Tamika Mallory

Tamika Mallory
Mallory in 2020
Born
Tamika Danielle Mallory

(1980-06-08) June 8, 1980 (age 44)[1]
Manhattan, New York, U.S.[1]
Alma materThe College of New Rochelle[2]
OccupationActivist
Years active2002–present
Known forNational chair for the Women's March
Children1

Tamika Danielle Mallory (born September 4, 1980[1]) is an American activist. She was one of the leading organizers of the 2017 Women's March, for which she and her three other co-chairs were recognized in the TIME 100 that year.[3][4] She received the Coretta Scott King Legacy Award from the Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom in 2018.[5] Mallory is a proponent of gun control, feminism, and the Black Lives Matter movement.

  1. ^ a b c "Tamika Mallory". Archives of Women's Political Communication. Iowa State University; Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Abdul-Aleem, Maryam (April 12, 2011). "Tamika Mallory: Young and powerful new executive director of NAN". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ Gillibrand, Kirsten (April 20, 2017). "Women's March Leaders". Time. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Al-Sibai, Noor (April 20, 2017). "The Women's March Organizers Made The 'Time' 100 Most Influential People List". Bustle. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Bogart, Devero (April 26, 2018). "Social justice activists honored with Coretta Scott King legacy awards". WDTN. Retrieved April 26, 2021.