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Rosana Cruz

Longtime New Orleans community activist around issues of criminal justice, labor and immigrant rights. She was the Gulf Coast field coordinator for the National Immigration Law Center and also worked with New Orleans Worker Justice Coalition. Cruz is the co-director of Safe Streets, Strong Communities, an organization campaigning for a new criminal justice system in New Orleans.

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