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Carmen Perez was born on 21 January, 1977 in Oxnard, California, is an American activist. Discover Carmen Perez's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?

Popular As Carmen Perez
Occupation Activist Chief of Staff of REFORM Alliance
Age 47 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 21 January, 1977
Birthday 21 January
Birthplace Oxnard, California
Nationality United States

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1977

Carmen Beatrice Perez (born January 21, 1977) is an American activist and Chicana feminist who has worked on issues of civil rights including mass incarceration, women's rights and gender equity, violence prevention, racial healing and community policing.

She is the President and CEO of The Gathering for Justice, a nonprofit founded by Harry Belafonte which is dedicated to ending child incarceration and eliminating the racial disparities in the criminal justice system.

1994

In 1994, her sister Patricia was killed in a single vehicle accident and the funeral coincided with Perez's 17th birthday.

it was this event that lead Perez to feel inspired to dedicate her life to initiatives that would help transform the lives of young people.

“I remember somebody coming to our home, asking if we wanted to press charges.

And my father said ‘I would never take another mother’s child away,’” Perez said.

“And so I didn’t learn restorative justice from studying it.

I learned it from a man who would never take another mother’s child away.”

Perez started her undergraduate career at Oxnard College where she received an associate degree in liberal arts.

She then transferred to the University of California, Santa Cruz, as a psychology major where she also studied Chicana Feminism and was involved in Rainbow Theater.

She credits this time as formative to her dedication to intersectional and transformative leadership.

Through the Chicano Latino Resource Center, Carmen was mentored by psychology professor and Chicana feminist Aida Hurtado who she also worked for as her research assistant.

2001

In 2001, Perez began work with the Santa Cruz Youth Community Restoration Program, providing alternatives to incarceration for juvenile offenders.

In this position she established Reforming Education Advocating Leadership (REAL), a youth mentoring program.

2003

In 2003, she was elected to serve as the Chair of the Latino Affairs Commission of Santa Cruz County.

Perez also co-founded the Girl's Taskforce to provide gender-responsive programming for girls, regardless of probation status, in Santa Cruz County.

2004

In 2004, Perez began working for her mentor, Nane Alejandrez, as his executive assistant and the prison project coordinator focused on cultural programming inside youth detention centers and prisons.

2005

In 2005, Alejandrez invited Perez to serve as a youth representative for The Gathering for Justice, a social justice organization established in 2005 by singer, songwriter, actor and activist Harry Belafonte.

2006

By 2006, Perez had become a board member of Barrios Unidos and started working for the Santa Cruz County probation department as an intake and investigations officer focused on system accountability.

2007

She was promoted to Deputy Probation Officer II in 2007, providing gender responsive programming for an intensive caseload of girls.

2008

Perez moved to NYC in 2008 to work full-time as the National Organizer for The Gathering for Justice.

2010

Since 2010, she has served as the executive director of The Gathering for Justice, a social justice organization dedicated to ending child incarceration by utilizing Kingian nonviolent direct action, engaging artists and cultural leaders, advocating for policy initiatives and providing direct services inside juvenile facilities.

2011

From 2011-2013 she also developed Purple Gold, a young leaders program for 1199 SEIU.

2013

In 2013, Perez co-founded Justice League NYC, a taskforce of young criminal justice experts, direct service providers, activists, advocates, artists and formerly incarcerated individuals bringing their resources to the table to create a blueprint to reform the criminal and social justice system in New York City and State.

2014

She organized Growing Up Locked Down, a three-day juvenile justice reform conference, in New York City in 2014 and a second in her hometown of Oxnard, California in 2016.

The Oxnard conference was the beginning of Justice League CA.

In May 2014, she had the opportunity to share her life's work and delivered her 1st TEDx Talk inside Ironwood State Prison hosted by Richard Branson and produced by Scott Budnick.

2015

In 2015, Perez testified as a criminal and juvenile justice reform expert before the President's 21st Century Taskforce on Policing.

2017

She was one of four national co-chairs of the 2017 Women's March.

Perez was born in Oxnard, California to Marcel Perez and Alicia Ramirez Perez, as the youngest of five.

In 2017, Perez was a national co-chair of the Women's March on Washington, with Tamika D. Mallory, Bob Bland, and Linda Sarsour.

Perez's contributions included facilitating the creation of the mobilization's Unity Principles, leading the Artist Table and Honorary Co-Chair selection, and recruiting over 500 partners.

In addition, The Gathering for Justice, the organization for which she serves as executive director, was a fiscal sponsor of the Women's March on Washington and donated its office space to organizers during the planning phase.

She was a panelist at the 2017 Women's National Convention.

Carmen has worked with Danny Glover, America Ferrera, Hot97 hosts Ebro and Nessa, Jussie Smollett, and Colin Kaepernick.

On November 16, 2017, she publicized the case of Meek Mill.

Actress Jackie Cruz praised Carmen for "unlocking her zeal" for social causes.

2018

“She trained me to not care anymore and just fight for what you believe in,” said Cruz in a 2018 interview with Bustle.

Bari Weiss has criticized Perez for her support of Assata Shakur, a former Black Liberation Army member convicted of murder, and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

Asked about her support for Farrakhan, Perez responded that there are "no perfect leaders".