Power Malu is a long-time community organizer with vast experience working with people faced with natural disasters, food insecurity, and healthy living obstacles.
Power is a Nuyorican Artist, Athlete, and Activist born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan NYC. He is a strong advocate for community building and uses his platform to bring awareness to issues affecting low-income communities. As a community organizer, he partnered with local organizations in NYC to bring relief aid to victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Power continues to be on the frontlines of the migrant crisis in NYC.
Candice Braun is a community organizer with experience helping those in the unhoused community and immigrants.
After a lengthy career fusing her finance background and her lifelong passion for raising money for nonprofits, including a stint in major gifts development at UJA-Federation of NY, Candice now shares her fundraising and community organizing skills with causes she holds close to her heart. Candice currently serves as a trustee of the Dwight-Englewood School and Congregation Rodeph Sholom and is a co-founder and advisory board member of the Open Hearts Initiative. Candice advocates for the unhoused, migrants and asylum seekers, suicide prevention, and an orphanage in Ecuador.
Rachel Tigay runs the ROCC NYC cooking and lunch programs.
Rachel uses the ROCC NYC cooking program to engage vulnerable New Yorkers, helping them create community and feel empowered. She has volunteered with a variety of organizations supporting immigrants, including NY Cares and the Center for the Integration and Advancement of New Americans. After receiving her Master’s in Social Work from NYU, Rachel became involved with the International Rescue Committee, where she supported immigrant youth as a summer social worker and tutor. Most recently, Rachel was a social worker at Williamsburg High School of Arts + Tech for six years, developing a successful cooking program that she took to the Hour Children program.
