America's first openly trans city council president wants to heal Minneapolis. 'I view my role in history really just as a relay runner in the long race towards human progress and racial justice in this country'
ndrea Jenkins continues to make history. In 2017, with her election to Minneapolis’ city council, the transgender activist became the first Blacktrans woman ever elected to public office in the United States. Just three years later, she was thrust into the national spotlight as the council member representing the ward where George Floyd was murdered. And on Jan.
I represent the area where George Floyd was murdered. My immediate focus is to rebuild the community that has become known all around the world. We must create a memorial that honors not only the memory of George Floyd, but also lifts up and pays homage to the hundreds of Black and brown Americans who have lost their lives at the hands of the state. And I believe really bringing that vision to fruition is how we begin to heal our city.‘What We Did Was Nothing To Sneeze At.
What should the police department, and also the Minneapolis community, expect from a council led by you that they haven’t seen in the past? First of all, we have to make them residents, right? Many trans and gender non-conforming people, particularly women of color, are housing insecure. The second challenge, and it feeds right into the housing situation, is employment. People have to have access to gainful employment.
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