Alida Garcia
Vice President for Advocacy FWD.us, Former Senior Advisor on Migration for Biden-Harris Administration

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Seminar Series
Immigration Renovation: Finding a path forward for America's immigration system
America holds a complicated narrative as a welcoming nation that has been challenged regularly over its history, including today. This lecture series will include leaders from policy, media, direct services and advocacy sectors at the frontlines of some of the well-known crises of recent history like family separation, the challenge to DACA in the courts, and forging a bipartisan path forward toward legalization of undocumented immigrants. The series will interrogate how policy change damages or supports the building of a welcoming nation. Students will have the opportunity to learn the nuances of navigating narrative in policy campaigns, and how narrative choices impact individuals, groups, and culture.

Dates & Times (EST)

  1. February 16 | 5PM- Preparing for a Post-DACA World: Lessons from the Dream Movement
  2. March 21 | 5PM- Disrupting The American Immigration Narrative
  3. April 10 | 5PM- Finding Common Ground on Immigration - Is There Any Left?
  4. April 26 | 5PM- Career Conversation

About Alida Garcia

Alida Garcia is a mother of twins, entrepreneur and nonprofit executive who has climbed national ranks as a campaign manager and political & public affairs strategist for electoral & issue advocacy campaigns. Alida recently served as a Senior Advisor on Migration for the Biden-Harris Administration where she helped align the White House around work toward its ambitious immigration policy agenda and built stronger ties with the Administration and the NGO community. She currently is the VP of Advocacy for FWD.us, a bipartisan advocacy organization primarily focused on passing common sense immigration and criminal justice reform policies. She has been a national leader in many immigration political fights including the #HomeisHere campaign that was successful at the Supreme Court on DACA in 2020, mobilizing millions of Americans to call for an end to Family Separation, and recently the Supreme Court campaign to defeat Texas’ efforts to stop the Biden Administration’s ability to end the Remain in Mexico program.

Alida also is a Co-Founder and Partner at Inclusv, which focuses on increasing the number of people of color working in the political and government sectors. She also served as the National Latino Vote Deputy Director for President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Preceding her national roles Alida was active in her home state of California where she organized for Vice President Kamala D. Harris' first statewide campaign and served in Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa's Office of Economic and Business Policy. Prior to politics Alida was an associate at K&L Gates LLP. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Columbia Law School.

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