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Reshma Shamasunder

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Reshma Shamasunder

Director
California Immigrant Policy Center
Expertise: 
Immigrants and health
Immigration/Immigrant issues

Biography

Reshma Shamasunder is Director of the California Immigrant Policy Center, a partnership of four immigrant rights organizations advocating for immigrants in California. Prior to coming to the Policy Center, Reshma was Director of Benefits Policy and Government Affairs at the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. In addition to working on immigrant issues, Reshma has worked on issues of homelessness, child labor in India, and domestic violence. Reshma holds a Masters in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

1145 Wilshire Blvd.
2nd floor
Los Angeles  California  90017
United States
Office Phone: 
(213) 241-0273
rshamasunder@caimmigrant.org
Links: 
http://www.caimmigrant.org/index.html

Announcements

2023 Domestic Violence Symposium and Impact Reporting Fund

The Center for Health Journalism’s two-day symposium on domestic violence will provide reporters with a roadmap for covering this public health epidemic with nuance and sensitivity. The first day will take place on the USC campus on Friday, March 17. The Center has a limited number of $300 travel stipends for California journalists coming from outside Southern California and a limited number of $500 travel stipends for those coming from out of state. Journalists attending the symposium will be eligible to apply for a reporting grant of $2,000 to $10,000 from our Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund. Find more info here!

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