Thenjiwe McHarris is an organizer, internationalist and Black Feminist who has devoted her political life to movement-building.
Thenjiwe helped build the Movement for Black Lives as well as other coalitions committed to uniting forces across sectors and identities in service of achieving a shared political objective. She was also a member of the Global Black Victory Lab, a Pan African, feminist project looking to build solidarity and political practice across borders. Currently, Thenjiwe is a Visiting Scholar Analyst with the Social Justice Initiative at the University of Illinois Chicago.