ABOUT
The Racial Justice Commission is examining the City’s foundations to identify structures and systems that by design, implementation, or impact enable and perpetuate inequitable power, access, and opportunity.
Racial Justice Commission Members
Jennifer Jones Austin, Chair
CEO and Executive Director, FPWA
Henry Garrido, Vice-Chair
Executive Director, DC 37 AFSCME
K. Bain
Founder and Executive Director, Community Capacity Development
Ana M. Bermúdez
Commissioner, NYC Department of Probation
Rev. Frederick Davie
Executive Vice President, Union Theological Seminary and Chair, Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB)
Lurie Daniel Favors
Executive Director, Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College
Darrick Hamilton
Founding Director, Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School and Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy
Christopher Kui
President, RISE NOW Inc., and Former Executive Director, Asian Americans for Equality
Yesenia Mata
Executive Director, La Colmena
J. Phillip Thompson
Former Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives
Jo-Ann Yoo
Executive Director, Asian American Federation
Staff
Present and past staff of the Racial Justice Commission.
Harold Miller
Executive Director
Anusha Venkataraman
Emeritus Executive Director
Melanie Ash
General Counsel
Erin Berry
Deputy General Counsel
Bianca Isaias
Associate General Counsel
Rachel Cato
Chief of Operations
Tashawn Morgan
Deputy Chief of Staff
Jimmy Pan
Policy Director and Special Counsel
Sam Stanton
Senior Policy Advisor and Legal Counsel
Eden Mulate
Policy Advisor
Jacqueline Kennedy
Public Engagement Director
Chi Nguyễn
Senior Advisor
Steph Halpin
Communications Director
Davina Lee
Intern
Kapil Longani
Senior Advisor to the Racial Justice Commission