VOCAL-NY
Giselle Barahona has experience working as a Community Organizer at VOCAL-NY. Prior to this role, Giselle held positions such as Project Intern at GreenRoots, Inc., Intern at the Center for Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity, Scholar at The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy at Connecticut College, Zero Waste Project Intern at the Conservation Law Foundation, Fellowship at the Forest Foundation, Intern at the Office of Victim Services at the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, Student Volunteer at THE NEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER, INC., and Political Organizer at Environment America. Giselle holds a degree in History and Sociology from Connecticut College.
VOCAL-NY
VOCAL-NY is a grassroots membership organization working to create healthy and just communities by building power among people affected by HIV, drug use, mass incarceration, and homelessness. We do this through community organizing, leadership development, participatory research, policy advocacy and direct action with the belief that true social change must come from the bottom up and be led by those most directly impacted.