Monifa Bandele is a seasoned organizer and policy advocate with leadership roles in the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) and Communities United for Police Reform (CPR). She co-led major police reform cases (Daniels v. NYC, Floyd v. NYC) and helped pass key accountability laws in New York. Monifa is also COO and SVP at MomsRising.org and has led civic engagement efforts with the Brennan Center, Times Up, and others—restoring voting rights to over 250,000 formerly incarcerated people.
In Part 1 of this powerful reasoning, Monifa Bandele reflects on meeting freedom fighter Assata Shakur in Cuba—and the profound advice Assata shared with her.
