Jasmine Rivera is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in the fields of nonprofit leadership, education, and the arts. Currently serving as Co-Executive Director and Director of Communications for Rising Voices, a project focused on empowering Michigan Asian American women and families, Jasmine also contributes as Faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts and has held various roles in film production, including Director, Writer, and Producer at Anawim Productions. Previous positions include directing at Williamston Theatre, teaching film production and screenwriting at Wayne State University, and serving as a Junior Professional Fellow at the United Nations University. Jasmine holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University and a BA in International Relations from Michigan State University.
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Rising Voices, a Project of Center for Empowered Politics
About Rising Voices Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the state of Michigan, and are often the margin of victory in key municipalities and counties in Michigan. From Bengalis in Detroit and Hamtramck through Macomb County, South and East Asians in Oakland and Washtenaw Counties and Burmese in Battle Creek, to Southeast Asians in Kentwood and Holland on the west side of the state, Asian American Michiganders voted in record numbers in 2020. Rising Voices works to keep the momentum going. As the only Asian American organization in the state working to elect progressive candidates and move progressive policy, Rising Voices seeks, in addition to its non- partisan work, to continue to build up the power of Asian American communities in Michigan to have a seat at the policymaking table and be acknowledged as a powerful political force. Formed in 2019, Rising Voices is a fiscally sponsored 501(c4) nonprofit organization that seeks to organize and develop the leadership of Asian American women (cis, trans, Gender Non- Conforming and femme-identifying) and young people for power around progressive values and issues in the state of Michigan. Rising Voices is c4-facing, however much of the work is c3 and non-partisan and is funded through Rising Voices Fund.