Alida Garcia Explained

Alida Garcia
Occupation:FWD.us Vice President of Advocacy
Known For:Social activist

Alida Garcia is an American social activist whose major work centers on immigration issues.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Career

Garcia currently serves as the Vice President of Advocacy for FWD.us, a lobbying group co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg. She previously served as Director of Coalitions & Policy. Some main goals of the initiative are to provide immigration reform, enhance the education system and invest in the sciences.[6] Additionally, she is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of Inclusv.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. News: The Pivot: Alida Garcia, Coalitions and Policy Director for FWD.us. 2015-07-15. Levo League. 2016-11-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20161120150201/http://www.levo.com/posts/the-pivot-alida-garcia-coalitions-and-policy-director-for-fwd-us. 2016-11-20. dead.
  2. Web site: Stanford Review [v3.0] - April 15, 2004]. stanfordreview.org. 2016-11-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20151009095809/http://stanfordreview.org/old_archives/Archive/Volume_XXXII/Issue_4/News/news2.shtml. October 9, 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Tweets with replies by Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) Twitter. twitter.com. 2016-11-20.
  4. Web site: Jose Antonio Vargas Teams With LA Times For New Media Platform, #EmergingUS. fellow. Jackson Connor HuffPost Media. 2015-02-19. The Huffington Post. 2016-11-20.
  5. Web site: What is being an American? Immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas has some ideas. Morrison. Patt. Los Angeles Times. 6 August 2014 . 2016-11-20.
  6. News: FWD.us. FWD.us. 2016-11-20.
  7. News: Conference Speakers. PowerPAC+. 2016-11-20.
  8. News: With 2016 Looming, Obama Campaign Veterans Launch Diversity Hiring Effort. BuzzFeed. 2016-11-20.