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Organizers are responsible for conducting day-to-day outreach on behalf of the organization and disseminate information vital for the community. Identifying volunteers and participants to join in different issues, actions, and campaigns. The position combines social justice and advocacy for underserved communities. Organize young people on campuses and surrounding communities. Community Field Organizer Job Title: Community Field Organizer Reports to: Regional Organizer Manager Job Status: Full-Time Arizona Center for Em powerment (ACE), is a community-led and driven organization committed to raising new leadership in Arizona through confronting the most pressing needs of its often-under- served communities. Its sister organization, Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), is an organization led by changemakers fighting for social, racial, and economic transformation. At ACE, we seek to create a more inclusive and just standard of equality in the state of Arizona through civic engagement and strategic efforts regarding issues such as immigration, democracy and voting rights, living wages, and education. By increasing opportunities for education, leadership development, technical assistance and training, ACE supports the work of community organizations and leaders who are transforming their communities to create a more sustainable future for all Arizona families. At LUCHA, we organize low- and moderate-income and minority families to take action on the issues most important to them and advance the cause of social and economic justice for all. Wh y you'll love this job: Organizers serve an important role in the front lines of progressive fights. You will be a community leader; you will conduct outreach to community members, small businesses, community stakeholders, local organizations, or residents to build community power and experiment with new ways to organize, such as but not limited to build power through volunteer recruitment and leader development. Organizers are responsible for conducting day-to-day outreach on behalf of the organization and disseminate information vital for the community. Identifying volunteers and participants to join in different issues, actions, and campaigns. The position combines social justice and advocacy for underserved communities. Organize young people on campuses and surrounding communities. What You'll Do: Recruitment, training and management volunteers, and community members. In person direct contact. Business and Community Outreach. Build relationships and engagement. Coordinate in person events. Communicate your progress to goals to your direct supervisor. Record and provide reports. Provide volunteers, staff, community members and other supporters with accurate and positive support at all times. Advocate and organize to hit legislative and electoral priorities. Other duties as assigned. To succeed in this role, you need: To be passionate about economic justice An excellent communicator Adaptable and skilled at engaging with people from all backgrounds. Understanding and appreciating the urgent nature and time demands of actions and campaigns. Data management experience and knowledge, VAN, Mobile, and Every Action Preferred. Computer proficiency in Google Suites (E-mail, Docs, Drives, etc.) Willingness to work long hours and weekends. Physical stamina and the ability to lift and carry 20 lbs. Valid driver's license and reliable transportation. Customer service skills are preferred. Your earnings and other perks: This is a temp-to-hire position. $23-$26/hour Phone stipend 12 Company paid Holidays. Generous paid time off, including a paid winter break. Hybrid workplace- must be based in Arizona and available for in-person events. Waiting period 60 days 25K life insurance 100% employer paid Health, vision, and dental. Complementary access to therapy and counseling with AES (Jorgensen Brooks Group) Wellness stipend A team with diverse experiences After one year of employment, we offer generous paternity and maternity leave. Passionate, fun, creative, and innovative team. How to Apply: To apply, please visit www.luchaaz.org/apply and submit your application directly through our website. Please attach a resume, cover letter, and list o f professional references to your application. RECRUITMENT COMMUNICATION: Human Resources may contact you at various stages of the recruitment process if you meet the qualifications for the position. This contact will be via email or phone only. Please make sure your email address and phone number are accurate. We do not accept walk-in, or hand-delivered application materials nor applicant calls regarding open, pending, or closed positions. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-i nclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. LUCHA may, at its discretion, revise the job description at any time, and additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. Requirements, skills and abilities included have been determined to illustrate the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Equal employment opportunity and having a diverse staf are fundamental principles at LUCHA, where employment and promotional opportunities are based upon individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established under law. Apply Now Apply Now

OSCAR DE LOS SANTOS ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR LD 11 ABOUT OSCAR DE LOS SANTOS. Born to working-class immigrant parents, Oscar De Los Santos has dedicated his life and career to public service. He’s been on the frontlines of the fight for school funding and increased teacher pay as a teacher at a low-income school in South Phoenix. Since his years as a teacher, Oscar has continued to push for reform that benefits Arizonans. He fought for laws that promote economic justice, including a bill that doubled the state’s cash assistance program for low-income families. Join LUCHA members in supporting Oscar for the Arizona House of Representatives. VOTE BY AUG 2 OSCAR FIGHTS FOR: Fully-funded public education Healthcare for all Fair taxes and a strong economy Protecting voting rights Promoting workers’ and labor rights Immigrant rights Climate justice Abortion & reproductive justice Criminal justice reform Indigenous rights Disability rights ENDORSED BY. LUCHA Planned Parenthood Arizona Working Families Party Arizona Nurses Association Equality Arizona Victory Fund Renew U.S. IMPORTANT DATES. JULY 5 Voter Registration Deadline JULY 26 Last Day to Mail Back Your Ballot JULY 6 Voter By Mail Begins AUG 2 Election Day (Vote in Person or Drop Off Your Ballot) JULY 22 Last Day to Request a Ballot IMPORTANT LINKS. REGISTER TO VOTE. REGISTER UPDATE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. UPDATE CHECK VOTER STATUS. CHECK VOTER DASHBOARD. VISIT TRACK YOUR BALLOT. TRACK FIND YOUR CANDIDATES. FIND FIND BALLOT DROP OFF LOCATIONS. FIND FIND WHERE TO VOTE IN PERSON. FIND HOME PAGE PAID FOR BY LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA. NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE.

