Khemani Gibson

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EDUCATION

ABOUT KHEMANI GIBSON

Khemani Gibson is a community organizer from Orange, NJ with a PhD from New York University in history with a focus on the African Diaspora. His research looks at issues of identity and community formation as well as conceptualizations of freedom and citizenship in the late-nineteenth and twentieth century Caribbean region. While committed to his work as an academic, Khemani is deeply committed to bridging the gap between the academy and marginalized communities. Khemani uses his training as a historian to help lead workshops that illuminate the ways that inequalities of the past have a continued effect on Black and brown communities. Moreover, Khemani is committed to blending historical inquiry with modern day technology via mediums such as social media and interactive websites to make academic knowledge more accessible to others beyond the academy. It is Khemani\'s hope that he not only produces groundbreaking scholarship that helps us to understand how marginalized people navigate racially antagonistic societies but also how to use his research and expertise to help community organizers and leaders build a more just society. He has served as a presenter and facilitator for trainings dedicated to addressing racial inequities in our world.