Women’s Policy Institute Cohort 2024
This year’s Women’s Policy Institute cohort is making great things happen for the state’s women and girls. The fellows are learning about the policy process first-hand from working with mentor organizations and assisting with advocacy efforts. Meet this incredible group of women and be on the lookout for their game-changing policy work in Mississippi.
Hear from our Fellows!
Congratulations to our 2023-2024 WPI Cohort!
Nikitna Barnes
Fellowship: Six Dimensions
Mindy Brown
Fellowship: Mississippi Lower Income Childcare Initiative (MLICCI)
Dr. Andrea Fulgham Germany
Fellowship: Disability Rights Mississippi
Kimberly Massey
Fellowship: Disability Rights Mississippi
Dr. Yudenia Tiza Rodriguez
Fellowship: Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health
Trakendria Barnes
Fellowship: Magnolia Medical Foundation
Daisy Carter-Slater
Fellowship: Mississippi Lower Income Childcare Initiative (MLICCI)
Tyler Harden
Fellowship: ACLU Mississippi Reproductive Justice Program
Sherika Rimmer-Higgins
Fellowship: Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable (MS-BWR)
Joyce Roundtree-McCoy
Fellowship: Magnolia Medical Foundation
Doris Benford
Fellowship: Mississippi Lower Income Childcare Initiative (MLICCI)
Keisha Coleman
Fellowship: Six Dimensions
Ayanna Kacy Lipsey
Fellowship: Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable (MS-BWR)
Kathryn Rodenmeyer
Fellowship: Disability Rights Mississippi
Zakiya D. Thaggard
Fellowship: Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health
Not pictured:
Asia Brown
Fellowship: ACLU Mississippi Reproductive Justice Program
Thank you to these wonderful organizations for partnering with the Women’s Policy Institute for meaningful internship experiences for each of our participants!
- ACLU Mississippi Reproductive Justice Program
- Disability Rights Mississippi
- Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health
- Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable (MS-BWR)
- Mississippi Lower Income Childcare Initiative (MLICCI)
- Six Dimensions
- Magnolia Medical Foundation