Sana Siddiq

she/her/hers | Regional Director - DC, MD, and VA (DMV)

Sana Siddiq serves as MJF’s Regional Director and works to implement MJF's mission to build power in the DMV region. She spearheads building MJF’s organizing and base-building infrastructure in the DMV region. Sana previously worked in labor and community organizing for many years, most notably as an organizer with UNITE HERE, the hotel and food service workers’ union, where she worked on campaigns to support worker strikes and campaigns in multiple cities. She has lived and worked across the region since 2016. She was previously with the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, leading congressional advocacy and policy work. She also mentored and trained youth fellows across the U.S. and hosted strategic convenings to advance collaborative transformative policy work on foreign policy, climate change, and racial justice. During the pandemic, she was a volunteer MJF member-leader, working with the South Asian Rapid Response Initiative (SARRI) to outreach to restaurant workers around know your rights, community safety, and alternatives to policing. Sana holds a BA from Brown University.