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Workshop Speakers – CA Housing Justice Campaigns During COVID

Francisco Dueñas is the Executive Director for Housing Now!, a California statewide housing justice advocacy coalition. He was previously the Director of Housing Campaigns for the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), a position which had him serving as the leading coordinator of Housing Now! for the last two years. Prior to joining ACCE, Francisco was the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for Lambda Legal, a national LGBT Impact litigation organization, where he worked for 14 years. He has also served on the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission. He is from South Gate, California.

As Executive Director, Salih leads our staff team and organizational strategy, keeps the UCSA office in operation, supports the Board and other student leaders, and fundraises to maximize the potential of our organization. Salih also oversees planning for UCSA’s annual statewide conferences.

 

Raised in Oakland, California, Salih Muhammad strives to embody the principles of service, sacrifice, and selflessness. For much of his life, he has been committed to living toward the liberation of Black people, at home and abroad.

 

In 2009, he continued the pursuit of knowledge at the University of California, Berkeley, where he excelled as a Black student and organizer on campus. His favorite quote is from Franz Fanon, who stated, “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”