Jamira Burley | |
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.png) Burley in 2018 | |
| Alma mater | Temple University |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Title | Head of Youth Engagement and Skills at the Global Business Coalition for Education |
| Website | www |
Jamira Burley is a human rights activist and social impact strategist. She is currently the Head of Youth Engagement and Skills at the Global Business Coalition for Education a Summit and anMIT Media Lab Director's Fellow.
Burley grew up inPhiladelphia. She had fifteen siblings, including a brother who was murdered in an act ofgun 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. AttendingOverbrook 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 GovernorEd 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 fromTemple University, where she studied business and international studies.[3]
In 2012 Burley became Philadelphia's youngest ever agency executive when she was named executive director of the Philadelphia Youth Commission by MayorMichael Nutter.[4] After an initial stint withAmnesty International working on “a united approach to gun violence, police violence and criminal justice reform” according to The Guardian,[5] duringHillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign she was named the national deputy millennial vote director.[6] 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 theUnited Nations Global Education First Initiative, Youth Advocacy Group.[citation needed] 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 theWhite House in Washington DC in 2014.[8] Burley is currently Head of Youth Engagement and Skills at the Global Business Coalition for Education and former MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow.[9]
Jamira is at the moment directing Youth Engagement and Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education, in United States.[10]She also continues herhuman rights activities withAmnesty International USA.[11] Burley appeared in a video shown on the opening night of the2020 Democratic National Convention which also features Democratic presidential nomineeJoe Biden,Houston Police ChiefArt Acevedo, activistGwen Carr,NAACP PresidentDerrick Johnson, andChicago MayorLori Lightfoot.[12]
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