Staff & Board

Joshua Jimenez is an Organizer with Californians for Justice in Long Beach! He works with our CFJ high school youth leaders in base-building and leadership development! Born and raised in Long Beach, CA as a Filipino-American, Joshua’s roots in youth organizing started in 2009 at 15 years old. At that young age, he not only learned about his rich Filipino culture and heritage, but the struggles of Filipino im/migrants in the U.S. and abroad. From working with Filipino immigrant youth on the streets, to helping build Filipino cultural clubs at Lakewood, Cabrillo and Poly High School in Long Beach. His direct experience with the School-to-Prison pipeline as a youth growing up in Long Beach only makes his commitment and dedication to racial justice work that much more genuine. 

Over the past 10 years, Joshua has been involved with the Filipino community particularly in doing human rights work and fighting for genuine democracy and sovereignty in the Philippines! He was able to travel to New York, Chicago, Seattle, and the Bay Area to numerous anti-war conferences, and national gatherings of different anti-imperialist organizations/movements to build international solidarity for the liberation of the Filipino people! 

Joshua is also a hip-hop MC, DJ and graphic designer! His love for hip-hop culture easily translates to love for the youth and using art as a tool to educate, organize and mobilize our communities!