Full Name
Jovana Renteria
Job Title
State Courts on the Power Map Trainer
Company
re:power
Speaker Bio
Jovana Renteria (she/her) is an Indigenous Xicana from Phoenix, Arizona. She has been organizing and fighting with her community against the injustices in the immigration and criminal legal system since 2007. Her work has been instrumental in growing the political movement in Arizona. Jovana believes true change will come only when impacted communities organize, resist, and speak for themselves. She founded The Uno por Uno (One by One) Legal Clinic which reunited more than 477 families facing deportation. She helped two people with life sentences gain release through the Board of Clemency after 25 years of incarceration. Jovana worked to pressure the Board of Prisons to release people from Arizona prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jovana has been part of several local and national campaigns and has fought against laws, policies, and other human rights violations including police and ICE collaboration, government corruption, and family separation. Some of these campaigns include the Wells Fargo boycott and divestment campaign to bring attention to human rights violations committed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona. Alto Arizona was a national campaign for the migrant rights movement in opposition to SB1070. Not1More was a national campaign aimed at ending cruel workplace raids by ICE and stopping the unjust deportation of migrants. ICE Out of PCJ campaign targeted the Pinal County Jail (PCJ) in Florence, Arizona which serves as a migrant detention center. ICE Out of 4th Ave campaign is to end police and ICE collaboration inside Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) 4th Avenue Jail. Chinga la Polimigra Campaign against the racial profiling of Phoenix residents by the Phoenix Police Department (OO 4.48). Al Cien Campaign to Reentry to help formerly incarcerated people restore their civil rights and to expose the injustices of Arizona’s rights restoration system. Arizona Free Them All campaign #AZFREETHEMALL in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on those incarcerated or in detention. Jovana also launched a food bank and food pantry project. The mission is to make fresh fruits and vegetables accessible to neighboring residents, and community members across the city of Phoenix.
Jovana has been part of several local and national campaigns and has fought against laws, policies, and other human rights violations including police and ICE collaboration, government corruption, and family separation. Some of these campaigns include the Wells Fargo boycott and divestment campaign to bring attention to human rights violations committed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona. Alto Arizona was a national campaign for the migrant rights movement in opposition to SB1070. Not1More was a national campaign aimed at ending cruel workplace raids by ICE and stopping the unjust deportation of migrants. ICE Out of PCJ campaign targeted the Pinal County Jail (PCJ) in Florence, Arizona which serves as a migrant detention center. ICE Out of 4th Ave campaign is to end police and ICE collaboration inside Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) 4th Avenue Jail. Chinga la Polimigra Campaign against the racial profiling of Phoenix residents by the Phoenix Police Department (OO 4.48). Al Cien Campaign to Reentry to help formerly incarcerated people restore their civil rights and to expose the injustices of Arizona’s rights restoration system. Arizona Free Them All campaign #AZFREETHEMALL in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on those incarcerated or in detention. Jovana also launched a food bank and food pantry project. The mission is to make fresh fruits and vegetables accessible to neighboring residents, and community members across the city of Phoenix.
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