Women`s Empowerment: Who is Tamika Mallory? Hair, Style and Influence! Bomb Dot Com Hair
By now, you’ve probably seen activist Tamika D. Mallory’s chilling speech at a Minneapolis press conference last month, following the tragic murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police. “Arrest the cops. Charge the cops. Not just here in Minneapolis. Charge them in every city across America where our people are being murdered. That’s the bottom line,” said Mallory, the cofounder of Until Freedom, an intersectional social justice organization, and a former cochair of the Women’s March on Washington in 2017. If you haven't seen her or heard of her get to know her real quick.
Tamika Mallory is a nationally recognized activist. She fights for human rights, equality, gun control and freedom. Tamika’s talks and keynotes are full of power, inspiration and offer wake-up-calls for all of us to start changing and fighting for justice.
Mallory was born in Harlem, New York City, to Stanley and Voncile Mallory in New York City. She grew up in the Manhattanville Houses in Manhattan and moved to Co-Op City in the Bronx when she was 14. Her parents were founding members and activists of Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network (NAN), a leading civil rights organization throughout the United States.Their work in NAN influenced Mallory and her interests in social justice and civil rights.
At age 11, Mallory became a member of NAN to learn more about the civil rights movement. By the time Mallory turned 15, she was a volunteer staff member at NAN.
Her son's father, Jason Ryans, was murdered in 2001.Mallory says that her experience with NAN taught her to react to this tragedy with activism. Her son, Tarique, is a member of NAN.
Mallory went on to become the youngest Executive Director at NAN in 2011. After working at NAN for 14 years,Mallory stepped down from her position as executive director in 2013 to follow her own activism goals, but still takes part in NAN's work, attending rallies and recruiting members.
In 2014, Mallory was selected to serve on the transition committee of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. During that time, she helped create the NYC Crisis Management System, an official gun violence prevention program that awards $20 million annually to gun violence prevention organizations. She also served as the co-chair for a new initiative through the Crisis Management System, Gun Violence Awareness Month.
Mallory is the president of Mallory Consulting, a strategic planning and event management firm in New York City. She is on the board of directors for Gathering for Justice, an organization aimed at ending child incarceration and working to eliminate policies that produce mass incarceration.
In 2017, as co-chair of the Women’s March, she helped organize the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.
In 2018, Mallory criticized Starbucks for including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization whose stated mission is to "fight anti-Semitism and all forms of hate",in a company-wide racial bias training after the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. In a tweet, she accused the ADL of "attack[ing] black and brown people" and wrote, "ADL sends US police to Israel to learn their military practices. This is deeply troubling. Let’s not even talk abt their attacks against .@blacklivesmatter.”Starbucks subsequently dropped the ADL from its anti-bias training, a decision Liel Leibovitz of Tablet said was "giving in to bigotry."
Tamika Mallory offers bold, inspiring ideas and strategies for creating social and political change, while rallying audiences to fight for human rights, civil rights, and equal rights for all.
Tamika is an esteemed social justice leader, political activist, and a next generation advocate for human rights, equal rights for women, health care, gun restrictions, and ethical police conduct.
Hailed as a “leader of tomorrow” by Valerie Jarrett, then senior advisor to President Obama, Tamika has the gravitas of a long-time political organizer – she served as the National Action Network’s youngest executive director. Following the death of her son’s father to gun violence, Tamika advocated for stronger gun restrictions; later, she joined Vice President Joe Biden’s gun control task force.
A rising leader in the new wave of feminism, she empowers others to contribute their voice and engage in the political process to create change, while sharing her outspoken perspective on where the civil rights movement goes from here.
Why We Chose Her As Her Bomb Inspiration
We chose to write about her because not only is her style, poise and confidence Bomb but her role in activism. In this photo below Mallory sports a Bomb wavy coif with a center part that exudes confidence and yest a chic effortless appearance.
How To Achieve Her Bomb Look
To achieve Bomb this look we recommend our Bomb Body Wave bundles in 16", 16" and 18". The warm highlights and low lights can be achieved by placing hair bleach on our Bomb bundles and waiting for the color to lighten. In this case less is more- you will not need to apply the bleach for a long period of time. Doing so can cause the hair to become lighter than desired. Air dry and add heat protectant gloss to prepare for the styling.
If you`re short on time use a curling wand (see video for curling wand techniques). If you have time use flexi rods and let set over night.
Pictured Ms. Mallory does`nt have a closure or frontal on but we recommend one in 16 inches if you want to protect your natural leave out. You can also opt for a Bomb Body Wave Wig.
Serving the Undeserved
Bomb Hair Inc stands for black empowerment and advancement, especially for young women of color in undeserved communities. One of our goals is to provide opportunity and knowledge. An initiative of Bomb Hair Inc. is the Young Women's Program to help high school students and young adults learn about business and entrepreneurship.
What we are working on right now is building a network of resources for our clients and all those connected to the brand to get involved and help make an impact (see our blogs on empowerment and resources to get involved against injustice). We have recently written a few articles that reflect what's going on right now in society and ways we can make a unified noise that leads to reform and the change we want to see!
Sources:
Einbinder, Nicole . "This Is Why Hundreds Of Women Are Going After The NRA". Bustle.
Serwer, Adam. "Why Tamika Mallory Won't Condemn Farrakhan". The Atlantic.
Keck, Catie "Meet Tamika Mallory, the Lifelong Activist Who Organized the Women's March on Washington". Complex.
"Tamika Mallory: Young and powerful new executive director of NAN".
desanya, Olayemi. "Tamika Mallory and Nicole Paultre-Bell host third Black Lives Matter Summit at LaGuardia Community College". New York Amsterdam News.
"The Gathering for Justice". Gathering for Justice. Anti-Defamation League.
Pink, Aiden . "Women's March Leaders Slam Starbucks For Tapping ADL To Defuse Racism Furor". The Forward.
"Starbucks drops Jewish group from bias training". POLITICO.
"The ADL Kicked Out of Leading Starbucks' Diversity Training". Tablet Magazine.
https://www.kepplerspeakers.com/speakers/tamika-mallory
Leave a comment
Please note, comments must be approved before they are published