Lolan B. Sevilla, MPA, is an organizer, cultural worker and trainer who roots their work in community, study and practice. With a passion for organizing non-traditional sectors (service providers, medical & legal professionals, civil service workers, funders), Lolan has cultivated an expertise in developing cross-sectoral nonprofit leadership programs, specializing in crisis response, program strategy, and organizational development that is grounded in an anti-oppression framework. They have developed and led a variety of hybrid model organizing campaigns that incorporated strategies of coalition & base-building, narrative shift, and collective care. From training service providers and developing policy shifts to create safety provisions for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming clients of the New York Human Resources Administration, to fighting the end of solitary confinement at Rikers Prison, and lobbying the New York State Senate to pass legislation repealing an antiquated law known as ‘Walking While Trans.’ 

Most recently, they were an Organizer at Funders for Justice, and a Movement Leader Fellow with Leadership For Democracy and Social Justice. Lolan has also served on the Board of Directors for CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities and the Audre Lorde Project. Previous collaborators have included the NYC Anti-Violence Project, NY Women's Foundation, AAPI Women Lead, Women’s Funding Network, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, LGBTQ+ Health Initiative (University of Rochester), BAYAN USA, CLAGS, generationFIVE, and INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence. A member of the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981), Lolan has numerous publishing credits, including the co-editing of “Walang Hiya: Literature Taking Risks Towards Liberatory Practice,” as well as the co-authored "Speak Up About It: Community Experiences, and Actions to Reduce the Impact of Anti-TGNC Discrimination in the Workplace.