Jasmine Richards and Dr. Melina Abdullah

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Black Lives Matter

Melina Abdullah is Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Southern California in Political Science and her B.A. from Howard University in African American Studies.

Her research focuses on power allocation and societal transformation. Abdullah has authored several articles and book chapters, including “The Emergence of a Black Feminist Leadership Model,” “Hip Hop as Political Expression,” “Self-Defined Leadership Among Black Women,” “Capitalistic Hands around My Throat: Corporate Control and the Erosion of Hip Hop’s Womanist Roots,” “Pushing and Pulling Towards Coalition: African Americans and the Election of Antonio Villaraigosa,” and “Towards a Womanist Leadership Praxis: Electoral/Grassroots Alliances in Black California.”

Jasmine Richards is a Pasadena native who has been directly affected by state-sanctioned violence. She became an activist after the murder of Mike Brown in Ferguson. She is now a lead organizer with Black Lives Matter – Pasadena, working closely with the family of Kendrec McDade who was killed in 2012 by Pasadena police. Most recently Jasmine made headlines after being arrested in connection with a demonstration and changed with making “terrorist threats.”

Website: www.BlackLivesMatter.com
EVENT
Black Lives Matter – Emergency Pasadena Townhall
When: April 17th 4pm
Where: New Revelation Baptist Church

For more information, please email us at BlackLivesMatterPasadena@gmail.com

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