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Revision as of 18:43, 25 January 2018
Template:TOCnestleft CHIRLA is the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. Founded in 1986. CHIRLA is a California leader with national impact made of diverse immigrant families and individuals who act as agents of social change to achieve a world with freedom of mobility, full human rights, and true participatory democracy. CHIRLA’s mission is to achieve a just society fully inclusive of immigrants. CHIRLA organizes and serves individuals, institutions and coalitions to build power, transform public opinion, and change policies to achieve full human, civil and labor rights. Guided by the power, love, and vision of our community, CHIRLA embraces and drives progressive social change. CHIRLA was formed in response to the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 which made hiring undocumented workers illegal, thus creating a situation ripe for worker exploitation and abuse which have increased since that time. [1]
Board of Directors
As of January 23, 2018;[2]
- Alma Salazar, Ed. D. , Chairperson Vice President Education & Workforce Development, LA Area Chamber of Commerce.
- Ester Hernandez , Vice Chairperson , Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chicano Studies, California State University, Los Angeles
- Felipe Escobar , Secretary, California Dream Network
- Maria Elena Perales , Treasurer ,Justice Coordinator, Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange
- Adriana Aguilar, California Dream Network
- Luz Amelia Arevalo , CHIRLA Household Workers Committee
- Sam Jammal, Deputy Director, Policy and Electricity Markets, & Deputy Regulatory Counsel, SolarCity
- Alejandra Marchevsky, Professor of Liberal Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies , California State University
- Liliana T. Perez , Deputy Director, Office of the Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon , Speaker’s Office of Member Services, Los Angeles
- Peter Olney , International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Staff
As of January 23, 2018;[3]
LEADERSHIP TEAM
- Angelica Salas, Executive Director
- Zerihoun Yilma, Associate Director
- Antonio Bernabe, Organizing Director
- Apolonio Morales, Political Director
- Diana Colin, Civic Engagement Director
- Jorge-Mario Cabrera, Director of Communications
- Joseph Villela, Director of Policy
- Luis Perez, Legal Services Director
- Miriam Mesa, Director of Community Education
- Monica Gomez, Director of Development
- Yolanda Jones, Director of Administration
- Jennifer Perez, Director of Finance
ADMINISTRATION TEAM
- Yolanda Jones, Director of Administration
ARELI HERNANDEZ Executive Assistant ahernandez@chirla.org
GEBRIEL DAWIT Information Technology Manager gebriel@chirla.org
MARIA I MONTES Administrative Assistant mmontes@chirla.org
MARIBEL MOLINA Administrator
PATRICIA GARCIA
Administrative Assistant
VICTORIA FRANCISCO
Custodian
vfrancisco@chirla.org
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TEAM
DIANA COLIN Civic Engagement Director dcolin@chirla.org
MARIO PEREZ Call Center Manager mperez@chirla.org COMMUNICATIONS TEAM
JORGE-MARIO CABRERA Director of Communications jmcabrera@chirla.org
LUIS TADEO Social Media Coordinator ltadeo@chirla.org DEVELOPMENT TEAM
MONICA GOMEZ Director of Development mgomez@chirla.org
ANA REYES Development Associate areyes@chirla.org
JULIO MARTINEZ Grant Writer jmartinez@chirla.org EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TEAM
MIRIAM MESA Director of Community Education mmesa@chirla.org
BRENDA G ORDAZ Community Education Representative bordaz@chirla.org
DAYSI FLORES Information Referral Assistant
ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ
Information & Referral Specialist
erodriguez@chirla.org
GRELIA VEGAS Community Education Representative gvegas@chirla.org
JESSICA HUERTA Community Education Coordinator yhuerta@chirla.org
KATELYN BRAZER Orange County Regional Coordinator kbrazer@chirla.org
KATHIA GARCIA Youth Organizer – Wise Up!
