About me
Malika is an experienced community organizer, coalition builder, campaign strategist, and social worker. She has worked in the social justice movement for over a decade and has extensive experience building coalitions and campaigns from the ground up. Malika began working with the Right to Counsel Coalition in 2020 as their first Director of Organizing and then assumed the role of Coalition Coordinator in 2024. She previously served as Senior Organizer at ANHD, where she ran a workshop series for tenant organizers and led CATHnyc, a city-wide coalition fighting against the harassment and displacement of low-income tenants. Malika’s previous work has focused on creating good jobs for low-income communities of color in the transportation and technology sectors, building the capacity of tenants’ rights organizations through leadership development and training, and facilitating support groups and Know Your Rights workshops for survivors of domestic violence. Malika holds a bachelor’s degree in Development Sociology from Cornell University and a master’s degree from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, where she majored in Community Organizing, Planning, and Development and minored in Public Policy. She spent more than 13 years living and organizing in NYC and is now based in Rochester, NY where she was born and raised.
