Jamira Burley
Jamira Burley | |
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| Alma mater | Temple University |
| Occupation(s) | Administrator and activist |
| Title | Head of Youth Engagement and Skills at the Global Business Coalition for Education |
| Website | www |
Jamira Burley is an American activist and administrator. She is currently the Head of Youth Engagement and Skills at the Global Business Coalition for Education and a MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow.
Early life
Jamira Burley grew up in Philadelphia. She had fifteen siblings, including a brother who was murdered in an act of gun violence, and ten others that had been incarcerated at some point.[1] Her father was also incarcerated with a lengthy murder sentence, and her mother was a recidivist convict. Attending Overbrook High School, she founded Panther Peace Corps, a violence prevention group. After it was responsible for reducing violence by 30%, she received a grant from Governor Ed Rendell to expand the program to the ten high schools in Philadelphia with the highest rates of violence.[2] She was the first of her siblings to graduate from high school, and graduated from Temple University, where she studied business and international studies.[3]
Career
In 2012 Burley became Philadelphia's youngest ever agency executive when she was named executive director of the Philadelphia Youth Commission by Mayor Michael Nutter.[4][5] She held the job for two and a half years.[2] After an initial stint with Amnesty International working on “a united approach to gun violence, police violence and criminal justice reform” according to The Guardian,[6] during Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign she was named the national deputy millennial vote director.[4] In addition to national strategy, her role included work on the ground campaign in Pennsylvania, leading door knocking campaigns and other campaign work.[7]
Burley became the sole American to sit on the United Nations Global Education First Initiative, Youth Advocacy Group.[2] After the presidential election, she became the Senior Campaigner for Gun Violence and Criminal Justice with Amnesty International.[3] Her advocacy work led to her receiving a “White House Champion of Change” award from the White House in Washington DC in 2014.[8] In 2017 she was also named to Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30.[4] In 2018 she became the first US recipient for the Vital Voices, Global Leadership Award.[9] Burley is currently Head of Youth Engagement and Skills at the Global Business Coalition for Education and a MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow.[10] She is also the founder of GenYNot.[2] Jamira is at the moment directiong Youth Engagement and Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education, in United States. [11] She also continues her human rights activities with Amnesty International USA. [12]
References
- ^ Buder, Emily. "Jamira Burley on Youth Activism to End Gun Violence - The Atlantic". www.theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ a b c d Restauri, Denise. "From Murder To The Mayor's Office: A Story Of Grit And Excellence". Forbes Magazine.
- ^ a b "#NBCBLK28: Jamira Burley: 'What I Do is Really About Human Rights'". NBC News.
- ^ a b c "Owls earn spots on 'Forbes' magazine's '30 Under 30' list". Temple News.
- ^ "Meet 5 young women who are changing the world". USA Today.
- ^ Beckett, Lois; Lartey, Jamiles (25 July 2016). "How Hillary Clinton is campaigning on race and crime: 'She must own her role'". The Guardian.
- ^ "How one Philadelphia woman is courting the black vote". NBC News.
- ^ "Meet the #NBCBLK28". NBC News.
- ^ "2018 Global leadership Awards by Vital Voices". Exposure.
- ^ Parmelee, Michele. "Enabling Your Employees To Become Change Makers". Forbes Magazine.
- ^ Jamira Burley
- ^ Jamira BurleyFrom Government Executive to Human Rights Activist