Jasmine Rivera

About Jasmine Rivera

Non-profit professional with a focus on social justice, power building, issue campaigns…

Experience

1. Executive Director

   Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition Pic

   Jun 2024 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   The Pennsylvania Immigration and Coalition (PIC) is a diverse coalition of over 60 member organizations and hundreds of individual supporters. Our membership includes community groups, social, health and legal service providers, advocacy organizations, labor unions, and faith communities. PIC plays a unique role as the only organization in Pennsylvania that brings together organizations and individuals representing different ethnicities, immigration statuses, faiths, and other backgrounds, to work collectively on immigrant rights in Pennsylvania.PIC’s MissionOur mission is to advance immigrants’ rights and promote immigrants’ full integration into society by advocating with a unified voice for greater public understanding and welcoming public policies throughout Pennsylvania. PIC’s work is guided by the following values:Collaboration – We are committed to broad-based coalition work and embrace the challenge of finding common ground and building positive working relationships between diverse groups and individuals.Engaging Diversity – We believe that by working together as diverse immigrant groups we increase our collective power and impact. We are committed to addressing diverse communities’ identified needs, reflected within our advocacy, organizing and program work, as well as within PICC’s leadership.Immigrant Leadership – We support and facilitate the development of leadership within immigrant communities to ensure that immigrant communities are at the fore in defining and leading our work.Collective Ownership – Our work moves forward through the time, energy and commitment of our member organizations, community leaders, staff and Board.

Education

• Sarah Lawrence College

  History, Political Science, Economics, Environmental Science

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Grants
• Grassroots
• Policy
• Spanish
• Grassroots Organizing
• Community Outreach
• Volunteer Management
• Intersectionality
• Social Justice
• Political Campaigns
• Community Organizing
• Coalitions
• Politics
• Issue Campaigns
• Nonprofits
• Leadership Development