Steering Committee

National Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee members:*

• Molefi Askari- Ubuntu Institute for Community Development
• Robin Benton- Chairman of Community Relations & Racial Equity, Neighborhood Association of Belnap Lookout (Grand Rapids), Antiracism TV
• Rachel Bergsieker- American Friends Service Committee-Washington DC
• Vickie Casanova Willis- National Conference of Black Lawyers
• Joshua Cooper- Director, Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights
• Noel Didla- Jackson Human Rights Institute, Tougaloo College
• Johnaca Dunlap- Ubuntu Institute for Community Development
• Jacob Flowers- American Friends Service Committee-Regional director, US South
• Rachel Fowler- Turn South: Southern Women for Change
• Alex Lawson, Hope Enterprise Corporation, Jackson MS
• Aaron Oravillo, Commissioner, City of Seattle Human Rights Commission
• Vincenzo Pasquantonio, former Director of the Office of Human Rights and Equity for the City of New Orleans
• Francisco J. Rivera Juaristi- International Human Rights Clinic, Santa Clara University School of Law
• Salvador Sarmiento- Washington D.C. Coalition for Immigrant Rights and Sanctuary City Effort
• Michael Scott- Equity Matters
• Jackie Smith- Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance
• M. Thandabantu Iverson- Organization for Human Rights and Democracy
• Shahrzad Sajadi- Boston Human Rights City Initiative
• Yolande Tomlinson- Organization for Human Rights and Democracy

Institutional affiliations listed are for identification purposes only

Past Steering Committee Members
Jean-Louis Peta Ikambana- American Friends Service Committee & Washington DC Human Rights City Steering Committee
Onaje Muid- International Human Rights Association for American Minorities
Michael Santos- National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty