Jimmie Briggs

Jimmie Briggs is a documentary storyteller, writer and advocate for racial and gender equity. A member of the New York City Mayor’s Gender Equity Commission, he is also an adjunct professor in social change journalism at the International Center of Photography in New York.He was a co-founder and executive director emeritus of Man Up Campaign, a globally-focused organization to activate youth to stop violence against women and girls. His 2005 book, Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go To War took readers into the lives of war-affected children around the world. His next book project is an oral history of Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in 2014. Jimmie holds a Medal of Distinction from Barnard College.He recently became a Principal at the Skoll Foundation.