Jackie Byers

Advisory Board Member

pronouns: she/her


 

Jackie has over 25 years of experience working as an organizer and trainer. Her journey began alongside her grandmother, uncle and auntie, organizing Black and Native communities fighting for police accountability in Minnesota. As its founder, Jackie led the Black Organizing Project in a historic campaign to remove Oakland Unified School District’s police force and implement a new district safety plan under the George Floyd Resolution. Jackie's background also includes tenant organizing and leadership at the Center for Third World Organizing.