Zakiya Sankara-Jabar

National Director of Activism

MEDIA

Zakiya talks education on HBO’s ‘Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas’

Explaining the school-to-prison pipeline on "Adam Ruins Everything'

Joining grassroots activists on a call with Killer Mike

Video

Host of #BuildingPower

As host of #BuildingPower: Grassroots Education Advocacy, Zakiya has been joined by guests such as Rapper/Activist Killer Mike, State Senator and Co-Chair of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, Nina Turner, and more.

Writing

These Conversations Will Teach You All You Need to Know About CRT

Blog Citizen Ed - December 16, 2021

You’ve heard it a million times by now. Critical Race Theory. It’s apocalyptic or something, it’s indoctrinating your kids or something, depending...

These Conversations Will Teach You All You Need to Know About CRT

Blog Citizen Ed - December 16, 2021

You’ve heard it a million times by now. Critical Race Theory. It’s apocalyptic or something, it’s indoctrinating your kids or something, depending...

TOWN HALL: Supporting the Whole Child in a Post-Pandemic World

Blog Citizen Ed - October 28, 2021

Robin Lake (Center on Reinventing Public Education), Cierra Kaler-Jones (Communities for Just Schools Fund), brightbeam activist Jason B. Allen from Atlanta, and Jovan Manning (EdLanta Student Leader) discuss finding ways to support the whole child in these times.

TOWN HALL: Building Mutual Accountability Between School Systems and Families

Blog Citizen Ed - October 26, 2021

Laura Jimenez of the Center for American Progress, Christy Hovanetz of ExcelinEd, brightbeam CEO, Chris Stewart, Washington D.C. activist Maurice Cook, and Janet Gomez, a youth leader from Chicago, discuss accountability systems for schools, students, families and communities.

TOWN HALL: Disarming the Double-Edged Sword of Data

Blog Citizen Ed - October 14, 2021

Education data experts and community activists including the co-founder of the Twin Cities Innovation Alliance, Marika Pfefferkorn, Paige Kowalksi of Data Quality Campaign, and child justice activists Kareem Weaver (Oakland) and Natasha Dunn (Chicago) discuss the role of data in schools.

Citizen Ed