Rachel brings 15 years of experience in grassroots organizing, policy development and advocacy.
Prior to joining GPP, Rachel was a leader with the Dream Defenders, where she served as the organization’s Co-Executive Director for 6 years. During this time, she led the development of the organization’s political program, helping build out their C4, statewide PAC and super PAC; oversaw the organizations’ local and statewide campaign work and led the development of the Healing and Justice Center, a community-based public safety program in Miami working to reduce violence without the carceral system.
Rachel has also held roles with the African American Policy Forum, the Oregon Health Authority, the Portland African American Leadership Forum and the Oregon Bus Project and was a 2023 Soros Justice Fellow. Rachel serves on the boards of Jewish Voice for Peace, Sunrise Movement and Imagine Black. She is the Co-Author of Say Her Name: Resisting Police Violence Against Black Women.
Rachel is grateful for the many people in her life who have helped shape her as a strategist and organizer, including her teachers at the Dream Defenders, the SNCC Legacy Project, the Movement for Black Lives, BOLD, Leftroots and the Palestinian liberation movement.
