Deepak Bhargava

Deepak Bhargava is a Distinguished Lecturer at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, and is a policy expert on issues of poverty, economic justice, racial equity, and immigration. He has extensive experience in community organizing, leadership development, social movements, progressive strategy, issue campaigns, coalition building and voter mobilization. For 16 years, he was the President and Executive Director of Community Change and Community Change Action, two of the premier national organizations supporting grassroots community organizing in low-income communities of color in the United States. He has trained and mentored hundreds of leaders who play key roles in progressive organizations and social justice movements, and worked to establish important labor-community partnerships at the national level on issues such as immigration reform, health care, and fiscal policy.