Artemio is currently the Political Director at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. In his position, Artemio manages the New Americans Democracy Project, which is a non-partisan civic engagement program that seeks to engage and mobilize voters on issues the members and allies prioritize.
Mr. Arreola is a member of the Consejo Consultivo Del Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior/ Consultative Council of the Institute of the Mexicans in the Outside (CC-IME). The CC-IME helps people establish their Mexican birthright to participate in the Presidential Mexican elections. Mr. Arreola is one of the main organizers and co-founders of the historic immigration demonstration (The March 10th Movement) that brought more than 500,000 people to the streets of Chicago. The same group also initiated the plans for May 1st march. With his connections to leaders here in the United States, Artemio has been able to organize leadership networking both in the United States and Mexico.
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