Melina Abdullah
American academic and civic activist
Melina Reimann Abdullah (born 1972) is an American academic, activist and politician who is an Independent candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 2024 election.
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| Born | Melina Rachel Reimann 1972 (age 51–52) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Education | Howard University (BA) University of Southern California (MA, PhD) |
| Employer | California State University, Los Angeles |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Günter Reimann (grandfather) |
Abdullah is the former chair of the department of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. She is a co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter Grassroots.[1]
She has hosted three local radio shows, "Move the Crowd" and "Beautiful Struggle" on KPFK and "This Is Not a Drill" on KBLA.[2]
On April 10, 2024, independent presidential candidate Cornel West announced Abdullah as his running mate for the 2024 election.[3]
References
change- ↑ "A sordid fight over money between Black Lives Matter factions". World Socialist Web Site. September 15, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ↑ Flournoy, Angela (August 18, 2021). "Melina Abdullah is showing L.A. how to be accountable to a future we can't yet see". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ↑ Pellish, Aaron (April 10, 2024). "Cornel West announces fellow academic Melina Abdullah as running mate". CNN. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
Other websites
change- Official website
- Black Community, Clergy and Labor Alliance (BCCLA)
- Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA-CAN)
- Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)
- LA Progressive
- Melina Abdullah on IMDb
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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