FINANCE TEAM
JENNIFER PEREZ Director of Finance jperez@chirla.org
CLAUDIA MONTES Accountant cmontes@chirla.org LEGAL SERVICES TEAM
LUIS PEREZ Legal Services Director lperez@chirla.org
ANA HERNANDEZ Legal Clerk
BETHZY GARCIA
BIA Accredited Representative
bgarcia@chirla.org
CLAUDIA DIAZ Legal Clerk
DAVID GONZALEZ
Legal Clerk
EDÉN VELASCO
BIA Accredited Representative
evelasco@chirla.org
ELVIA ZEPEDA Legal Clerk
FABIANA BARCENAS
Citizenship Coordinator
fbarcenas@chirla.org
GREGORY SIMONS Citizenship / BIA Representative gsimons@chirla.org
JENNEFER CANALES-PEALAEZ, ESQ. Staff Attorney (Deportation Defense)
JOSE MENDOZA
Administrative Assistant
Jmendoza@chirla.org
KARLA E CORTEZ BIA Accredited Representative kcortez@chirla.org
KARLA PATRICIA ALCALA-NAVARRETE Family Unity and Deportation Defense Attorney knavarrete@chirla.org
KATHY KHOMMARATH Staff Attorney Kathyk@chirla.org
LEO VASQUEZ Legal Department Clerk
MERCEDES MONTANO
Legal Clerk
PERLA P ESQUIVEL
Staff Attorney
pesquivel@chirla.org
REBECCA MEDINA Staff Attorney
RIMON ELKOTBEID
Law Clerk
relkotbeid@chirla.org
ROCIO ALBARRAN Staff Attorney
ORGANIZING TEAM
ANTONIO BERNABE Organizing Director abernabe@chirla.org
DANIEL PEÑALOZA Central California Healthy New Americans Coordinator dpenaloza@chirla.org
DIANA RAMOS Youth Organizer (Wise Up!) dramos@chirla.org
MARIELA JAQUEZ Organizer (High Desert)
MARU GALVAN
Organizer
mgalvan@chirla.org
MELODY KINGLENFUSS Statewide Organizer (CDN)
MIREYA GONZALEZ SUAREZ
PATRICIA SALAZAR Organizer psalazar@chirla.org
PEDRO A TRUJILLO CARRASCO CDN State-wide Organizer ptrujillo@chirla.org
ROSA BARRIENTOS-FERRER Northern Regional Organizer (CDN) rbarrientos@chirla.org POLICY TEAM
JOSEPH VILLELA Director of Policy jvillela@chirla.org
CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ Policy Advocate csanchez@chirla.org
ISABEL SANCHEZ Policy Advocate isanchez@chirla.org POLITICAL AND COALITION BUILDING TEAM
APOLONIO MORALES Political Director amorales@chirla.o
DACA help
CHIRLA helped applicants process their DACA paperwork and had a blessing of the “caps and gowns.” Sen. Barbara Boxer, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Rep. Judy Chu and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were all scheduled to attend. August 15th 2012 :9:00 a.m. PDT at the CHIRLA office in Los Angeles, CA. Contact Jorge-Mario Cabrera.[4]
Meeting congressmembers
CHIRLA held 2 roundtables with supportive Congressional representatives and Chambers of Commerce. One was held on October 18th with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Judy Chu, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, and Rep. Jimmy Gomez. A second Roundtable was held between CHIRLA California Dream Network youth and Rep. Linda Sanchez at Cal State Fullerton on October 19, 2017.
September/October 2017, CHIRLA organized 3 public events and 2 business roundtables with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Rep. Nanette Barragan and Rep. Jimmy Gomez, as well as the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed), and the Carson Chamber of Commerce.[5]
Salas' activism
In 2010, when leaders of the immigrant rights movement met with President Barack Obama in the White House, Angelica Salas challenged the president’s claim that his administration was focusing on deporting criminals and other security threats. “No, Mr. President, that’s not what’s happening,” Salas told Obama. “You’re deporting heads of households, mothers and fathers. Young people are sitting in detention centers when they should be sitting in the best universities in the country.”
Last year, Obama agreed to suspend the deportation of, and grant work permits to, the young “dreamers” who came to the U.S. illegally as children.
Salas, the 42-year-old executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), has been a potent force in the struggle for comprehensive immigration reform. One of the national movement’s key strategists, she is a powerful speaker, a brilliant organizer and a remarkable coalition builder who works closely with unions, faith groups and students. She is no stranger to jail cells as a frequent participant in civil disobedience. She played a key role in several recent major victories in California, including bills allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, prohibiting local police from turning over undocumented immigrants to federal officials for possible deportation and giving undocumented college students access to public financial aid.
Salas views her job as “telling stories” — giving voice to the immigrants whose lives are often ignored or misreported. She sees her own story in those lives; she was smuggled into the country at age five by her 14-year-old aunt. They were caught and sent back to Mexico, but they made it across the border on a second try. The family was torn apart again when federal officials raided the sweatshop where her mother worked and deported her. They were eventually reunited in Los Angeles, where Salas grew up. She joined CHIRLA after finishing Occidental College and became director of the group in 1999.
Salas and CHIRLA have established day-laborer job centers, registered more than 75,000 new immigrant voters and led the fight for in-state tuition for undocumented students. Much of CHIRLA’s work involves what Salas calls “handing the baton” — recruiting and training the next generation of activists.[6]