Alex Birnel is an organizer who thrives on tackling long odds and building power. A founding member of MOVE Texas, he fought voter suppression, challenged fossil fuel expansion, and contested the Texas Legislature’s grip on power. His campaigns have restored polling places, launched jail-based voting, and pushed utilities to close coal plants.
A co-founder of San Antonio DSA, he has trained hundreds of young organizers, helped nonprofit workers unionize, and serves as vice chair of CEER's Board, an environmental organization based in Houston.
He currently supports local elected officials in fighting displacement as a campaigns manager for Local Progress. His work has been featured in Jacobin and PBS’s Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground.
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