Jo Lorenz
Writer, Activist, Community Organizer
Jo Lorenz is a writer, community organizer and communications professional. She is the co-founder of the political and sociopolitical social platform, The Progressivists, which speaks directly to more than one million people, and organizes with non-violent disruption non-profit, Climate Defiance.
With more than 25 years of experience, Jo has worked in several international organizations, on political campaigns with high-profile U.S. politicians, with well-known non-profit organizations, and has written for several notable international publications. Yet, throughout her professional journey, she has consistently argued that institutional objectives only matter when they center collective liberation — a standard almost never met by today’s establishments.
As a writer, she has by-lines with various international publications, including Vogue and Eco-Age, where she has written social justice pieces focused on collectivism and justice. Jo is also a speaker and moderator of events for conscious businesses, movements and educational institutions and was host of Spotify-acclaimed, The Progressivists Podcast, where she and her influential guests discussed how to use our collective voices to equitably serve people and the planet.