Aaron Greene is a movement lawyer, organizer, and strategist whose work advances participatory democracy, racial justice, and community led power building. His career sits at the intersection of legal advocacy, grassroots organizing, and policy reform, grounded in deep partnerships with directly impacted communities.
Aaron previously served as Associate Counsel at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, where he helped advance some of the most significant democracy reforms in the state’s modern history. His work included restoring voting rights to more than 83,000 people on probation and parole, ending prison-based gerrymandering, expanding early voting, and coordinating New Jersey’s first Souls to the Polls initiative. He also supported statewide voter protection efforts, led community listening sessions and voter education workshops, and contributed to policy research, drafting, and advocacy rooted in lived experience.
In Mississippi, Aaron served as Policy Counsel and Organizer for the Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights, where he executed strategic campaigns to help expand the organization’s political and movement power. He supported rural Black workers facing unsafe labor conditions and economic exploitation, co-led the Fannie Lou Hamer Emerging Leaders Program, and helped sustain and expand the organization’s long-term capacity. His work also included helping lead the organization’s workers’ circle, co-chairing the Southern Human Rights Organizers Conference, and coordinating a historic Black workers roundtable with U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su in the Mississippi Delta—centering worker voices through storytelling and cross-sector coalition building.
More recently, Aaron served as a senior political advisor and policy consultant, working alongside community leaders, advocacy organizations, and national partners to advance voting rights, racial justice, and economic justice initiatives. His work has included organizing and participating in town halls, community listening sessions, and public forums that elevate constituent voices and inform people-centered policy and campaign strategies. He has provided strategic guidance on voting rights campaigns and economic equity efforts, while supporting grassroots organizations—particularly in rural and Southern communities—with strategic planning, development, and coalition-based movement building. Across his work, Aaron remains committed to ensuring that legal and policy strategies are accountable to community voice and strengthen collective power.
