Lena K. Gardner
Lena K. Gardner is one of the co-founders and leaders of the Black Lives Matter Minneapolis chapter. She is also a member of the Black Lives of Unitarian Universalist.[1]
Bio
"Lena K. Gardner is one of the co-founders and leaders of the Black Lives Matter Minneapolis chapter, she works for the UU Church of the Larger Fellowship and is a part of the founding leaders of the Black Lives of Unitarian Universalist Organizing Collective (BLUU). She worships and is a member at First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, lives in Northeast Minneapolis with her cat Merlin and loves the Boundary Waters. She graduated in 2015 with her master of arts in Justice and Peace studies. Lena serves as the Executive Director of Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism."
"A letter from the movement to the movement'
In September 2019 Lena K. Gardner was one of 100 black leaders, many affiliated with Liberation Road who signed A letter from the movement to the movement defending Maurice Moe Mitchell and Nelini Stamp of the Working Families Party for endorsing Elizabeth Warren instead of Bernie Sanders for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
Fortify the Movement
Nora Rasman October 26, 2016 ·
last stop: New Orleans #ReviveLove #FortifyTheMvmt ❤️✨⚜ — with Carlton Elliott Smith, Jay-Marie Hill, Leslie Mac, Caitlin Elly Breedlove, Lena K. Gardner, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez, Julia Ho and Suya Nascimento at Frenchmen Street.
Highlander
Nora Rasman, September 18 2016; ·
- at highlander | something close to a full moon | with the foremost sanctified blues band | on the day of your 32nd rotation around the sun 😎✌🏼️✨ #ReviveLove #FortifyTheMvmt — with Caitlin Elly Breedlove, Lena K. Gardner, Jay-Marie Hill, Osagyefo Sekou and Rob Coleman at Highlander Research and Education Center.
Nora Rasman September 13, 2016;
Revive Love tour
- the #ReviveLove tour starts in a week w/a sneak peak at Highlander Center this weekend!!! whether or not you can join us, chk it out and make a donation to make it happen here: http://www.faithify.org/projects/revive-love-tour/ <3 — with Hermelinda Cortes, Jay-Marie Hill, Sara Green, India Danielle, Caitlin Elly Breedlove, Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Lena K. Gardner, Mary Hooks, Chris Buice, Osagyefo Sekou, Leslie Mac, Kate Shaps, Cel Living, Lsa Piercy, De Vandiver, Julie Taylor, Ruth S. Idakula and Probably Lyles.