Tamika Mallory Gives A Speech In Grammy Awards
Tamika Mallory is an American activist, organizer, mother, and co-chair of the Women’s March. Mallory is a proponent of gun control, feminism, and the Black Lives Matter movement. She is also a nationally recognized champion and a single mother to her son, Tarique. Mallory co-founded the nonprofit Until Freedom, an intersectional social justice organization rooted in the leadership of diverse people of color to address systematic and racial injustice.
Tamika Mallory Gives A Speech In Grammy Awards
In the Grammy Awards program of 2021, Activist Tamika Mallory has appeared on the stage along with rapper Lil Baby. She has joined the stage performance of Lil Baby on his song The Bigger Picture, which was nominated for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.
She delivered a powerful speech about racial justice during rapper Lil Baby’s performance at the 2021 Grammys.
As reported by CBSNew York, in the Grammy Awards program, Tamika said that:
“It’s a state of emergency. It’s been a hell of a year. Hell for over 400 years. My people, it’s time we stand. It’s time we demand the freedom that this land promises. President Biden, we demand justice, equity, policy and everything else that freedom encompasses, and to accomplish this, we don’t need allies. We need accomplices. It’s bigger than black and white. This is not a trend, this is our plight. Until freedom.”She called for justice during Grammys Ceremony. She said; State Of Emergency President Biden, we demand justice, equity, policy, and everything else that freedom encompasses during Lil Baby’s moving performance.
Tamika Mallory Growth As An Activist & Her Salary
Tamika Mallory became a member of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) to learn about the civil rights movement at 11. By the time Mallory turned 15, she had worked as a staff member at NAN. Gradually in 1999, she became the youngest Executive Director at NAN.
After working for 14 years in NAN, she left her position as executive director in 2013 to follow her own activism goals. Still, she is engaged in NAN’s work by attending rallies and recruiting members.
She has continued her activism, working on various topics such as gun control, women’s rights, and police violence.
After the murder of her son's father, Jason, Mallory has worked endlessly to create stronger gun restriction laws. She has also worked with the Obama administration on gun control legislation.
Mallory has served on the New York City mayor's transition committee, Mayor Bill de Blasio, in 2014. She helped to create the NYC Crisis Management System, an official gun violence prevention program in 2014, which helped gun violence prevention organizations to achieve awards of $20 million annually. She also served as the co-chair for a new initiative through the Gun Violence Awareness system in 2014.
She has also worked as the president of Mallory Consulting, a strategic planning and event management firm in New York City.
On 21 January 2017, Mallory organized Women's March along with Bob Bland, Carmen Perez, and Linda Sarsour in Washington D.C. Women's March is the single-day worldwide protest with estimated five million worldwide participators, organized with the motto of women's rights, immigration reform, LGBTQIA rights, healthcare reform, environmental reform, racial justice, and racial equality.
According to TheIntercept, she was paid $70,570 as a salary.
Mallory told The Grio that American Airlines removed her from the flight after a seating dispute against discrimination with a gate agent and a pilot in October 2017. After that incident, Mallory rallied other black women to speak out about their airline experiences, and the N.A.A.C.P. issued a travel advisory for any black passengers using the airline. She has mentioned that the American Airlines incident was not an issue; that was the only thing, black must be treated properly and equally.
She gave a powerful speech during protests and demonstrations in light of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor's killings. She has also written a book about speech named State of Emergency.
On 25 February 2018, Mallory attended a Saviours' Day speech led by Farrakhan. In the speech, Farrakhan made various anti-Semitic remarks and later posted positive comments about the event on social media accounts.
She has been criticized for her relationship with activist and convicted murderer Assata Shakur and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in 2019. Malory resigned from the board of the Women's March in July 2019 due to the accusations of anti-Semitism, infighting, and financial mismanagement.
Personal Life Of Tamika Mallory
Tamika Mallory is a single mother to her sixteen years old son, Tarique.
Tamika Mallory with her son, Tarique (©:Instagram/Tamika Mallory)
Jason Ryans was the father of Tarique, who was beaten, stabbed, shot, and killed after stealing two firearms from a friend. Jason used to sell drugs at that time.
Concerning Jason's death, Tamika told The Agro that,
''When that first happened, I didn’t really want to talk about it because I didn’t want to shame my family like, ‘Wow. He got shot and killed. First of all, you’re pregnant too young anyway. And then on top of that, now, your baby daddy gets killed. You’re nothin’ but a thug.''
Mallory explained that her experience with NAN taught her to react to Jason's death tragedy with activism.
Her son Tarique also works as a social activist and a member of NAN.
Who Is Tamika Mallory?
Nationally recognized social justice champion Tamika Mallory was born on 12 June 1980 in New York. 40 years old Tamika is the daughter of Stanley and Voncile Mallory. Both of her parents are the founding members of NAN.
She was raised in the Manhattanville Houses.
She has graduated from the College of New Rochelle with a communications degree.
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