Emily Goldfarb
Emily Goldfarb is a San Francisco activist.
Background
“I grew up in a comfortable family and had many privileges that most people don’t have. When I attended a Quaker college, studied in Bogota, Colombia, and majored in Latin American studies my perspective on the world and the role of the US changed dramatically. My work in the Central American solidarity movement in the 1980s, especially with Salvadoran refugees here and in El Salvador, re-focused my purpose entirely. My 20+ years in immigrant rights, among other issues, helped me find my current political purpose as a support to others “in the trenches” of justice work.”
Emily has worked as a consultant since 1997 for more than 60 nonprofit organizations and foundations. She is the Co-Director for RoadMap, a national independent capacity-building network serving social change organizations and their funders, and the Lead Consultant for the French American Charitable Trust’s Management Assistance Program.
Emily’s consulting work is informed by over twenty years of activism and organizational leadership in the immigrant and refugee rights movement. She is the founding Executive Director (1986-1996) of the Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights, where she led a staff of 25, built a broad-based regional coalition of over 100 organizations, and advocated for progressive reforms on the local, state and federal levels.
Emily was a co-founder of Mujeres Unidas y Activas and has served on their board for the past six years. She has been a fortunate Windcall Retreat resident two times and is the co-creator of the My Healthy Organization organizational assessment tool designed for social change organizations.
Working primarily with community-based organizations that engage in base-building, community organizing, and policy advocacy, Emily specializes in organizational start-up and development, facilitation, individual coaching, strategic planning, the linking of services to social change strategies, and the design and implementation of capacity-building programs. Emily is bilingual in English/Spanish.
Emily lives in San Francisco, CA, with her partner of 20 years.[1]
RoadMap
Emily Goldfarb is co-founder of RoadMap, a Freedom Road Socialist Organization affiliated consultancy group .[2]
Revolutionary Strategies to Beat the Rising Right Wing
Revolutionary Strategies to Beat the Rising Right Wing, was a nationwide conference call organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Sunday October 30, 2016.
- What's the nature of this right-wing threat? What has this election cycle changed about the political terrain we're fighting on? How do we need to prepare for whats coming after the election? Hear about these crucial questions from our panel of top political strategists, including Nelini Stamp, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Linda Burnham, and Sendolo Diaminah.
Those invited, on Facebook included Emily Goldfarb.[3]
Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward
Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward was a phone in webinar organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization in the wake of the 2016 election.
- Now what? We’re all asking ourselves that question in the wake of Trump’s victory. We’ve got urgent strategizing and work to do, together. Join Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson of the Movement for Black Lives and Freedom Road, Calvin Cheung-Miaw, Jodeen Olguin-Taylor of Mijente and WFP, Joe Schwartz of the Democratic Socialists of America, and Sendolo Diaminah of Freedom Road for a discussion of what happened, and what we should be doing to build mass defiance. And above all, how do we build the Left in this, which we know is the only solution to the crises we face?
- This event will take place Tuesday November 15, 2016 at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central/6pm Pacific.
Those expressing interest in attending, on Facebook included Emily Goldfarb.[4]