Andrea Jenkins is the Vice President of Minneapolis City Counsel for Ward Eight. After a long career in public service, when she became the first openly transgender Black woman to be elected to public office.
This is her message from the ground in Minneapolis, where protests have raged since George Floyd was killed on May 25. Here, she tells Glamour how she hopes to move forward—and make lasting change.It’s been a week since .
Over the past seven days in Minneapolis, I’ve witnessed chaos and pain, prayer and pleas, anger and grief, and organized demands for systemic change.
I’m exhausted. I feel emotionally drained. But as an elected official, a community member, and a Black trans woman, I am determined to seek justice for George Floyd and.