Tenants & Workers United (TWU) Alexandria, Virgina
Representative: Jon Liss
Tenants and Workers United (TWU), Alexandria, Virginia. TWU is a democratically-controlled grassroots organization committed to winning social and economic justice and power for the people of Northern Virginia. Some of TWU’s significant accomplishments through its multi-racial community mobilization, leadership development and coalition-building strategies include over $50 million in higher wages and improved working conditions, expanded access to health care, and collective control of housing.
Jon Liss, Executive Director. Jon has over twenty-five years of community organizing, political campaigning, community-based education, administration and fundraising experience. Jon is a recipient of the 2003 Leadership for a Changing World Award of the Ford Foundation and Advocacy Institute.