Dorchester resident Sylvia Broude will assume the role of executive director of Political Research Associates (PRA), a 43-year-old organization that supports social justice organizations, civic leaders, journalists, and social sectors, in early 2025 when Tarso Luís Ramos concludes his 18-year tenure there.

She will bring with her 20 years of experience leading grassroots campaigns and non-profits to build multi-racial and cross-class people power. For 16 years, she led a non-profit that organizes with communities in the Northeast facing climate and environmental injustice.

Under Broude’s leadership, PRA will embark on an extensive rebrand while keeping up momentum on its strategic planning, preparing for a new presidential administration, and fortifying the center’s social justice movement.

“PRA’s work to shine a light on rising authoritarianism and threats to democracy could not be more critical in this moment where civil rights are being eroded nationwide” said Broude.