Jessica Brill Ortiz
National Advocacy Coordinator |
Direct Care Alliance
Jessica Brill Ortiz is the National Advocacy Coordinator with Direct Care Alliance, the national advocacy voice of direct care workers. Previously, Jessica led consumer education and advocacy programs with the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care. Jessica holds an MPA, an MA in political science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
Presentations from Facing Race 2012
Caring Across Generations: Organizing Across Lines of Race, Class, Generation, Ability, Language and Communities
Caring Across Generations is a national campaign that builds across race, generation, class and ability to bring together workers, seniors, people with disabilities and communities around a federal Job Creation and Affordable Care agenda. In our first year as a campaign we've introduced resolutions into the house and senate, engaged 550K senior voters, and built a grassroots advocacy base in 15 states across the country with over 200 participating organizations.Join us to hear lessons and challenges from our work to build a movement across sectors, issues, silos and demographics.
Speakers: Jessica Brill Ortiz, Sarita Gupta, Trishala Deb