Mary Moran is a national leader on issues organizing and Black and Brown coalition building. Mary’s ultimate commitment is to the freedom of Black and brown people. She is the co-founder of, and currently leads, Our Voice Nuestra Voz (OVNV), a nation-building organization, anchoring ancestry while building Black and brown solidarity in New Orleans. OVNV is the political and cultural home to 500 Black and Brown people in New Orleans and works to imagine new futures in the areas of education, and reforming the criminal legal systems (including immigration).