We Are America Alliance
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In over 120 cities between March and May 2006, more than four million
immigrants and their allies marched and spoke out for the rights and
dignity of their communities. The energy and activism these
mobilizations produced caught many by surprise and had a significant
impact on the public and policy debate. The We Are America Alliance (WAAA) was formed in the aftermath of these unprecedented mobilizations across the country. The Alliance is comprised of various community organizations, immigrant rights organizations, and ethnic organizations. Together we believe that increased civic participation by immigrants is the next logical step needed to further the goals of those who marched. Through our collaboration, we hope to increase the capacity and skills of the organizations that are new to the work of civic participation by developing suitable models and practices for civic engagement within the Latino, Asian, and immigrant communities. One of the WAAA’s primary goals is to improve the coordination of the member organization’s civic participation efforts, and eventually, the WAAA hopes to create a “culture of participation" that is supported at every level by grassroots groups and ethnic media.
Leadership Working Group
The WAAA Alliance is lead by a Leadership Working Group. This working group is constantly reviewing the Alliance mission, and making sure that partner organizations are in compliance with organizational goals and objectives.
Staff
Holli Holliday Executive Director Holli Holliday serves as the Executive Director for the We Are America Alliance (WAAA), an umbrella group of partners and allies dedicated to encouraging maximum civic participation in immigrant communities across the country. Prior to leading WAAA, Holliday was Vice President of Political Programs at Progressive Majority, where she oversaw all of the program aspects including Candidate Recruitment and Development, Training and Outreach, as well as the Racial Justice Campaign. She also worked at Project Vote, leading their voter engagement program in Michigan. Before working at Project Vote, Holliday worked frequently as a political consultant and campaign manager on local, state, and national races throughout the Midwest.
She is a graduate of
Howard University and University of Missouri-KC School of Law.
Lindsay Daniels
Senior Program Manager
Lindsay Daniels is the Senior
Program Manager for the We Are America Alliance, an umbrella group of
partners and allies dedicated to encouraging maximum civic participation
within the Latino, Asian, and immigrant communities. Daniels is
responsible for providing field and media coordination and support to
the 14 partner organizations in their grassroots effort to register
500,000 and contact one million new immigrant voters in the 2008 election
cycle. This coordination comes in the form of providing partners
with independent research on the immigrant electorate, spokesperson
training opportunities, and new and/existing materials, which all support
their field programs. She also facilitates the Alliance’s ongoing
collaboration with various external partners, including the ya es
hora Spanish-language media campaign.
Before coming to WAAA, Daniels
worked as a Field Strategist for the Civic Engagement Policy Project
at the National Council of La Raza. There, she directed NCLR’s civic
engagement field operation, the Latino Empowerment and Advocacy Project
(LEAP), where she provided training and technical support to state and
local community-based organizations around the country to expand their
civic engagement and advocacy capacity. Daniels is also the co-author of a report entitled, “The Latino Electorate: Profiles and Trends,” which provides analysis on the nature, size, and potential of the Hispanic electorate. |
