Amado Uno

Amado Uno joined California Calls as political director of the Million Voters Project in 2017. Prior to joining California Calls, Amado served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor in the Office of Public Engagement, where he expanded opportunities for community participation in the grants and regulatory process, served on the interagency implementation team of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and assisted in the Department’s efforts to engage organized labor. As the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, he created strong labor and community partnerships, advocated for multi-generational leadership in the labor movement, helped to train the next generation of AAPI union organizers and implemented APLALA’s Every Vote Counts political program. Amado is the recipient of the Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship and the Coro Fellowship and received his graduate degree in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.