<p>Carmen Perez is an award-winning, internationally-known civil and human rights leader and Chicana feminist. </p><p>She is the President & CEO of The Gathering for Justice, co-founder of Justice League NYC and Justice League CA, two state-based task forces for advancing a juvenile and criminal justice reform agenda, where she spearheaded campaigns to Free Meek Mill and Take a Knee with Colin Kaepernick, among many others. She was one of the National Co-Chairs of the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, which drew over 5 million people across the globe. Carmen is also the co-founder of Poderistas and is on the Advisory Board of Monogram. In addition to being named one of Fortune’s Top 50 World Leaders, one of TIME’s 100 most influential people, Glamour Women of the Year and Forbes’ 100 Mujeres Mas Poderosas, Carmen has also been a featured speaker at Harvard University, Columbia University, the University of California - Santa Cruz and she has been featured in numerous media outlets including <i>Forbes, TIME, Newsweek, MSNBC, Univision, ELLE, Glamour, Bustle, Common Dreams </i>and more. </p>
Social activist, President of The Gathering for Justice & Co-Chair of the Women’s March on Washington
<ul><li><strong>There’s a lane for everyone!</strong> </li><li>From the Feminist Movement to BLM. Women have always been at the forefront of every movement leading the fight for social change and equity. In this conversation, you will hear from Chicana Feminist Movement Leader, Carmen Perez’s experience as to what brought her to lead the largest single-day mobilization in history and how there is a lane for everyone in this fight for creating the beloved community.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>