Farah Tanis is a New York City–based feminist activist and co-founder and executive director of the Black Women's Blueprint and of the Museum of Women's Resistance.[1][2][3] She is the chair of the US Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Black Women and Assault.[3] She attended the 2017 Women's March to raise awareness on the trafficking of black women.[1] Having experienced physical and sexual abuse as a child, Tanis began working in activism on behalf of women around 1993, running a women's shelter before founding Black Women's Blueprint.[4] She was one of the organizers of the 2017 March for Black Women in Washington D.C.[5]
Earlier in her career, Farah co-founded Dwa Fanm, a Haitian women's organization based in Brooklyn, and served as its executive director.[6]
Publications
An Open Letter from Black Women to the SlutWalk[3]