UncoduWarriors
6/9/2025
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Conference Rooms A & B - Hinson Campus Center
This event is to highlight activist who have been doing work to uplift the undocumented experience and share their life work with lessons on resilience and advocacy.
Learn more about the speakers below.
Antonio Alarcón:
Antonio (Tony) Alarcón is a dedicated leader with over a decade of experience in grassroots organizing and advocacy. As Senior National Organizer for the Center for Popular Democracy, he empowers working-class and immigrant communities nationwide. Tony's impactful career includes leading the national fight for immigration relief as Field Director for We Are Home, co-founding Make the Road Nevada and Las Doñas Academy to build grassroots power and playing a key role in passing the NY Dream Act. A vocal advocate for the marginalized, Tony also serves as a plaintiff in the landmark DACA defense lawsuit, McAleenan v. Vidal, consistently working to ensure all voices are heard and empowered.
Yurina Guzman:
Yurina, a native of Guadalajara, Jalisco, brought her nursing background to the U.S. and experienced firsthand the challenges many immigrants face, working in agriculture, caregiving and house cleaning. Her commitment to social change ignited in 2017 after attending the Unity and Freedom Presidential Forum and the Abolish ICE conference, where she realized the power of collective action and universal human rights. Since then, Yurina has dedicated herself to community organizing, developing her skills through various training programs. Now a housing organizer with LUNA, she champions tenant rights, fights displacement and fosters a spirit of collective well-being among residents.