Thandisizwe Chimurenga

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Thandisizwe Chimurenga has been a writer and activist for the past 20-something years. She has been a volunteer for WRFG 89.3 FM in Atlanta, GA, Berkeley Liberation Radio and KPFA in Berkeley, CA, and she is the co-founder and co-host of "Some of Us Are Brave: A Black Women's Radio Program" that airs on KPFK - Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles. Thandisizwe has filed for the KPFK Evening News and Free Speech Radio News since the fall of 2006 and is currently developing the Ida B. Wells Institute whose mission is to counter the marginalization of Black women and girls and their communities by providing them with the tools of Emancipatory Journalism and hands-on media production for the creation and distribution of their voices, viewpoints, and experiences.