Community Experts

The foundation of our Equity in Action process model is community leadership.

For every project, we support and work alongside an advisory committee made up of those most impacted by the challenges we seek to address. Their knowledge, insight and collaboration is essential to our shared work.

Missing & Murdered African American Women Task Force (2022)

  • Lakeisha Lee

    Task Force Co-Chair

  • Dr. Deborah Mitchell

    Task Force Co-Chair

  • Tiffany Roberson

    Advisory Council

  • Savannah Nicole Nelson

    Advisory Council

  • Jennifer Smith

    Advisory Council

  • Symmieona Williams

    Advisory Council

  • Madeline Hodapp

    Advisory Council

  • Dominique Buffett

    Advisory Council

  • Angelica Hooks

    Advisory Council

  • Lateesha Coleman

    Advisory Council

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Pohlad Foundation Racial Justice Initiative (2021)

  • Edith Perlin

    Executive Director of Ediths House Inc

  • Samantha L Pree Gonzalez Stinson

    Consultant and Housing Activist

  • Dr. Raj Sethuraju

    Educator and Activist

  • Ms. Jewelean Jackson

    Elder Community Servant & Lifetime National Ms. Kwanzaa

  • Kelis Houston

    Executive Director of Village Arms LLC

  • Artika Roller

    Sexual Assault Coalition Administrator

  • Charisma Smith

    Community Member and MPS employee

  • Ayolanda Evans

    Co-Founder and Director of Black Family Blueprint

  • Kamisha Johnson

    Psychotherapist

  • Nick Muhammad

    Black Man, Executive Director and Founder of Black Civic Network, Father and Aspiring Husband

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Twin Cities Habitat For Humanity Foundational Black Households (2021)

  • Lavasha Smith

    Community Committee

  • TaShonda Williamson

    Community Committee

  • Monisha Washington

    Community Committee

  • Hillary Thomas

    Community Committee

  • Brittany McClendon

    Community Committee

  • Shoreé Ingram

    Twin Cities Habitat Committee

  • Polina Montes de Oca

    Twin Cities Habitat Committee

  • Pa Lor

    Twin Cities Habitat Committee

  • Allie Gaddis

    Twin Cities Habitat Committee

  • Jessa Anderson-Reitz

    Twin Cities Habitat Committee

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Time of Reckoning (2021)

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT)

CO-CHAIRS Dr. Joi Lewis, Dr. Brittany Lewis

CORE TEAM Lulete Mola, Marcus Owens, Hassan As-Sidiq, Pastor Brian Herron, Leslie E. Redmond, T. Mychael Rambo, Tish Jones, Tomme Beevas

COMMUNICATIONS & PRODUCTION TEAM Shá Cage,Alex West Steinman, Nyemadi Louise Dunbar