Nasirah Fair is a queer, multi-media artist, poet, scholar and educator with an extensive background in policy and youth organizing. 

Nasirah’s previous experience includes serving as the Teen Activist Project Coordinator at the New York Civil Liberties Union, where they managed a youth activism program and engaged in legislative reform efforts as a lobbyist and trainer. Her role involved developing program strategies, building partnerships with schools, and integrating projects with broader policy initiatives.

Their background also includes independent research, “What Doesn’t Kill You: How Every-day Aggressions Circumscribe the Lives of Black Girls in the U.S.” as a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellow.

Nasirah has performed poetry on world renowned stages such as the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage in D.C.’s “Louder than a Bomb” poetry slam, and at the College Unions Poetry Invitational (CUPSI) national tournament. 

Nasirah’s contributions to social justice and education have been recognized through features in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (Girlhood: It’s Complicated), NPR, the Washington Post, among others. She is a published co-author of the 2018 Dress Coded: Black Girls, Bodies and Bias report with the National Women’s Law Center and has dedicated her work to uplifting the experiences of Black children, specifically of marginalized gender. 

Nasirah holds a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College in Africana Studies, with a Concentration in Education, as well as a Minor in Dance.