Teana Gamill
Youth Leader |
A Long Walk Home
Teana is a high school senior at North Lawndale College Prep Charter high school. Her artistic focus lies in percussion, performance, photography and poetry through which she expresses her commitment to ending violence against girls and women. She sees herself as a feminist activist and uses her arts for advocacy in her community and school.
Presentations from Facing Race 2012
Girl/Future: Youth Activism and Ending Gendered Violence
While African American girls are heavily represented in the victim quadrant of sexual assault, they are severely underrepresented in the solution quadrant. A Long Walk Home formed the Girl/Friends Leadership Institute, a year-round program, in the under-resourced neighborhood of North Lawndale, Chicago, in response to the epidemic of sexual assault and to arrive at sustainable solutions. Girl/Friends values those most affected by a racialized gender-based violence: African American adolescent girls and empowers them to be sexual and dating violence prevention advocates and social justice leaders in their schools and communities.
Speakers: Teana Gamill, Sangeetha Ravichandran, Larrinita Starks