During a hearing about a border wall bill, GOP state Sen. Janae Shamp asked a civilian speaker a graphic question about rape. By Morgan Fischer | February 3, 2026 As far as polite conversation goes, questions about vaginas, anuses and rape probably fall a good bit short. Monday at the Arizona Legislature, one such question caused quite a ruckus. The incident took place during a meeting of the Arizona Senate’s Military Affairs and Border Security Committee. Members of the public had packed the hearing room to express their displeasure with a number of Republican-pushed immigration bills, particularly one from far-right state Sen. Wendy Rogers that would set aside $20 million essentially to pay towns to build their own border walls. Immigration activist Albert Rivera, who has also pushed for continued court oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, was one of those who spoke against the bill. Standing at a microphone, the 20-year-old argued that the money allocated in Rogers’ bill should be spent on other issues facing the state, calling the bill a “waste of time” and “un-American to the core.” He also accused lawmakers of caring only “about following the Trump agenda.” Rivera had said his piece and moved away from the microphone when GOP state Sen. Janae Shamp, a red “Trump Was Right About Everything” Stanley tumbler in front of her, summoned him back to answer a particularly graphic question. “Sir,” Shamp began, “do you know what it’s like to be in the operating room with a 23-year-old woman who’s been tied to a tree and raped so much you can’t tell the difference between her vagina and her anus? Do you know what that looks like?” While Shamp didn’t name the woman, Rivera and many in the room assumed she was speaking about the murder of 22-year-old Augusta University student Laken Riley by an undocumented man who had entered the country illegally. Riley’s death has been used by many Republicans as a talking point to clamp down on illegal immigration. Notably, as many on the right have pointed out ad nauseam, Riley’s killer was caught and released by border agents after entering the country illegally, suggesting a lack of border wall may not have been the problem. It was an odd question, but Rivera mustered a response. “I feel sorry for that woman who died, and by no means am I trying to justify anything that that guy did. It was horrible what he did,” Rivera told Shamp. But, he added, “the fact that you continue to use that as an excuse is disgusting.” Shamp began to ask another question after saying, “That’s not what I was referring to.” But Rivera began to walk away again as others in the hearing room told him he didn’t need to engage in a graphic tit-for-tat with Shamp that had little to do with his testimony. Then things boiled over. GOP state Sen. David Gowan, the committee’s chairperson, piped up and pointed at Rivera, telling him that he needed “to stand at that podium” and answer Shamp’s questions. Democratic state Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales, who had voiced an objection to Shamp’s original question, then stood up and said Rivera didn’t need to answer any questions at all. Rivera, still standing by the podium, asked Gowan, “Are you trying to intimidate me here?” Gowan said Rivera either needed to answer Shamp’s question or “he can stand all the way out of the committee” room. He then turned to Gonzales and told her to sit down. Putting her hands on her hips, Gonzales refused. Gowan asked her if “you’re going to disobey the chair,” at which point Gonzales demanded that the Senate’s rules attorney be called into the room to weigh in on just what the chair can do. Gowan maintained that Rivera needed to answer Shamp’s question or leave. Rivera took Option B, watching the rest of the hearing from the lobby. Last week, Rivera decided to leave the a hearing of the same committee, over another slate of anti-immigration bills, after another activist was kicked out for a disruption. The rules attorney finally arrived and sided with Gowan, saying it is “appropriate for him to keep decorum however he sees necessary” and that it’s “up to the chairman” if Gonzales could stand or not. The rules attorney also said the Gowan could compel a member of the public to either answer a question from a senator or leave. Gonzales expressed her disapproval, saying, “It is not right to make members of the public answer any questions that they do not want to answer.” She asked for a vote to appeal Gowan’s answer-or-leave directive but was shot down by Gowan. At that point, Democratic Sens. Catherine Miranda and Kiana Sears and more than 30 members of the public in the room also rose in protest. They all remained standing for the rest of the committee hearing. Bill advances Rogers’ bill eventually passed out of committee with only Republican votes. Republican Timothy Dunn said the bill was needed because “cartels and drug runners are still active,” while Rogers blamed undocumented immigrants for the increased cost of housing as justification. But Sears called the bill “absolutely ignorant” and “careless,” and Miranda said the proposed law caused more “confusion” and “fear.” Sears also told Gowan that she stood because “I’m disappointed that we compelled a member of the public to actually answer a question,” adding that, “I