Viveka Ray-Mazumder

Manager of Youth Organizing - Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago

Viveka Ray-Mazumder, manager of youth organizing and the KINETIC program at Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago, works to mobilize, coordinate, and encourage civic engagement and grassroots organizing among Asian American and immigrant youth in Chicago.

Viveka’s commitment to community and justice combines both direct grassroots action with a longer policy-based vision. They transform the people with whom they interact and build them into leaders. Whether through formal training and project curricula or a framing and analyses of community issues, Viveka urges others to think and act more intentionally in a way that is intersectional—combining race and gender fluidity in important ways often not discussed.