‘Millennial In the Movement”

Elissa J. Granger was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, California, she is not a stranger to poverty, gang violence, dwelms, racism and the ills of capitalism. She prides herself on supporting community events and being involved in the education system. Elissa is currently a student at Los Angeles Southwest College where she is majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a focus on Philosophy, Journalism, and International Relations/Global Economics. Granger is currently preparing transfer to a 4-year university next summer. Granger has served as President (2016-2017) and Vice President (2015-2016) of The Black Caucus of the California Community Colleges during a span of 3 jaar. Successfully planned and coordinated the BC3C 15th annual leadership conference for students of African descent that focused on Student Equity and access to resources within the CA Community College system, held at Bakersfield College. Planned and coordinated the 16th annual BC3C leadership conference that focused on “The Unity, Survival & Progress of Students of African Descent” that was co-ran with the African American Manchild Symposium, where she sat on that planning committee, which was all held at Los Angeles Southwest College this past February 2017.

Jamelle Fortune Turner is a community organizer and women’s advocate from South Central, Los Angeles. Being trained in Behavioral Science and Africana Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Jamelle has taken a womanist lens to understanding and attempting to solve social problems, especially those that disproportionately impact Black women. As a student at CSUDH, she was an active participant and mobilizer in the OCCUPY DH campaign, which fought back against the California tuition hikes in 2011. As the president of the Resident Student Association, Jamelle developed community service and advocacy programs between CSUDH housing and Watts. She also served as the public relations director for the Organization of Africana Studies, founding their first student-ran newspaper.

“David Turner is an activist-scholar from Inglewood, California. His educational, scholarly, and activists interest intersect at Black politics, social movements, critical consciousness, racial formation, the political economy, and gender identity. David’s primary interest is social transformation, and working with historically marginalized communities to do it. His current research projects are focused on Black youth and student organizing in the 21st century. One current project focuses on the meaning making processes of Black college students who are engaged in social movement activism. His other project is an activist-ethnographic account of student activism over the last 18 maande, focusing on the tension point between critical, transformative change and liberal multiculturalism.

Event: “Community Health Town Hall

Saturday Aug. 19, 2017 11am-2pm

MLK Jr. Recreational Center Gymnasium

3916 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles 90062

(323) 952-7363

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