For over a decade, Janis Rosheuvel has organized with communities most impacted by injustice, following their lead and demanding just and right repair for past and ongoing harms. Janis currently serves as program director at Solidaire, a major donor network moving money to progressive social movements where she oversees funding initiatives. She also does anti-racism training with the Flatbush Tenant Coalition.
She worked for five years as executive secretary for racial justice with United Methodist Women and served for four years as executive director of Families for Freedom, a national anti-deportation organizing center.
Janis was a Fulbright fellow to South Africa, where she documented the struggles of migrants, shackdwellers and other working class activists. She lectured for five years at John Jay College of Criminal Justice on the criminalization of migrant life and holds an MA in Conflict Resolution from the University of Bradford in England.