Black Youth Project has joined forces with AirGo for a year-long #BYPSpotlight series, featuring our favorite Black academics and activists.

Jawanza is the Executive Director of the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, or KOCO, a nearly 50 year-old community stalwart fighting for the communities of the Kenwood Oakland neighborhood. Jawanza talks about his journey as a father, living in Fred Hampton’s legacy, the fight for a Community Benefits Agreement in connection to the new Obama Presidential Center, and more.

Learn more about KOCO: https://kocoonline.org/about-us/
Support the CBA fight: http://www.obamacba.org/
Join the fight to lift the rent control ban: https://www.ltbcoalition.org/

 

 

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