Adam Carpinelli
National Secretary
Adam Carpinelli is a multi-instrumentalist, activist scholar. He is the National Secretary, NW regional organizer and Oregon Jericho chapter coordinator for the The Jericho Movement fighting for the amnesty of u.s.-held Political Prisoner’s and Prisoners of War.
Aisha Mohammad Swan
National Fundraiser
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Aisha is an activist for social justice, a spoken word poet and writes poetry, short stories and essays. She has performed at venues in New York and San Francisco for various causes as well as is working on a book of poems & essays in her free time. She is a freelance counselor and writer for OnIslam, as well as an Ambassador for Alwatan, Hebron, Palestine, and Founder/CEO of Middle Eastern Multicultural Arts & Advocacy which advocates for oppressed artists, journalists and others to have a voice.
Ashanti Alston
Treasurer
ASHANTI OMOWALI ALSTON: Revolutionary, speaker, writer, organizer, motivator. Ashanti is one of the few former members of the Black Panther Party who identifies as an anarchist in the tradition of New Afrikan ancestor Kwesi Balagoon (BPP & BLA) within the Black Liberation Movement. As a result of his membership in both the BPP and Black Liberation Army (BLA), he served a total of 14 years as a political prisoner and prisoner-of-war. He is currently on the Steering Committee of the National Jericho Movement to free U.S. political prisoners. On top of all that, he is an Elder-co-parenting two youngins’ (5 & 2!) and a grandfather of a small “maroon nation.” Ashanti resides in Providence, Rhode Island.
Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson
Archivist
In 1969 my parents took me to Vivian Strong’s wake. Strong (age 14) had been shot in the head by a police officer (James Loder). I was lifted up by an adult to look into her coffin. Later, David Rice, a local leader of the Black Panther Party would organize a Vivian Strong Liberation School to help African Americans organize for their political rights and freedom in Omaha, Nebraska.