Working Families Party
Ericka Persson is an accomplished political strategist with extensive experience in communications and public affairs, currently serving in a key role at the Working Families Party since October 2016. Prior positions include Senior Program Manager at Color Of Change and Director of Communications for the Committee to Elect Peter Jacob for Congress, where responsibilities included mentoring a communications team and developing strategic press plans. Ericka has also worked on various political campaigns, including as a Deputy Field Organizer for Bernie Sanders for President and Communications Coordinator for Zephyr Teachout for Governor of New York. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Communication and Media Studies from New York University and a Master of Public Administration focused on Technology, anticipated from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in 2025.
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Working Families Party
Together We Can Make the Future and Build a Country Where Everyone Can Thrive. We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color, most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive, not just survive, and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water, safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free. But the richest people on Earth — and the political insiders who serve them — have rigged the rules of our economy and our democracy to grab up wealth and power for themselves. They have defunded our schools, undermined community services, and stripped working people of the right to organize into unions. And then they blame poor people or people of different races or different places — aiming to divide us and distract us from what we have in common. The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.