Oona Chatterjee

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Associate Director, New York City Organizing

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391 Oona Chatterjee serves as the Associate Director of New York City Organizing. In that role, she works with AISR's New York City team and partner organizations throughout the city to support parent and student organizing efforts to advance school reform. Prior to coming to AISR, Oona served for fifteen years as Co-Executive Director of Make the Road New York, an organization which she co-founded and which has grown to become one of the most respected and effective organizing groups in the country. Her work on education issues at the organization included participating in the design, creation and ongoing support of two small public schools, building vital student and parent organizing programs within the organization, and playing an important role in the founding of citywide and national youth organizing coalitions to advance school reform.