Ana Garcia-Ashley

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Ana Garcia-Ashley is executive director of the Gamaliel Foundation. She began her work in Gamaliel in the early 1990s, as lead organizer of MICAH (Milwaukee Inner City Congregations Allied for Hope). During her tenure there, the organization won a $500 million reinvestment commitment from the city’s banks. Ana was also the founding organizer for WISDOM, the Gamaliel-affiliated Wisconsin state organization. She has been a member of the Gamaliel central staff for nearly two decades, serving as senior trainer at Gamaliel’s National Leadership Training and co-director of the Civil Rights for Immigrants campaign.
Equity

So Far, Development is Divisive, and Driven By Race

April 15, 2016 | Ana Garcia-Ashley

Many of us live in cities that are undergoing a renaissance, but the longstanding populations are no better off than before. In the midst of giant cranes building hotels and […]

Community Development Field

We Must Find the Legacies of Racism Within Our Own Organizations, Too

March 17, 2016 | Ana Garcia-Ashley

We can’t begin to disentangle the racial dynamics of the institutions we want to fix if we are unwilling to get to the root of the same dynamics in our own organizations.

Organizing

At Last, Apprenticeships Will Be for All People

November 12, 2015 | Ana Garcia-Ashley

Not surprisingly, last Friday's headlines focused on the announcement that the Obama administration had rejected the proposal to build the Keystone XL pipeline. But on the same day, it gave […]

Housing Advocacy

NAACP’s Journey for Justice And Voting Rights

September 29, 2015 | Ana Garcia-Ashley

We live in interesting times. Two years ago, immigrant leaders from across the country camped out on the National Mall in the Fast for Families to inspire a hunger strike, […]