believe that any citizen, anyone who comes in to speak, has the right to come and go as they please.” But Gowan doubled down on his decision to compel Rivera to speak or leave, calling it “just a rude situation.” Vivian Serafin, an attendee who also stood to protest Gowan, said after the hearing that the chairman was “on a bit of a power trip.” “You’re not going to silence any of our voices. You’re not going to tell us how to speak,” said Serafin, who also works for the immigration organizing group Living United for Change in Arizona. "We’re not going to allow them to stifle our voices or control it in any way.” Reached after the meeting, Miranda told New Times she’s “going to stand with my colleague” and called the demonstration a “smaller sense of the atmosphere” compared to the near-daily protests outside the senate building. “All we have and all we can do is publicly tell the facts. The United States is under chaos, so we have to just keep speaking,” Miranda said, adding that the anti-immigration bills are “going to get vetoed” by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. “Thank goodness for the veto pen,” Miranda said. Neither Shamp nor Gowan responded to requests for comment on the incident. Speaking to New Times after the vote, Rivera thanked everyone who stood, including the three Democratic senators. The gesture “it almost brings me to tears” and “really warmed up my heart that there were so many other people standing up for me,” he said. Rivera then grabbed a bullhorn from another activist and continued to make his voice heard from the grounds outside the senate building “We can’t sit back. We can’t just idly sit back and say, ‘Oh well, we can’t do anything,’” Rivera told New Times. “We have to stand up.”

Speaking outside one Zipps location raided Monday night, activists blasted ICE intimidation tactics and use of force. By Morgan Fischer | January 28, 2026 “Several dozen” people were detained by federal agents as a result of the Monday night raids on Zipps Sports Grill locations in the Valley, immigration activists said at a press event Tuesday afternoon. “We don’t know how many,” Beth Strano, the executive director of Borderlands Resource Initiative, told Phoenix New Times. But, she added, “it’s safe to say that dozens” were detained. Neither ICE nor the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona immediately returned messages seeking the number of arrests made during the raids. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday afternoon that Homeland Security Investigations — a division of ICE and the Department of Homeland Security — was serving warrants “at 15 locations throughout the Phoenix area.” The warrants were served as “part of a months-long criminal investigation,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, and were “executed as part of a criminal investigation into felony violations of federal law.” The release did not mention Zipps nor specify the federal laws allegedly violated, but federal agents were seen raiding all 14 Zipps locations in the Valley. Some individuals were detained, and Phoenix’s network of rapid responders went out to each location to track activity and saw dozens of people arrested, Strano said. Strano and other activists spoke Tuesday in front of the Zipps at Park Central in midtown Phoenix, where more than 200 protesters had gathered the night before to document and jeer at HSI agents raiding the restaurant. At the presser, longtime immigration activist and former state legislator Raquel Terán criticized immigration agents for going after hard-working immigrants. “Workers should not be the target,” Terán said. “These are people who are providing for their families. Basic human thing, provide for your family. Work.” It is not yet clear if the raids were part of a general immigration sweep. Similar raids on other restaurants in the past year have resulted in federal charges for illegally employing and transporting undocumented workers. That led activists to speculate that the raid on Zipps may be the result of a failed I-9 audit, a process that verifies employees’ legal authorization to work in the country. Immigration agents have used them recently to conduct raids on other restaurants in Arizona, including El Taco Loko, Taco Hiro and a sushi chain. But Strano said the show of force, with masked and armed federal agents at each site, was over the top. “I-9 audits are a normal part of business. We’ve had I-9 audits in our state for a long time,” Strano said. “They don’t usually look like this. This is overkill. It’s intentionally overkill.” Strano thinks the company’s failed I-9 audit is an “excuse” for federal immigration officers to get a judicial warrant, but the “collateral damage” is why they’re actually there. Immigration groups, such as Puente and Borderlands, said Zipps employees informed them that agents allowed more “white-looking” employees to leave the restaurant after it was raided “without a lot of asks or information,” Strano said. But “other folks were asked to stay,” and agents checked IDs, took photos and asked for employees’ social security numbers. Strano said that Zipps employees who didn’t work Monday night called Puente and Borderlands to report that ICE agents are now showing up at their homes. Valley residents can report ICE