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Guerline M. Jozef is a globally recognized human rights advocate, strategist, and thought leader whose work has reshaped the conversation on migration, race, and justice. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), the only Black-led, women-led, Haitian-American-led organization serving migrants at the U.S.–Mexico border, and co-founder of the Black Immigrants Bail Fund and the Cameroon Advocacy Network.
Her influence has been honored worldwide. She was named one of POLITICO’s “40 Most Influential People on Race, Politics, and Policy,” received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, and was named to the BBC’s Top 100 Women List of 2024. Recent accolades include the AFL-CIO’s 2024 GMLK Human Rights Award, the Women’s Refugee Commission’s Voices of Courage Award, the Haitian Times’ Newsmaker of the Year, and the 1804 Haitian Roundtable’s Midwin Charles Legacy Award.
Jozef’s leadership has been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, and Democracy Now. She has testified before the United Nations, the United States Congress, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and recently addressed the IV International Congressional and Parliament Forum in Barranquilla, Colombia. She continues to stand at the forefront of global advocacy for the rights and dignity of Black immigrants and all people of African descent.
Virtual Event:
Guerline Jozef, Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, joins this webinar to discuss the current U.S. immigration policy landscape affecting Haitians, the legal and humanitarian stakes of TPS, and what dignity-centered protection should look like in practice, while assessing how policy decisions translate into real-world consequences for Haitian families, workers, and communities in the months ahead.