Deepak Bhargava

Bhargava began his career at ACORN, where he served as legislative director^[5] and spokesperson.^[6]

He joined the Center for Community Change in 1994 as the director of public policy.^[7] In 2000, he directed the National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support coalition of grassroots groups working on federal welfare law.^[8] Bhargava became executive director of the Center for Community Change in 2002.^[7]

Much of Bhargava's work at CCC has focused on immigration reform. He brought together immigration activists and helped launch the Fair Immigration Reform Movement,^[9] was arrested outside of the White House while protesting immigration law in 2011,^[1][10] and was credited for having convinced President Barack Obama to reduce deportation of undocumented immigrants in 2012.^[5][11]

In 2019, Bhargava joined the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies as a Distinguished Lecturer of Urban Studies.^[12]

Bhargava has served on the boards of:

• Center for Law and Social Policy^[8]
• Discount Foundation^[13]
• Open Society Foundations^[4]
• League of Education Voters^[4]
• Bauman Foundation^[14]
• National Immigration Forum Action Fund^[13]

In 2024, Bhargava left the Center for Community Change and became the president of Freedom Together Foundation ^[15](formerly JBP Foundation)

Notes

• Appearances on C-SPAN