PowerSwitch Action
Lauren Jacobs is an accomplished leader in the nonprofit sector, currently serving as Executive Director at PowerSwitch Action since February 2016. With a progressive career trajectory, Lauren held multiple roles within the organization, including Deputy Director and Director of Capacity Building and Special Projects. Prior to this, Lauren was the National Organizing Director at Restaurant Opportunities Centers United from September 2013 to February 2016, and served as N. California Director/1st VP at SEIU USWW from February 2010 to August 2013. Lauren earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College between 1988 and 1992.
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PowerSwitch Action
We’re a community of leaders, organizers, and strategists forging multi-racial feminist democracy and economies in our cities and towns. Through local organizing, we’re sparking national transformation rooted in abundance, common good, freedom, and joy. Our network of 20 grassroots affiliates weaves strategic alliances and alignments amongst labor, neighborhood, housing, racial justice, faith, ethnic-based, and environmental organizations. Together, we’re building people power and people’s institutions. We win innovative public policy and rein in greedy corporations to realize our collective freedom and liberation. Our work is grounded in replacing the interlocking chains of oppression — economic exploitation, white supremacy, gender violence — with systems built for human dignity and authentic democracy. We believe that everyday people can transform the economy, government, and public goods in our communities.