sightings to Puente’s Migra Watch hotline by calling 480-506-7437. “We’re going to continue to respond for people who are being targeted by this administration,” Terán said. “The community came out and stood in solidarity.” Though the Zipps raids appear to be more of a targeted operation compared to the general immigration sweeps conducted in other cities, they also resulted in the use of force against some protesters and observers who gathered to document them. Dozens of people were pepper-sprayed at multiple Zipps locations; at the 32nd Street and Shea Boulevard location, an ICE agent maced protesters standing on the sidewalk as his vehicle drove away. Protesters at Zipps locations in Scottsdale and Tempe were also hit with pepper spray, according to activists. The Greenway location in Scottsdale, which was the last location targeted by agents, was hit the hardest. Terán was there and said three or four people were taken to the hospital, including one person who had a seizure. Strano believes federal immigration agents’ show of force aimed to “make people feel powerless.” But it appeared to have the opposite effect. Hundreds of people showed up at Zipps locations across the Valley on Monday to oversee activity and protest federal immigration enforcement in their communities. She thinks that’ll only continue. “There were so many organic community responders last night that just heard this was happening,” she said, “and drove to their nearest Zipps and were like, ‘Not OK with me.’” Terán and others decried “escalation of violent tactics” by federal agents, pointing also to the recent shooting deaths of legal observers Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, both of whom were U.S. citizens. Democrat Rep. Yassamin Ansari, who was also among the crowd outside the Park Central Zipps location Monday night, criticized the administration for “trying to gaslight the American people from believing what they saw with their own eyes” and the “despicable” and “ongoing authoritarian takeover of the United States of America.” Organizers also called on Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs — both Democrats — to speak out against ICE’s presence in the Valley. Hobbs and Gallego have both criticized the Trump administration in the past, but neither has been as vociferous about it as, say, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. “We are in the most violent of times being carried out by this administration,” said Alejandra Gomez, the executive director of Living United for Change in Arizona. “This is violence now on the American people.” Read Original Article Here

By Micaela Marshall | January 27, 2026 PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Protestors gathered for a rally in central Phoenix Tuesday afternoon in response to Monday’s raids at Zipps Sports Grill locations across the Valley. “ICE of out Phoenix! ICE out of Phoenix!” a couple of hundred people chanted while marching from Zipps on Central Avenue near Thomas Road to the ICE Phoenix Field Office down the street. Some elected officials and activists are demanding ICE agents leave Arizona, calling the recent search warrants traumatic and chaotic. While questions pile up about what exactly happened and why, anger continues to build. “It does not matter if you are undocumented or a citizen, it does not matter if you are protesting or just living your life, all it takes is being in the wrong place at the wrong time,” said Alejandra Gomez with Living United for Change in Arizona, or LUCHA. The restaurant chain is at the center of controversy after Homeland Security Investigations and other federal agencies raided 15 Zipps locations across the Valley on Monday. “Direct assault on the dignity of immigrant workers and a chilling reminder of how law enforcement actions can tear right through the fabric of our community,” said Beth Strano with Borderlands Resource Initiative. Immigration attorney Juliana Manzanarez ran from her nearby law office to witness it for herself and speak with workers. “Everything happened really quickly. They came in, they shouted, they cleared the restaurant, and they said that they were detained while they were making this investigation,” said Manzanarez. Arizona Democrat Rep. Yassamin Ansari was on scene, too. “This is despicable, as the daughter of immigrants who fled an authoritarian regime to come to this country for a better life and opportunity to see the ongoing authoritarian takeover of the United States of America,” said Ansari. We don’t know what prompted the search warrants or if any actual arrests were made. All the U.S. Attorney’s Office will tell Arizona’s Family is that this was not an ICE sweep or raid, but instead related to a long-term criminal investigation involving felony violations. “This type of operation shouldn’t be carried out with masked agents and pepper spray and mace,” said Manzanarez. Speakers at the rally were calling on Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Gov. Katie Hobbs, both Democrats, to stand up to ICE and force the agency out of our state. Gov. Hobbs posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that she’s gathering details about the raids and criticized the Trump administration for not giving her office enough notice about the searches. Read Original Article Here