Spirit Tawfiq
"I think coming to New York made me realize that I still need to be doing this work– I need to be doing social justice work, I need to be doing education work, and I need to carry this torch that my mother is handing to me."
Background:
Born and raised in Canada, current New York City resident Spirit Tawfiq is the daughter of Civil Rights trailblazer Minnijean Brown-Trickey. Like her mother, she is committed to help uproot racism and spent the last two decades educating and speaking out against racism in various ways, most notably with educators, in k-12 classrooms, colleges and various organizations who are invested in learning, unlearning, and enacting antiracism policies and practices within their respective communities.
Superpowers:
Storytelling, Social Justice Activism, Public Speaking, Teaching, Effective Communication
Notable Accomplishments:
- Founder of Roots of the Spirit, an organization and podcast created to uproot racism through storytelling, education and the arts
- Has worked in public service for the National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and WomensActivism.NYC
- Wrote the play, 1/9th, based on her mother’s experiences as a member of the Little Rock Nine
