Ericka Taylor began her political career as an organizer with the DC chapter of ACORN and, since then, has worked as an organizer and technical assistance provider in Albuquerque, Memphis, and Alexandria, Virginia. She spent seven years on the program staff at Public Welfare Foundation, providing grants to social and economic justice organizations around the country and in northern Mexico. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors or Steering Committees of the National Organizers Alliance, Progressive Technology Project, Youth Education Alliance, YouthAction, and DC Jobs with Justice, and is currently on the board of National Priorities Project.