YASMIN YONIS

Yasmin Yonis is a Black Muslim Womanist born in Somalia and raised in the Deep South who cares deeply about God, justice, and her people. Yasmin is the Movement Chaplain for Justice for Muslims Collective where she leads the Healing Justice project and cares for the spiritual and emotional well-being of organizers, activists, and DC community members. A network consultant and facilitator, Yasmin also helps justice-driven networks and groups learn how to do the work of reimagining, practicing, and building a more just, liberatory world. Yasmin was a Prison Re-entry Chaplain at Osborne Association in Brooklyn, served as a Senior Associate at Human Rights Watch, and worked as a Organizing Fellow for the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). In addition, Yasmin helped lead the Old Money, New System equitable philanthropy-focused collective and served on Solidaire Network's R&D Fund Committees. Yasmin has a Master of Divinity in Christian Social Ethics from Union Theological Seminary, the home of Black Liberation Theology and Womanist Theology, and Bachelor degrees in Journalism and International Affairs. She is currently practicing into the words of the late Womanist Renae Gray who reminded us, “Slow down, we don’t have much time.”