Article written by Marissa Toffoli, Student Affairs
Takiyah Jackson, Director of Thriving, African American Initiatives, first joined the UC Berkeley campus community in 2017. The African American Initiative set the stage for the work Takiyah does today to create thriving conditions for the Black community at UC Berkeley, for students, staff, and faculty. For example, successful fundraising in 2018 supported the launch of the African American Initiative Scholarship...
Director of Thriving, African American Thriving Initiatives (AATI)
Takiyah Jackson (she/her) is the Director of African American Student Development and the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center at UC Berkeley. She also co-chairs UC Berkeley’s African American Initiative Steering Committee and has been a leader on campus for the African American Initiative since it was actively launched in 2017.
Takiyah works with campus leadership to look at transformative strategies using an equity, inclusion, justice and belonging lens. As the leader of the Black community on campus, Takiyah works...
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