About
On August 10-11, 2012, over 700 social justice fundraisers and organizers from across the country came together in Oakland to build and strengthen our collective resources, grassroots fundraising skills, and vision for our movements.
Click here watch the debate on the Occupy Movement and keynote speeches by Saru Jayaraman, Attica Woodson Scott, and Kim Klein!
Keynote Speakers Saru Jayaraman and Attica Woodson Scott shared inspiring stories of how integrating fundraising and organizing can create real change for marginalized communities

Saru Jayaraman is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United) and an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College. Founded by Saru and displaced 9/11 workers, ROC now 8000 members in eight affiliates nationwide. Saru co-edited The New Urban Immigrant Workforce, (ME Sharpe, 2005). Saru is a graduate of Yale Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She was profiled in the New York Times “Public Lives” section in 2005, and was named one of Crain’s “40 Under 40” in 2008, 1010 Wins’ “Newsmaker of the Year,” and one of New York Magazine’s “Influentials” of New York.
Attica Woodson Scott was appointed as the District 1 representative to Louisville Metro Council in October 2011. District 1 spans the west and southwest areas of Jefferson County. She served as Coordinator of Kentucky Jobs with Justice from 2004-2012. Attica previously served as an Adjunct Faculty member at Bellarmine University from 2009-2011 having recently taught a course on “Social Networking for Social Justice.” In 2005, she was selected to serve as a Forum Fellow for the Courier-Journal and featured in “People to Watch” in Louisville Magazine, and was awarded the 2011 national “Woman of Vision” honor by the Ms. Foundation for Women.
Conference Co-Chairs: Ryan Li Dahlstrom & Nisha Anand
Organizing Committee Volunteers
Alia Trindle, Causa Justa: Just Cause
Anouska Cheddie, Environmental Defense Fund
Chad Jones, Community Investment Network
Jose Dominguez, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Laurene Francois, Causa Justa: Just Cause
Margie Fine, Consultant
Meredith Gray, RoadMap Consulting
Russell Roybal, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Sophia Kizilbash, Native Youth Leadership Alliance
Yee Won Chong, GIFT Board Member
Program Advisory Committee Volunteers
Abel Valladares, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste
Bianca Escalante, Level Playing Field Institute
Chauniqua Young, GIFT Internship Alumna
Dara Silverman, Consultant
Dolores Garay, California Rural Legal Assistance
Jackie Kaplan, Consultant
Jessica de Jesus, Ella Baker Center
Jordan T Garcia, GIFT Board Member
Mario Lugay, Mitchell Kapor Foundation
Natalia Lopez, Consultant
Pam Pompey, Ujaama
Stephanie Roth, Consultant
Uma Rao, Pride Foundation













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