Anees

Anees joined CAE in 2023 as the Upstander Program Manager. Her childhood existed at the intersection of Eid and Christmas, biryani and beef stew - her racial/ethnic, queer, disabled, and spiritual identities being both visible and invisible. As an ongoing learner of restorative and transformative justice, her steadfast hope that liberation is possible is rooted in rage, radical love, and expansive imagination. She is driven by an understanding that her very existence is the result of the joy, resistance, and right relationships of elders before her. She seeks to uplift and amplify community, consent, and trauma informed approaches to community safety.

Anees's community care includes running programs for youth, overseeing school beautification projects, disrupting inequities and bias within the workplace, and organizing holistic community safety strategies. She holds a black belt in Taekwondo and Okinawan Kenpo, a Master of Arts in Education, with a focus on Organizational Leadership and Learning, and a B.A. in Sociology, with minors in Education, LGBT Studies, and Political Science.