Tauriq Jenkins

Tauriq Jenkins is a Convenor of the Anti-Repression Working Group of the C19 People’s Coalition and an accredited monitor for the South African Human Rights Commission. As chair of the AIXARRA Restorative Justice Forum, based at the Centre for African Studies University of Cape Town, he convenes the commissions on Sacred Human Remains, and Land. He is the High Commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Traditional Indigenous Council and involved in various civic, heritage and environmental structures including the Observatory Civic Association, Two Rivers Urban Park Association, and the Civic for Action in Public Participation. He holds an MFA, School of the Arts, Columbia University, and an alumnus of the International Fellows Program, School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University. He is a PhD Mafeje Scholar at the Centre for African Studies, and the Community Engagement Strategist for the San and Khoi Centre.In 2013, he was awarded the prestigious International Davis Peace Prize for groundbreaking theatre and rehabilitation work in South African prisons.

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Full Name
Tauriq Jenkins
First Name
Tauriq
Family Name
Jenkins
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Founding member of the A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum and the San & Khoi Centre
Community Engagement Specialist
Biography
eng Tauriq Jenkins is a Convenor of the Anti-Repression Working Group of the C19 People’s Coalition and an accredited monitor for the South African Human Rights Commission. As chair of the AIXARRA Restorative Justice Forum, based at the Centre for African Studies University of Cape Town, he convenes the commissions on Sacred Human Remains, and Land. He is the High Commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Traditional Indigenous Council and involved in various civic, heritage and environmental structures including the Observatory Civic Association, Two Rivers Urban Park Association, and the Civic for Action in Public Participation. He holds an MFA, School of the Arts, Columbia University, and an alumnus of the International Fellows Program, School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University. He is a PhD Mafeje Scholar at the Centre for African Studies, and the Community Engagement Strategist for the San and Khoi Centre.In 2013, he was awarded the prestigious International Davis Peace Prize for groundbreaking theatre and rehabilitation work in South African prisons.
por Tauriq Jenkins é Convenor do Grupo de Trabalho Anti-Repressão da Coligação Popular C19 e um monitor credenciado da Comissão de Direitos Humanos da África do Sul. Como presidente do Fórum de Justiça Restaurativa AIXARRA, com sede no Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade da Cidade do Cabo, ele convoca as comissões de Restos Humanos Sagrados, e Terra. Ele é o Alto Comissário do Conselho Indígena Tradicional Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin e está envolvido em várias estruturas cívicas, patrimoniais e ambientais, incluindo a Associação Cívica do Observatório, a Associação de Parques Urbanos Dois Rios e a Associação Cívica para Ação em Participação Pública. Ele possui um Mestrado em Belas Artes pela Escola de Artes, Universidade de Columbia, e um ex-aluno do Programa Internacional de Bolsas de Estudo, Escola de Assuntos Públicos Internacionais, Universidade de Columbia. Ele é estudante de doutorado de Mafeje no Centro de Estudos Africanos e Estrategista de Engajamento Comunitário do Centro San e Khoi. Em 2013, ele recebeu o prestigioso Prêmio Internacional Davis da Paz pelo trabalho inovador de teatro e reabilitação em prisões sul-africanas.
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South African student participant
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A\Xarra Restorative Justice Forum
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Community Fellow

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