Antonio Gutierrez

Strategic Coordinator and Co-Founder,

Organized Communities Against Deportations

Antonio Gutierrez (they/them/theirs) is the strategic coordinator and co-founder of Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), an organization that defends its communities, challenges the institutions that target and dehumanize them, and builds collective power.

Gutierrez uses their voice to influence the mainstream narrative that impacts them and their community. Gutierrez has helped co-found three social justice organizations in the Chicago area and has been recognized as a change agent on the Windy City Times “30 under 30” list.

Photo by Felton Edward Kizer