Tshaka Barrows, Program Manager, CJNY

Contact Information: Tshaka Barrows Program Manager Community Justice Network for Youth (CJNY) Phone: 415-321-4100 x106 Fax: 415-321-4140 E-mail: tbarrows@burnsinstitute.org

Tshaka Barrows graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in December of 2001 and moved to California shortly thereafter. While in school, he was very involved in campus organizing. Through his work with the United States Student Association as the Chair of the National People of Color Student Coalition, he was able to work with his fellow students to create campaigns, actions, and rallies at the university, state, and national level. His experiences working with these organizations, particularly on an anti-racial profiling campaign, gave him a new perspective; He now believes that the overwhelming problems of today can be changed, and he is determined to do his best to make sure that this change comes in a way that will force the current realities into distant glimmers of a horrific past. He looks forward to working with all of you out there who are down to continue raising a ruckus in the name of creating a better tomorrow.