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LUIS AVILA

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LUIS AVILA

TITLE 

PRESIDENT

ORGANIZATION

ICONICO

BIOGRAPHY

Luis Avila is the President and Founder of Iconico Campaigns, a public engagement company that helps campaigns and organizations engage communities to shape policies and ideas. He’s also the founder of Instituto and ALL in Education, two organizations working to build political power with low-income and communities of color in Arizona. A long-time community organizer and activist, he’s collaborated with communities and leaders to advocate for the immigrant rights, fighting against SB1070 and challenge Sheriff Joe Arpaio's discriminatory practices in Arizona. Luis has led multiple national campaigns to advance civil rights in the US, spearheading Somos América in 2011, the largest immigrant-rights coalition in Arizona. He has served as Vice-Chair for UnidosUS, the largest Latinx civil rights organization in the United States, and currently serves in the boards of TNTP, Stand for Children and Equis Labs.

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