Brussels Forum Session: Delivering Democracy at the Local Level
Cici Battle builds immersive programs, workshops, and learning spaces that center the forgotten—specifically youth, women, and girls—especially those of color.
Battle most recently served as executive director of Young People For, where she led the country's largest national social justice incubator for marginalized young people and co-hosted the popular “Progressive Happy Hour”.
Battle is the creator of “Passion Framing”, a holistic civic engagement framework that connects the dots between the process and the issues of everyday people.
In her college years at Florida International University (FIU), Battle served as student body president. She has held high-impact positions as regional director for the Campus Election Engagement Project, professor of leadership development at El Sena in Colombia, and the first statewide youth engagement coordinator for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
Battle was awarded Preet Bharara’s inaugural Café 100 award in 2018 as an “extraordinary change-maker taking action to address some of the most pressing problems in America and around the world”. She was also selected as an inaugural Pond’s Vital Voices Fellow as “one of 50 women shaping the world”.
Battle earned her master’s degree in education policy and her bachelor’s degree in psychology with an emphasis on leadership development from FIU. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and an alumna of Young People For, the United States Students Association, and the NAACP Youth and College Division.