Emmanuel Ortiz
Parks & Power/Hope Community
Organizer
Minneapolis, MN
Organizer for racial equity in Minneapolis parks. How this is tied to struggles against gentrification - linked to where we live (housing - renters' rights, home-owner programs), labor (unions, wages), learn (schools/education), and liesure (parks, arts, non-profits). As an avid soccer junkie, I'm also invested in communities' access to athletic fields & other spaces for play.
Other spaces where I organize:
Left Wing TC: Decolonizing soccer/futbol
Palabristas: Latinx Word Slingers (poetry collective)
Twin Cities Peopple of Color & Indigenos People's Figure Drawing & Painting Group