Luis Oyola

Luis has over a decade of organizing experience, including coordinating the community response to the Unite the Right rally and anniversaries, building a multi-racial coalition against ICA’s private immigration detention center in Farmville, pressuring City officials to increase efforts to investigate the disappearance of Sage Smith, demonstrating in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, advocating for a living wage at UVA, and much more. At LAJC, he led our De-ICE Virginia campaign, helping to bring an end to local government contracts with ICE, exposing the Norfolk sheriff’s secret contract with ICE, passing legislation paving the way to inspect Farmville, and supporting mutual relief efforts at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.