Khalilah Karim
Khalilah Karim is married to Liz Ott. She is a queer Black woman who grew up in a working class Muslim family in Decatur, GA. She is a wife, organizer, and long-time advocate of social justice. As a young person, Khalilah started organizing through the fight for queer rights and reproductive access for all, learning what it takes to build real community power. For the past decade, Khalilah has organized with AFSCME, SEIU, and numerous community groups. For much of that time, she built unions from the ground up, across the U.S., with private and public sector workers, implementing public policy and strategies for community transformation. Khalilah currently works as Raleigh Director of PowerUp, an affiliate of NC League of Conservation Voters pushing for environmental justice with the communities most impacted. In her free time, she serves on the board for Durham for All.[1]
Education
- Studied at Georgia State University
- Went to Decatur High School
Durham for All
Durham for All board September 2020:
- Carolina Alzuru, Co-Chair
- Melissa Norton, Co-Chair
- David Roswell, Treasurer
- Khalilah Karim
- Dove Kent
- Symone Kiddoo
- Justine Oller[2]
Carolina Federation sponsoring committee
Carolina Federation sponsoring committee, November 2019.
- Cesar Leyva - Communications Workers of America
- Brigid Flaherty - Down Home North Carolina
- Hashim Benford - Durham for All
- Khalilah Karim - Durham for All
- Magan Gonzales-Smith - Durham People's Alliance
- John Davis - Durham People's Alliance[3]
Durham for All leaders
Durham for All August 19 2019·
Shout out to Durham for All board members Tema Jon Okun Khalilah Karim and David Roswell.
Durham for All
Durham For All November 3, 2016 ·
Photo credit: Sufia Ikbal Doucet Studios — with Khalilah Karim, Sendolo Diaminah and Laila Nur.