Malaika is the Executive Director of the Legal Rights Center, focused on supporting our community’s visions and the organization’s mission of transformation in the criminal legal system. 

Malaika joined the Legal Rights Center in 2019 as a social work intern. Her experience includes direct programming with youth and families, issue-based advocacy with community-based coalitions, racial equity facilitation, political campaign management, and nonprofit development. She is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker with dual master degrees in Public Policy and Social Work from the University of Minnesota.

Malaika is responsible for management and oversight of all grants and contracts on behalf of the Legal Rights Center and can be contacted at meban@legalrightscenter.org.