Eduardo Garcia
Advocacy Manager
As Advocacy Manager, Eduardo oversees Campus Progress’s programs designed to engage, empower, and support the organization’s network in their efforts to advance progressive causes.
Before joining Campus Progress, Eduardo organized with Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD). There he worked to involve immigrant and working families in economic development issues affecting the region, such as affordable housing and living wage jobs.
He earned his degrees in American studies and psychology from California State University, Fullerton. As an undergraduate, he was a fellow with the Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute at UC Berkeley, a New Leader with the Center for Progressive Leadership, and served as an intern for the United States Student Association.
Recent articles by this author:
- Florida Immigrant Youth to Congress: You Can’t Silence 11 Million Dreams
- Obama Answers DREAMers’ Call For Action
- Huge Latino Turnout Changes the Game on Immigration [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Support For Maryland DREAM Act Remains Strong
- Federal DREAM Act Would Add $329 Billion to Economy, Create 1.4 Million New Jobs
- What You Need to Know About Deferred Action
- Growing the Student Movement: Why it has to be #HereUsNow
- VIDEO: Marshall Fitz, Eduardo Garcia Discuss Supreme Court’s SB 1070 Hearing
- What’s At Stake For Young People and America With Supreme Court’s SB 1070 Case
- VIDEO: A Look at Arizona’s SB1070 with Marshall Fitz and Eduardo Garcia
- Hands Off: Ethnic Studies Ban Threatens Education for All Young Americans
- VIDEO: Immigration Advocates March From Selma to Montgomery
- VIDEO: NY DREAMers Arrested for Nonviolent Action
- National Coming Out of the Shadows Week: Why We Should Listen When DREAMers Tell Their Stories
- California DREAM Repeal Effort Fails, Officials Announce New Green Card Rule
- Feds: Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio Violated Civil Rights, Is Biased Against Latinos
- Thirteen Activists Arrested After Protesting Alabama’s Anti-Immigrant Law
- UPDATE: Shamir Ali Released From Detention
- Four Facts You Should Know About the California DREAM Act
- Leading Activist’s Pending Deportation To Test New Obama Immigration Policy
Events featuring this speaker:
- Election Protection Training at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
- 22nd Annual Students of Color Conference: Transformation Through Love and Art
- 2011 Young People For National Summit
- Special Premiere Screening of Citizen U.S.A.
- Beyond the Ballot Box: Immigrants Creating Change
- Working in the Progressive Movement
- AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit
- 2012 Young People For National Summit
- Youth Organizing & the Infrastructure Deficit! Building Power for Strong Movements & Lasting Change
- Understanding the Political Assaults on Immigrants and Communities of Color
- #YouthVote2012 National Youth Townhall & Debate Watch Party