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Adrianne Shropshire

Adrianne Shropshire is the Executive Director of New York Jobs with Justice, a community, labor and faith-based coalition fighting for health care reform, accountable economic development, voter education and worker solidarity. NY JWJ recently won passage of the NYC Health Care Security Act, guaranteeing health coverage for thousands of grocery workers.

Adrianne worked for 10 years at AGENDA, a multi-issue, grassroots community organization based in South Los Angeles. As one of the founding staff members of AGENDA, Adrianne's work focused on building sustainable multi-ethnic grassroots organizations; developing community leadership; building long-term strategic alliances; building and strengthening relationships between labor unions and community organizations; and directing issue-based public policy campaigns.

Adrianne graduated from the University of Southern California where she began her organizing experience as a student organizer.

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