Valentina McKenzie, Board President

Valentina McKenzie, Board President

Valentina McKenzie was born and raised in Minnesota. She is a long-time organizer of the Black workers committee at Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL) and recently joined the staff at Reclaim the Block. She has been active in the community, especially since the murder of Jamar Clark in 2015 in Minneapolis, and she is committed to abolishing prison one step at a time starting with ending the cash bail system.