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 Jen Soriano, Center for Media Justice Jen Soriano is a communications strategist and journalist originally from Chicago. As Associate Director of the Center for Media Justice (CMJ), she has spent the last five years transforming CMJ's vision into impactful programs that build the communications power of the youth rights and racial justice movement. As a journalist Jen has worked with Mother Jones magazine, Free Speech Radio News, the Center for Investigative Reporting and Free Speech TV. Her stories have appeared in Left Turn Magazine, Shewire.com, Mother Jones, Filipinas Magazine, and The Christian Science Monitor. Jen is also a seasoned musician who knows Fela got it right when he said music is the weapon. She has studied cultural worker strategies of the Philippine Movement for National Democracy, and applies them to music projects that support anti-imperialist solidarity work and racial justice organizing in the Bay Area. Jen received a B.A. in History and Science from Harvard University in 1998. |
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LaDonna Redmond, Institute for Community Resource Development Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Hip Hop CaucusVan Jones, Green For AllPaul Hawken, Author, "Blessed Unrest"Adrienne Maree Brown, The Ruckus SocietyMajora Carter, Green For All & Sustainable South BronxMalia Lazu, The Gathering for JusticeWinona LaDuke, Honor the EarthBaye Adofo-Wilson, Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District, Inc.Mary Anne Hitt, Appalachian VoicesJakada Imani, Ella Baker Center for Human RightsBryant Terry, Black and GreenIan Kim, Ella Baker Center for Human RightsJerome Ringo, Apollo AllianceAndy Lipkis, TreePeopleEvon Peter, Native MovementPerformers: The Hot 8 Brass BandRobert Bullard, Environmental Justice Resource CenterAdi Nochur, 1SkyNile K. Malloy, Rainforest Action NetworkLynn Hinckle, UAW Local 879Andrew Ehrmann and Joey Adamji, Macalester CollegeCarlos Moreno, Summer Jobs CampaignKeri Bolding, California Public Utilities CommissionJoel Rogers, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Author, "What Workers Want"Mahfam Malek, Green for AllMakani Themba-Nixon, The Praxis Projectibrahim abdul-matin, National Urban FellowAfeni Shakur, Amaru EntertainmentBracken Hendricks, Center for American ProgressKandi Mossett, Indigenous Environmental NetworkDiana Abellera, People's GroceryJen Soriano, Center for Media JusticeKarl Carter, Inner City EnterprisesShyaam Shabaka, Food FirstConnie Galambos Malloy, Urban HabitatAya de Leon, PerformerBiko Baker, The League of Young VotersGlen O'Gilvie, Earth Conservation CorpsPete Nelson, BioDimensionsKassidy Johnson, Responsible Endowments CoalitionAnasa Troutman, The Highlander CenterLamont Summersett, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural DistrictJohn Moore, Global GreenElsa Barboza, SCOPELance Williams, US Green Building CouncilRoxanne Brown, Blue Green AllianceSal Vaca, RichmondBUILDAlycia Carter, Office of Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9)Carlos Jimenez, Jobs with JusticeUele Siebert, Groovy FoodsAndy Johnson, Greencorps ChicagoAngela Greene, Solar RichmondAnnette Williams, Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training ProgramDr. Beverly Wright, Deep South Center for Environmental JusticeHonorable D'Army Bailey, Co-Founder of the National Civil Rights MuseumGloria Walton, SCOPE LAHashim Benford, Miami Workers CenterNia Robinson, Environmental Justice and Climate Change InitiativeNikki Henderson, California Student Sustainability CoalitionOmar Freilla, Green Worker CooperativesRagini Kapadia, Energy Action CoalitionTony C Anderson, Morehouse CollegeJonathan Adams, Applied Research CenterChuck Turner, Boston City CouncilorMikhail Pappas, Pennsylvania League of Young VotersRonne Adkins, Shelby County Health DepartmentWil Seegars, Generations to Come
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