Community Experts

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

For every project, we support and work alongside a community action council 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