Andrea Jenkins
Born 1961
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Andrea Jenkins is a transgender activist known as the first black openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States. In addition to working in politics, she is a performance artist, and poet.
Much of her work has centered supporting defunding police by redirecting funds to community programs; and supporting trans rights. This includes founding Trans United Fund, a political action committee to aid transgender candidates, and working University of Minnesota’s Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies where she curates the Transgender Oral History Project.
She organized a City Council summit regarding transgender equity intended to address the issues trans people in Minnesota endure.
She organized a City Council summit regarding transgender equity intended to address the issues trans people in Minnesota endure.
This is a woman of advocacy. Andrea Jenkins, we honor you.
https://youtu.be/ZEC7JulmENg
https://www.minnpost.com/mental-he alth-addiction/2020/07/andrea-jenkins -culturally-embedded-racism-impacts -every-part-of-your-body-and-mind/
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/gove rnment/city-council/ward-8/about -andrea-jenkins/
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