Sarah Jimenez

Sarah Jimenez is a Senior Researcher with Community Labor United (CLU) and lead organizer for the Care That Works coalition, a multiracial feminist labor and community coalition fighting for an empowered, community-based child care workforce and an equitable child care future in Greater Boston and Massachusetts. Sarah joined CLU in 2014 and in her early years she contributed strategic research for campaigns concerning wage theft, public transportation, commercial short-term rentals, and community-controlled microgrids. As the lead researcher for the Care That Work coalition since it's formation in 2017 she has provided the research for key initiatives such as strengthening child care requirements in Boston's zoning code, launching the Pilot to organize early-hour child care for low-income BIPOC parents in Boston to access unionized construction careers, and launching a campaign to organize family, friend, and neighbor caregivers to fight for greater recognition and resources in Massachusetts. Outside of CLU, Sarah was a co-founding organizer and action researcher for the Boston Ujima Project and co-authored a report on solidarity economy organizing in low-income communities of color across Massachusetts. This year she joined the Board of the Center for Economic Democracy. Sarah has a M.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University. She is interested in leveraging the practices of visual storytelling and contemplative traditions to strengthen social justice organizing