Tshaka Barrows, Program Director

Phone: 415-321-4100 Ext. 106

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Tshaka Barrows graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2001 and moved to California shortly thereafter. While in school, he was very involved in campus organizing. Through his work with the United States Student Association, as the Chair of the National People of Color Student Coalition, he worked with fellow students to create campaigns, actions and rallies at the university, state, and national level. His experiences working with these organizations, particularly on an anti-racial profiling campaign, provided him a new perspective. He believes the overwhelming problems of today can be changed, and he is determined to help ensure this change comes in a way that will force the current realities into distant glimmers of a horrific past. He looks forward to working with all who are down to raise ruckus in the name of a better tomorrow.

Malachi Larrabee-Garza, Technical Assistance Manager

Phone: 415-321-4100 Ext. 110

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Before coming to CJNY, Malachi had been a leader in the fields of community organizing and popular education for the past 12 years. Most recently, Malachi served as the Advanced Political Education Coordinator at the School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL), training over 2,000 people and 450 organizations throughout the U.S. and in collaboration with organizations in Mexico. Through SOUL, Malachi directed an international training and internship program, classes and institutes focused on curriculum development, facilitation, political analysis and community organizing. Malachi currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Transgender and Intersexed Justice Project and is active in the organizations work serving low-income queer and transgender communities of color who are formally or currently incarcerated within California’s prison system. Malachi is also a 2005 Kopkind fellow.

Shadi Rahimi, Communications Director

Phone: 415-321-4100 x103

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Shadi Rahimi directs all things media for the BI and CJNY. Please contact her for media assistance, to submit articles or suggest resources, videos and photos….we’ll put them up in real time! Or utilize the “submit an Article” option in this section. Prior to joining the BI/CJNY in October 2008, Shadi worked as journalist for publications including The New York Times. She has a Master's from the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and is the recipient of journalism awards including a Chips Quinn Fellowship from the Freedom Forum and a Middlebury College Fellowship in Environmental Journalism. She still freelances and is the co-founder of Seventh Native American Generation (SNAG), which provides media and arts education for youth.