NEW MEMBER ON THE MOJAVE DESERT LAND TRUST BOARD

Leading social justice campaigner Terrysa Guerra has been appointed to the Mojave Desert Land Trust’s board of directors. Reporter Joshua King has more details.

Terrysa Guerra’s political and electoral experience spans 16 years. As the National Political Director at United for Respect, Guerra oversees the development of political power for retail workers and people who work low-wage jobs. Her work at United for Respect has led to two signature pieces of legislation for working families, the introduction of the Stop Wall Street Looting Act and the passage of New Jersey’s Guaranteed Severance Pay Act, a new labor standard for low wage workers displaced by Wall Street driven bankruptcies.

Guerra lives in Joshua Tree. She is a member of the council of the Joshua Tree National Park Association, and a board member for both All Due Respect and Americans for Financial Reform.

Guerra’s appointment comes at a time when the Mojave Desert Land Trust has achieved new conservation milestones. Since 2006, it has acquired nearly 90,000 acres across the California desert and donated more tracts of land to the National Park Service nationally than any other nonprofit.