Malaika Parker has worked toward the creation of a racially just SF Bay Area for 25 years.  Malaika has demonstrated her commitment to BIPOC communities by working diligently to address issues of police accountability, racial justice in education, environmental justice and race-based inequities in the child welfare system.  Malaika is the founder of Hummingbirds Urban Farming Collective, a  project that works at the intersection of race and ecological justice,  promoting food sovereignty and an ancestral connection between Black children and the communities that raise them.  Malaika holds a Master’s degree in Social Justice and Equity in Education from San Francisco State University. In 2020, Malaika was awarded a  Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship.