Staff

Jeremy Schroeder is an attorney with an extensive background in nonprofit and public service. He was the deputy legislative director of an 85,000 member union handling their legislative and policy campaigns. Jeremy has extensive experience running legislative and grassroots campaigns on the state and federal level. During his tenure with the union, he was able to win legislation for first-time ever health care, as well as increased wages for the union members. Jeremy is also the volunteer Legislative Coordinator for Amnesty International in the state of Illinois. Through this position, Jeremy has coordinated grassroots lobbying efforts on issues such as abolishing the death penalty, Darfur, and stopping violence against women.

Jeremy is a graduate of the University of the District of Columbia School of Law, focusing on international law and landlord tenant law. He also holds a degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University. Prior to law school, Jeremy worked in the non-profit sector in roles of advocacy, development, and information technology.

Jeremy can be contacted here.

Liz Moran has over six years of organizing experience through union, policy, and political organizing throughout Illinois. She studied politics and labor history at the University of Illinois at Springfield. 
Liz first learned about the campaign to abolish the death penalty in Illinois in 2002 as an intern at the Heartland Peace Center in Springfield, where she teamed up with Amnesty International to host a teach-in with a former death row inmate who was wrongly convicted.

Liz can be contacted here.

Reema Mohini is a recent graduate from American University in Washington, D.C where she received a BA in International Studies. She has experience with building an online presence, web design, and organizing through the internet.
She will be with us for one year through the Lutheran Volunteer Corp, which is a service program rooted in social justice and community.
Reema will be working to increase our outreach to our members as well as coordinating our volunteering and fundraising efforts

Reema can be contacted here