Cash $TanyaFaison v: @Tanya-Faison
Tanya Faison is the founder of Black Lives Matter Sacramento, a grassroots organizer, a frequent media commentator, a known figure in the streets as well as among local politicians. Despite her accolades she remains radical, ungovernable, and consistently centering the most marginalized of Black people in her constant fight for Black liberation. She is an expert in local government and law enforcement. She fights for those forces to be held accountable. She created Sacramento’s Abolish & Rebuild, which works to create alternatives to law enforcement. She is also the founder of Allies of Black Lives Matter Sacramento, in which she leads non-Black allies in their work to decolonize their own white supremacy and to show up for Black Liberation.
Tanya has organized and led actions with hundreds of attendees. Tanya is and will always be an abolitionist, but working with existing systems is also necessary for Black liberation and Tanya has accomplished much in this field. She has contributed to Sacramento law enforcement wearing mandatory body cameras and releasing the footage to the public within a time limit, to Sheriff Scott Jones losing his congressional bid, and to stopping Scott Jones from dismantling the position of Inspector General (a position appointed to oversee his department) when the Inspector’s findings didn’t agree with him.
She is a fierce leader who always chooses the path of resistance with a flair for organizing and public engagement.
