 327-2331
[email protected]

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Edward Carlson
Immigrant Welcome Center
[email protected]
(215) 564-6910

Josh Eidleson
HERE Local 634
Phone: (215) 629-1173
Cell: (203) 430-2327
Email: [email protected]

Pittsburgh

Rich Pastore
(412) 824-8140

Ross McClelland
(888) 320-2617

Reading

Guadalupe Rivera
Penn State Berks - Lehigh Valley Campus
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (610) 929-0841

 

Pennsylvania

Providence, RI

Warren Heyman
[email protected]
401-467-6770

 

South Carolina

Charleston/Orangeburg

Donna Dewitt
South Carolina AFL-CIO
Phone: 803 798-8300
Cell: 803 318-3868
Email: [email protected]

Kamau Marcharia
Grassroots Leadership
[email protected]

Columbia

Brett Bursey
South Carolina Progressive Network
Phone: 803 808-3384
Email: [email protected]

Donna Dewitt
South Carolina AFL-CIO
Phone: 803 798-8300
Cell: 803 318-3868
Email: [email protected]



Tennessee

Knoxville

Sylvia Woods
Knoxville Central Labor Council
Phone: 865 523-9752
Email: [email protected]

Chioma Adaku
NAACP/Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network
Phone: 865 637-1576
Cell: 865 250-9134

Memphis

Rebecca Jordan
Mid-South Interfaith Network for Economic Justice
Phone: 901 332-3570
Fax: 332-3532
Email: [email protected]

David Lubell
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
Phone: (901) 274-7076
Fax: (901) 725-7858
e-mail: [email protected]

Morristown

June Rostan
Southern Empowerment Project
Phone: (865) 984-6500, x3
e-mail: [email protected]

Wendy Romero
Latinos Unidos
Phone: (865) 806-6813

Nashville

Mario Ramos
Phone: (615) 329-4588
fax: (615) 329-4697
e-mail: [email protected]


Spring Miller
Phone: (615) 329-4588, and (773) 220-2723
e-mail: [email protected]

 

Texas

Las Cruces

Matt Taylor
AFL-CIO Western Region
Phone: (505) 830-9000
Email: [email protected]

Paige S. Kieser
Office: (915) 778-9928
Home: (505) 640-7541
E-mail: [email protected]

El Paso

Matt Taylor
AFL-CIO Western Region
Phone: (505) 830-9000
Email: [email protected]

David Aranda
El Paso Central Labor Union
Phone: (915) 781-0242
fax: (915) 781-0540
E-mail: [email protected]

Paige S. Kieser
Office: (915) 778-9928
Home: (505) 640-7541
E-mail: [email protected]

San Antonio

Alicia Garza
San Antonio Labor Council
Phone: (210) 226-8447
fax: (210) 860-6285
e-mail: [email protected]

Maria Muela
UNITE, SW Regional Joint Board
Phone: (469) 335-0063
fax: (469) 335-0550
e-mail: [email protected]

Austin

Louis Malfaro
Austin Labor Council
Phone: (512) 472-1124
e-mail: [email protected]

Dallas

Willie Gonzalez
UNITE
Phone: (469) 335-0063, x13
fax: (469) 335-0550
e-mail: [email protected]

Gene Lantz
North Texas Jobs with Justice
Phone: (214) 942-4236
e-mail: [email protected]

Houston
Richard Shaw
Harris County CLC, 2506
Phone: (713) 923-9473
E-mail: [email protected]

Maria Jimenez
National Movement for Legalization
And Immigrant Rights
Phone: (713) 923-9473
Fax: (713) 923-5010

Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

George Neckel
Jobs with Justice
Phone: 801 606-2074
Fax: 801 323-9452
Email: [email protected]

 

Virginia

Norfolk
Abby Causey
757-468-3600x115
[email protected]

Richmond, VA
Steve Colecchi
Catholic Diocese of Richmond
Phone: 804 359-5661
Email: [email protected]

Washingon, D.C.

Washington, D.C.
Roxie Herbekian
Phone: 410-230-0859
Email: [email protected]

Washingon State

Seattle

Mike Ramos
Phone: 206 723-2203 x250
Cell: 206 775-2121
[email protected]

Steve Williamson
King County CLC
206-441-7103 (office)
[email protected]

Pramilla Jayapal
Hate Free Zone Campaign of Washington
(206) 723-2203 x 207
[email protected]

Yakima

Ray Carrillo SEIU 1199NW
509 573 9522
email [email protected]

Wallula/Pasco/Wallawalla

Lorene Scheer
IBT Local 556
Phone: 509 525-5563 Ext. 6
[email protected]

Mark Reavis
S.E. Washington CLC
Phone: 509 547-7553
Fax: 509 327-2331
[email protected]

 

Wisconsin

Madison

Jim Cavanaugh
South Central Fed.of Labor
(608) 256-5111 (office)
(608) 256-6661 (fax)
[email protected]

Milwaukee

John Goldstein
Milwaukee CLC
(414) 771-7070
[email protected]