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To create solutions needed for our communities, we need cross-sector collaboration . From public servants to organizers, authors to entrepreneurs, NLC aims to connect leaders [[link removed]] from many industries and interests for one common goal: progress.
Meet two of those changemakers and NLC Convention speakers: author and union advocate Kim Kelly and political strategist Raul M. Alvillar .
And, keep scrolling to learn about more of our planned workshops and panel discussions [[link removed]] !
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Kim Kelly
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Kim Kelly is an independent journalist, author, and organizer. She has been a regular labor columnist for Teen Vogue since 2018, and her writing on labor, class, politics, and culture has appeared in The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Baffler, The Nation, the Columbia Journalism Review, and Esquire, among many others. Kelly has also worked as a video correspondent for More Perfect Union, The Real News Network, and Means TV. Previously, she was the heavy metal editor at “Noisey,” VICE’s music vertical, and was an original member of the VICE Union. A third-generation union member, she is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World’s Freelance Journalists Union as well as a member and elected councilperson for the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE). She was born in the heart of the South Jersey Pine Barrens, and currently lives in Philadelphia with a hard-workin’ man, a couple of taxidermied bears, and way too many books.
Raul M. Alvillar
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Raul M. Alvillar , chair of the Sixteen Thirty Fund Board, is a senior executive with two decades of expertise in external affairs, strategic planning, community relations, and political affairs. Raul was the New Mexico State Director for the Biden campaign in 2020. He also served as the National Political Director at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) where he led political strategy, managed all of the organization’s relationships at the national, state and local level and collaborated with decision makers to disseminate Democratic priorities. Prior to the DNC, Raul served in several roles for President Barack Obama’s administration including as Associate Director of the White House’s Office of Public Engagement and as the Senior Advisor and Congressional Relations Officer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Raul has been a guest commentator on Fox News, CNN, CNN en Español. He has been featured in The NewYork Tmes, The Blade, Politico, USA Today among others. Raul is a native of New Mexico. He is a member of NLC’s national Advisory Council.
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Are you planning to reconnect with the #NLCFamily in Philadelphia on July 21 - 24? [[link removed]]
Now’s the time to make your hotel reservation and claim your ticket. Registration will close on July 19 . Flight prices may also begin to rise more and more in the next couple weeks.
Your HQ team is currently finalizing our food and drink orders ( did we mention that our Rooftop Reception and Awards Dinner will include an open bar? ). Register now so we can count you in!
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