What is Power 50?
Women of Color are poised to provide the sort of transformative leadership our communities and the progressive movement needs right now to achieve its lofty goals of building an America where everyone can thrive.
Power 50 is a 9-month, cohort-based program that provides Women of Color who are already steeped in basic leadership, organizing and management skills, with the deep grounding, tools, practices, political analysis, and relationships they need to stay the course of their convictions.
Year 5
2023 - 2024 Cohort
Ashley “Ash” Daniels
Michigan Liberation
Blanca Macias-Villa
Make the Road Nevada
Cathryn Paul
CASA
Elizabeth Chabla
Make the Road New Jersey
Erika Castro
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
Esther Jeon
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
Joi Imobhio
Workers Center for Racial Justice
Lisa Sherman Nikolaus
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
Marifer Rivera
Comunidades Unidas/Communities Unite
Michelle Mejia
Go Austin / Vamos Austin
Rachel Koelzer
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
Raynique Syas
Charleston Area Justice Ministry
Remeta Hicks-Montgomery
Detroit Action
Soila Rodriguez
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
Tyler Hayes
Mothering Justice
2021 - 2022 Cohort
Aqeela Muntaqim
Mothering Justice
Becky Belcore
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
Clarissa Epps
Building Responsibility, Equality and Dignity (BREAD)
Dawn N. Belgrove
Emancipate NC
Duaa-Rahemaah Williams
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
Joan Brannon
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Kaitie Dong
OneAmerica
Katelyn Johnson
BlackRoots Alliance
Maria del Carmen Gutierrez Rodriguez
El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos
Marian Méndez-Cera
El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos
Mayra Cedano
Comunidades Unidas
Nayda Benitez
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
Ofelia Sanchez
Central Florida Jobs with Justice
Tessa Painson
Florida Immigrant Coalition
Wendy Cardenas
Make the Road CT
Yani Rosario
SPACEs In Action
2020 - 2021 Cohort
Kristen Power
DART
Brenda GuiGui
Make it Work Nevada
Juanita Lewis
Community Voices Heard
Thais Carrero
Casa in Action PA
Ana Delia Espino
Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice
Patty Torrez
Make the Road PA
Connie Choi
SIREN – Bay Area
Empress Lindsay
Texas Organizing Project
Areli Hernandez
CHIRLA
Ma Caroline Lopez
Washington Low Income
Nimco Bulale
OneAmerica
Maritza Solano
CASA
2019 - 2020 Cohort
Amanda Khan
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN)
Andrea Chiriboga-Flor
9to5 Colorado
Anu Joshi
New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)
Bianca Edwards
Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC)
Diana Colin
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
Erica Gallegos
Organizers in the Land of Enchantment (OLÉ)
Erika Washington
Make It Work Nevada
Isabel Sanchez
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
Joleen Garcia
Texas Organizing Project (TOP)
Keizayla Fambro
Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC)
LaDon Love
SPACEs In Action
Leah Winley
Direct Action & Research Training Center National (DART)
Leslie Ann Turner
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN)
Nikita Perumal
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC)
Nkenge Browner
Mothering Justice
2018 - 2019
The Inaugural Cohort
Alicia Hurle
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Arleen Vargas
Washington Interfaith Network
Eboni Taylor
Mothering Justice
Janay Reliford-Davis
Communities Creating Opportunity
Laura Martin
PLAN
Shanae’ Holman
Topeka Justice Unity Ministry Project (JUMP)
Ana Rodriguez
Colorado Peoples Alliance
Celesté Arredondo-Peterson
Texas Organizing Project
Erica Clemmons Dean
9 to 5 Georgia
Jennifer Wells
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition
Roxana Norouzi
OneAmerica
Zakiya Sankara-Jabar
Racial Justice NOW!
How do I apply?
Applications for Power 50 are currently closed and will reopen in early 2025. If you wish to receive email notifications when applications open, please fill out this form.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Aida Cuadrado-Bozzo, Leadership Development Program Manager, at acuadrado@communitychange.org.
