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Madeline is a grassroots community organizer and former Field Organizer for Bernie Sanders in Los Angeles County and Queens, New York. Inspired to action by Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock, she became deeply involved in movement organizing in 2016 and hasn’t looked back. After returning from the frontlines in 2017, she was a core organizer for Divestment and Public Banking in Los Angeles. As Community Outreach Director for the Measure B campaign and Surprise Lobby Lead for AB 857, she has utilized direct action, lobbying, and the legislative process to redirect banking power for the people. In addition to her work on behalf of public banking in California, she has been an organizer with many people-centered movements including Medicare For All and StandingRock. During the outbreak of Covid-19 she lived as a frontline volunteer with The Dandelion Collective. She is currently working in collaboration with the Governor’s Office and UCLA on Covid recovery in California’s most underserved communities and recently relocated to Portland, Oregon to be closer to family and nature.