Audrey Sasson

Audrey Sasson is the Executive Director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, and the organization’s first Mizrahi leader to serve in the position. She has nearly 30 years experience building the left, as a community organizer, social worker, and campaign director, on issues ranging from immigrant worker struggles and tenant rights to sustainable economies and racial justice. Prior to joining the JFREJ staff as ED in 2017, she served on the JFREJ Board of Directors for six years while working both in the Jewish social justice field at American Jewish World Service and in the labor movement at the United Food & Commercial Workers’ Union. She holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Social Work from McGill University. She was born in Montreal, Canada, to parents of Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi, and Egyptian descent. When she’s not organizing, she enjoys visiting national parks and hanging out with her nephews.