Shanee Garner Nelson

From KeyWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Shanee Garner Nelson is the Founding Executive Director of Lift Every Voice Philly, a parent organizing group that brings Black parents together to build power and lead multiracial campaigns to achieve racial and economic justice in Philly schools and citywide.

Shanee has 15 years of experience organizing communities to take what’s theirs by building coalitions that are too big to fail. Before founding Lift Every Voice Philly, Shanee served as Director of Policy and Legislation for Councilmember Helen Gym, organizing Philadelphians to pass historic housing, labor, and youth justice laws. She was previously Director of Education Policy for Public Citizens for Children and Youth (now Children First) where she led statewide education funding work. She is also a former neighborhood high school teacher and got her organizing start in Kensington working with faith communities.[1]

Campaign for Nonviolent Schools

Erika Almirón Niz March 10, 2011:

Sdjuewqwe.PNG

On March 30th the Campaign for Nonviolent Schools is sponsoring a mobilization to say "Fund our schools, not our prisons." We're meeting at 4pm at 13th and Filbert, and then... we march! — with Sonia M. Rosen, Ria Love, Caitlin Corbin, Joe Hill, Shanee Garner Nelson, Bunmi Samuel, Daniel Santiago, Natalie Almiron Niz, SuperiorJolie Jay, Lanae Tamara Scott, Miguel Esteban Andrade, Kissy Kis, Norm Scott, Sharnell Barnett, Mariah Marie, Ito Almiron, Nancy Dung Nguyen, Fred Yuc, Leticia Al, Xu Lin, Kenya Mallory, Anna Marie Guyton, Ron Blount, Bonnee Breese Bentum, Jordan Harris, Tiffany Bacon, Derrick Taylor, Victor Saez, Jomyra Crespo, Jamira Burley, Minh Nguyen-Rivera, Donnell Regusters, Lacoya Fielder-Johnson, Keith Lomax, Ellen Somekawa, Norman Wallace, Sarah Morris, Julia Patton, Derrick Perry, Sr. and Joe Hanzsum.