# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 2025 Organizing for Power: Organizing Assembly
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 06:30 pm – Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Don’t miss this year’s Justice for Workers Organizing for Power Assembly! It's taking place in-person at the Toronto Metropolitan University Students’ Centre from Friday, September 26 to Sunday, September 27.

We're hosting sessions on strategizing, organizing, and skills-building to develop a plan of action for next steps in the fight to build a powerful workers' movement.

We are excited to announce three keynote speakers who will be joining us for our assembly:


Margarita Hernandez, Labour Director, Grassroots Power Project

Margarita has more than 20 years of experience leading legislative, electoral, and organizing campaigns at the national and state level, as well as creating leadership development programs for labor and community organizations and members. Margarita started her organizing career at the New York Working Families Party, electing the firstcity council member on a third-party line andhelped elect one of the first progressive District Attorneys as part of challenging the state’s draconian and punitive drug laws. Margarita was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, grew up in New York, and lives with her husband and two children in Minneapolis, Minnesota.



Veronica Mendez, Co-founder of Minnesota-based Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL, United Workers’ Center)

CTUL is a worker-led organization that partners with other local leaders on movements for racial, gender, and economic justice. Veronica has been instrumental in organizing cleaners in Minnesota, fighting against wage theft, building workers' power in the construction sector, and helping to lead the successful fight in the Twin Cities for a $15 minimum wage and cost-of-living adjustments. Veronica was born in Minnesota to parents who emigrated from Peru in the 1970s and has been organizing most of her life.



DeAngelo Bester, Executive Director, Workers Center for Racial Justice

DeAngelo has worked as both a community and labor organizer for nearly 15 years. He has organized and helped developed a diverse set of leaders, from nurses in rural Wisconsin to public housing residents in New York. DeAngelo has led local, state, and national organizing campaigns that advanced racial justice around issues such as educational equity, preservation and expansion of affordable housing, re-entry, and increasing access to living wage jobs for Black workers.


RSVP here to let us know you're coming:  https://www.justice4workers.org/2025_09_26_organizing_assembly
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/2025-organizing-for-power-organizing-assembly/200027399978804
- **Event Categories**: parties, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 85

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Toronto
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Toronto Metropolitan University Student Centre, 55 Gould Street, Toronto
- **lat**: 43.65787
- **long**: -79.37841
- **full address**: Toronto Metropolitan University Student Centre, 55 Gould Street, Toronto, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is 2025 Organizing for Power: Organizing Assembly being held?
  - **A:** 2025 Organizing for Power: Organizing Assembly takes place on Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm at Toronto Metropolitan University Student Centre, 55 Gould Street, Toronto, Canada.
- **Q**: Who is organizing 2025 Organizing for Power: Organizing Assembly?
  - **A:** 2025 Organizing for Power: Organizing Assembly is organized by Justice for Workers.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** 2025 Organizing for Power: Organizing Assembly is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Toronto, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 80+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

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