Jakada Imani

Chief Executive Officer

The Management Center

Apr 2021 - Current (5 years 3 months)

At TMC we are working to advance justice and equity in the United States. Those of us working for justice and equity are up against well-funded and organized opposition, who have shown they will stop at nothing to seize power. We are not in an argument with well-meaning people who disagree; we are in a fight for the future of this country. As CEO, I’m focused on building the organization to help as many social justice leaders as I can build and run more effective organizations realize transformational results.

Board Chair

Greenpeace

Jan 2019 - Dec 2024 (6 years)

Greenpeace is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.

Senior Partner

The Management Center

Mar 2017 - Apr 2021 (4 years 2 months)

Before stepping into my role as CEO, I was a senior coach and leadership team member at TMC, where I created frameworks for clients to build successful management, including Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight and the California Immigrant Policy Center.

Consultant

Self Employed

Feb 2017 - Apr 2017 (3 months)

Managing Director

The Workers Lab

Sep 2016 - Feb 2017 (6 months)

The Workers Lab is an accelerator that invests in directly entrepreneurs, community organizers, technologists, economic justice organizations,issue campaigns, and businesses to create scalable and self-sustaining solutions that improve conditions for low-wage workers. The Workers Lab is focused on ideas, services, and products that will achieve sufficient scale to impact workers across sectors, industries, and geographies, and result in self-sufficient revenue models.

Director of Capacity Building Initiatives

Popular Democracy

May 2016 - Sep 2016 (5 months)

Partnered with Executive Directors, Program Directors and other local leaders of CPD’s partner organizations to set and achieve organizational development goals that built power for their members. Co-coordinated CPD-wide strategy discussions to articulate and deepen the organizations commitment to racial justice organizing. Staged managed and co-produced CPD's first national convention. Which brought together grassroots member for across the country for a three-day meeting including direct action, plenaries, workshops, and live entertainment, feathering W. Kamal Bell, Jasiri x, Climbing Poetree and Los Cafeteras,.

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Director, Ignite Institute @ PSR

Jan 2014 - May 2016 (2 years 5 months)

Partnered effectively with the Board of Trustees, school administration, faculty, and students to launch a new center that built on academic, religious and social justice traditions of the seminary. Co-designed and led all of the leadership and resiliency programs of Ignite. Trained, supervised, and evaluated members of Ignite’s staff and consultants. Grew the Institute’s budget by $250,000 through a mix of grants, donations and earned income. Effectively managed the Institute to stay under budget while meeting all program goals. Provided regular reports to the Board of Trustees and President of Pacific School of Religion. Led the school-wide process that resulted in the school becoming the first seminary to be recognized as Ashoka U

Director, Ignite Institute @ PSR

Pacific School of Religion

Jan 2014 - May 2016 (2 years 5 months)

Partnered effectively with the Board of Trustees, school administration, faculty, and students to launch a new center that built on academic, religious and social justice traditions of the seminary. Co-designed and led all of the leadership and resiliency programs of Ignite. Trained, supervised, and evaluated members of Ignite’s staff and consultants. Grew the Institute’s budget by $250,000 through a mix of grants, donations and earned income. Effectively managed the Institute to stay under budget while meeting all program goals. Provided regular reports to the Board of Trustees and President of Pacific School of Religion. Led the school-wide process that resulted in the school becoming the first seminary to be recognized as Ashoka U

Board Member

OneLife Institute Spirituality Social Action

Sep 2013 - Dec 2021 (8 years 4 months)

16 AD Delegate to California Democractic Party

California Democratic Party

Jan 2008 - Dec 2012 (5 years)

Executive Director

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Apr 2007 - Aug 2013 (6 years 5 months)

In my years here, I served as the lead strategist for some of the most high-profile campaigns. I was a lead team member in the successful efforts to stop constructing one of the nation's largest juvenile halls—an enormous "Super Jail for Kids." I also help two successful statewide ballot measure campaigns (No on Prop 6 in 2008 and No on Prop 23 in 2010).

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Board Chair

Oakland Rising Action

Jan 2007 - Jul 2014 (7 years 7 months)

Oakland Rising educates and mobilizes voters in the flatlands to speak up for and take charge of the issues impacting our lives. We are a multilingual, multiracial collaborative with deep roots in East and West Oakland's neighborhoods, proving that everyday residents working together have the power to change the way our city is run. With longtime Oakland families and our newest neighbors working shoulder to shoulder, we are building on Oakland’s incredibly rich history to advance smart, community-first solutions for a thriving Town. Our current work focuses on three major goals through which we are developing critical and key pieces of infrastructure necessary to build progressive power in Oakland: -Build a permanent political/electoral

Campaign Director, Books Not Bars

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Dec 2005 - Mar 2007 (1 year 4 months)

Direct and manage Books Not Bars, a juvenile justice program of the Ella Baker Center that engages in statewide grassroots campaigns using policy advocacy, media advocacy, community organizing, and alliance building.

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Program Coordinator

Community Educational Services

Jan 1993 - Dec 1995 (3 years)

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