positions & affiliations
experience
Co-Founder, Executive Director
Foundation for Liberating Minds
2017
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Present
Co-Lead Facilitator
Julius Jones Institute Community Advocacy Training
2023
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Present
Leadership Circle Consultant
Family Justice Movement Fund
2025
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Policy Fellow & Field Organizer
Terence Crutcher Foundation
2020
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2022
Lead Facilitator, Advisory Board Member
Restorative Justice Institute of Oklahoma
2020
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2023
Lifelong Learner
Education
MA Social Sciences
University of Chicago
2022
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BA African & African American Studies
Summa Cum Laude
University of Oklahoma
2020
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BA Political Science
with Distinction
University of Oklahoma
2020
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publications
Chapters
SAFE: a Transformative Justice Project on OKC’s Eastside
Reconciliation: The Final Step in Achieving Nonviolent Social Change
Forthcoming 2026
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publications
Thesis
Abolishing Innocence: On Violence, Criminalized Survival, and Inherent Human Dignity
University of Chicago Knowledge Archive
2022
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publications
Edited Volumes
We Have Enough: Trans Liberation is Black Liberation
FLM Blog
July 2024
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Who Am I, But Black?
FLM Blog
February 2024
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New Jail Won't Repair Systemic Failures
The Oklahoman
June 2022
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Food Justice as Racial Justice
FORUM Magazine
25 April 2019
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From Never a Nigger to Diversity Champion
Brainstorm
October 2018
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publications
Audio
Co-Host
Home Team Podcast
2024
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Contributor
Words Matter: Race and Racism at OU (On Our Campus Podcast)
2020
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Host
DreamRadically Podcast
2019
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2022
Contributor
Food Sovereignty and Healing (Healing Justice Podcast)
2019
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Speaking Engagements
Invited Lectures & Training
Change for Change Featured Social Justice Speaker
First Unitarian Church
2025
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Punishment and Power: Mass Incarceration & the Fight for Freedom
FREE Forum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2025
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Safety + Justice Challenge Network Meeting 'Co-Creating Safety' Keynote Panelist
MacArthur Foundation
2024
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Building a Liberatory Narrative training tour
Tulsa, Norman, Oklahoma City, Midwest City, Oklahoma
2024
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Training with staff on White Supremacy, Restorative Leadership, and Conflict Transformation
SISU Youth Services
2024
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2025
Abolish the Death Penalty & its Alternative: Restorative Justice
ACLU Advocacy Day Panel & Training
2023
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Roundtable on Values & Justice Keynote Panelist
Square One Project, Columbia Justice Lab
2023
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Town Hall
Oklahoma County Jail Bond
2022
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Service in Action Workshop Series
Henderson Scholars Program, University of Oklahoma
2022
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2023
OKC Pridefest Panel
No New Jail OK
2022
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Culturally Competent & Restorative Leadership'
Communities in Schools Professional Development
2021
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2022
Training on 'Abolitionist Praxis'
Dream Action Oklahoma
2021
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Heritage Hall School: 'Diversity, Equity & Justice'
Heritage Hall School
2020
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'Undoing Patriarchy' Workshop
Black Men's Collective at Washington University
2020
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'Beyond Carceral Feminism' Workshop
Gender-based violence prevention advocates
2020
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Lecture on 'Centering the Most Marginalized'
Truth to Power Expository Writing Department
2019
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Emmanuel Synagogue Youth Workshop: 'Missing Figures in Black Liberation Movements'
Emmanuel Synagogue
2019
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Presentation to Sierra Club of Norman: 'Food Justice in Our Community'
Sierra Club Norman
2019
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Pushing Back on Patriarchy'
Transformative Men's Accountability Group
2019
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2021
UCO English I Class Workshop on the 1619 Project
University of Central Oklahoma
2019
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Lecture on 'Finding your Voice Through Writing'
The Art of Writing
2018
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Lecture on 'Liberalism in Higher Ed Upholding Whiteness'
Truth To Power Expository Writing Department
2018
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Lecture on 'Student Activism in Food Justice Work'
Intro to Women’s and Gender Studies
2018
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Professional Recognition
Awards
Change Maker of The Year
Juneteenth on The East
2025
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Angie Debo Civil Libertarian of the Year Award
ACLU OK
2024
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John J. MacAloon Research Award in the Social Sciences
University of Chicago
2021
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Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
Houston District VIII
2021
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Student and Leader of the Year
Clara Luper Department of African & African American Studies
2020
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Carl Albert Award Recipient: Overall Outstanding Senior
University of Oklahoma
2020
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Robert D. Lemon Social Justice Award
Women's and Gender Studies Department
2019
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University of Oklahoma Overall Outstanding Senior
University of Oklahoma
2019
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Pe-Et: Top 10 Senior Honor Society
University of Oklahoma
2019
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Undergraduate Student of the Year
African American Programs and Services
2019
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Cortez A.M. Ewing Fellowship Recipient
Internship in Washington, D.C.
2019
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Student and Leader of the Year
African and African American Studies Department
2019
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Professional Recognition
Community Leadership
Advisor
Public Education Committee, Clara Luper Civil Rights Center
2025
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Co-Founder
Home Base
2024
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Member
Survivor Justice Coalition
2023
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Co-Founder
No New Jail OK
2022
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Affiliate Board Member
Carceral Studies Consortium
2021
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Member
Oklahoma Anti-Death Penalty Strategy Group
2021
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Founder
Against Carceral Feminism OK
2020
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2023
Member
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
2018
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