Mariame Kaba

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

Mariame Kaba is an American activist and organizer. She founded the organization Project NIA,[1] which advocates to end youth incarceration. She is the Co-Founder of the organizations Chicago Freedom School,[2] Chicago Taskforce on Violence against Girls and Young Women,[3][4] Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander,[5] Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT),[6] and We Charge Genocide (WCG).[7] Kaba co-chairs the Women of Color Committee at the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, is a board member on the Education for Liberation Network,[8] and serves with the advisory board of the Women and Girls Collective Action Network (WGCAN).She has been featured in articles by NPR,[9] Essense,[10] Poetry Foundation,[11] Broadly,[12] Bitch Media,[13] The Chicago Reader,[14] and made a guest appearance on Democracy NOW.[15][16]

Awards

  • 2010 7th District Community Award from State Senator Heather Steans[17]
  • 2012 Courage Tour Award from A Long Walk Home[18]
  • 2013 Ed Marciniak Bright Star Award from the Bright Promises Foundation[19]
  • 2014 Impact Award from the Chicago Foundation for Women[20]
  • 2014 Women Who Dared Award from Chicago NOW[21]
  • 2014 Partner in Justice Award from Lawndale Christian Legal Center [22]
  • 2015 Women to Celebrate Award[23]
  • 2016 AERA Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award[24]
  • 2016-2017 Soros Justice Fellow.[25]

Anti-Violence Projects

  • A World Without Prisons Art Exhibit[28] curated by Project NIA and Free Write Jail Arts & Literacy Program.[29]
  • Restorative Posters Project[30][31]
  • Co-Curated No Selves to Defend.[32]
  • Co-Curated Blood at the Root – Unearthing the Stories of State Violence Against Black Women and Girls.[33][34][35]
  • Co-Curated Making Niggers: Demonizing and Distorting Blackness[36]
  • Co-Curated Black/Inside. Black/Inside: A History of Captivity & Confinement in the U.S. Art Exhibit on display at African American Cultural Center Gallery[37]

Publications

  • "All of Chicago – not just its police – must see systemic change to save black lives." The Guardian.[38]
  • "For blacks, America is dangerous by default." The Washington Post.[39]
  • "Why I’m Raising Money To Build An Ida B. Wells Monument." The Huffington Post.[40]
  • "Where Twitter and Feminism Meet." The Nation.[41]
  • "How to Repair the Criminal Justice System." VICE.[42]
  • To Live and Die in “Chiraq.” The End of Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape. Eds Javon Johnson and Kevin Coval. Northwestern University Press.[43]
  • "Bresha Meadows Returns Home After Collective Organizing Efforts." Teen Vogue.[44]
  • "For Mother's Day, Activists Are Bailing Black Mamas Out of Jail." Broadly. [45]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  31. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  34. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  35. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  36. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  37. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  38. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  39. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  40. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  41. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  43. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  44. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  45. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Mariame_Kaba&oldid=725614562"