Cody Wofsy

Deputy Director of the Immigrants’ Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union

Cody Wofsy is Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project. His work focuses on limiting state and local entanglement with immigration enforcement, protecting access to asylum, ensuring judicial review, and challenging abusive federal enforcement practices. He has litigated numerous cases at all levels of federal and state courts, including blocking asylum bans, limiting the use of immigration detainers, challenging the Muslim Ban, and curtailing unlawful expedited removal practices. Before his work at the ACLU, Cody was a law clerk to Judge Marsha Berzon of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Myron Thompson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Panel Information

STRATEGIC ADVOCACY - Turning Struggles into Strength: How to Strategically Advocate for Change

4:00 PM

This session is all about strengthening youth advocacy—especially among Latino youth—to make it more powerful, visible, and effective in the face of the urgent challenges of the past few months. From attacks on immigrant rights to the widening health and wealth gaps, our communities are under pressure that demands bold civic action. Yet too often, that action is misdirected, unnoticed, or ineffective—not because the passion isn't there, but because the tools and strategies are missing. This session aims to fix that. Facilitators will train participants on how to effectively engage administrators and legal authorities, amplify their voices through media, and transform lived experience into strategic influence that creates real impact. The session will also focus on how to advocate in professional spaces that may not always be inclined toward advocacy, ensuring that participants can create change even in challenging environments.