{"id":202,"date":"2020-11-20T09:45:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T09:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/pennsylvania\/press-releases\/khalif-ali-joins-common-cause-pennsylvania-as-executive-director\/"},"modified":"2020-11-20T09:45:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T09:45:09","slug":"khalif-ali-joins-common-cause-pennsylvania-as-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/pennsylvania\/press\/khalif-ali-joins-common-cause-pennsylvania-as-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Khalif Ali Joins Common Cause Pennsylvania as Executive Director"},"template":"","class_list":["post-202","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Common Cause Pennsylvania has chosen Khalif Ali as its new Executive Director. Ali is a Pittsburgh native, and has extensive background in both democracy issues and community organizing.","featured_image":6166,"press_type":146,"authors":[null],"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":41},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Common Cause Pennsylvania has chosen <\/span><b>Khalif Ali<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as its new Executive Director. Ali is a Pittsburgh native, and has extensive background in both democracy issues and community organizing.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThroughout his career, Khalif has been committed to helping organize and build power in Black communities, particularly in Pittsburgh, by connecting generations of community leaders,\u201d said <\/span><b>Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cHe has worked closely with Common Cause Pennsylvania in the past on redistricting issues and election protection work, and we are delighted to now have him as Executive Director.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to getting to know Common Cause members across the state,\u201d Ali said. \u201cIn the past, I\u2019ve worked closely with a variety of stakeholders \u2013 from local government to community-based organizations \u2013 to advance public policies centered on vulnerable populations, and that will be a core part of my work at Common Cause. For democracy to work properly, communities that are currently underrepresented need to have an equal voice.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ali is a member of the Ethics Board of the City of Pittsburgh. He was previously Director of Public Policy &amp; Advocacy for the Pittsburgh Foundation. He served as the President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Association of Black Social workers from 2013-2016.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Suzanne Almeida<\/strong>, who has acted as interim Executive Director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, will continue as <strong>Redistricting and Representation Counsel for Common Cause<\/strong>. \u201cI am very happy to welcome Khalif as Executive Director of Common Cause Pennsylvania. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and a passion for protecting and bettering our democracy. 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