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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPresident: Leslie McGraw<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Leslie is a poet, writer, and social media activist who provides resources, coaching, and in-person or online tools for community members to share their voice and personal narrative to build and strengthen the world around them. She began writing poetry in third grade when she discovered her voice through the pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leslie has been the Director of Communications for Protectors of Equality in Government (PEG) since 2017, a core member of the VOTE Caucus of ICPJ since 2022, and has been a member of multiple writers groups and grassroots movements. Last Fall, Leslie founded the Elbert Williams Voting Corner and Elbert Williams Voter Engagement Day and is currently the sponsor and lead facilitator of the first ever Elbert Williams Digital Media Cohort Summer 2023 in partnership with the West Side Promise Neighborhood and the Civic and Community Engagement Office at Buffalo State University in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Passionate about promoting social justice and creating positive change in her community, Leslie imagines a world that uses the poise, pause, and peace of a poem and the dynamo of digital media and social networking to disarm the status quo and inspire creative brands and organizations to use their platforms intentionally and heartfully.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Secretary: Hagan Capnerhurst <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hagan (she\/her\/they\/them) is a Michigan transplant with southern roots, making the Midwest a home (of many) on and off for the past 8 years. She settled in southeast Michigan during grad school where she studied conservation and environmental justice with a focus on sustainable and just food systems. True to her nature of indecision, loving skepticism, and desire to experience all that life has to offer, Hagan has explored various routes toward global harmony, questioning all of them along the way. This has gifted her opportunities to learn from, work alongside, and grow with many tender hearts from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds. Hagan has served as a community college educator, nonprofit fundraiser, and advocate for equitable and climate-smart agricultural policy. She currently works for Michigan Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS), supporting farmers in reshaping federal agricultural policy in a way that contends with past and continued harm to earth\u2019s body and the people who have lovingly tended it. She strives to be \u201cspiritually developing\u201d and seeks this development in community with plants and animals (us included) who don\u2019t take themselves too seriously while joyfully sharing their unique gifts with the world. Hagan loves living simply (and is taking tips on how to do it better) with her best dog pal Fig, and her partner in all things life, Jesse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Treasurer: Rachael Zafer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rachael is a writer, community organizer, and facilitator who has spent the past 20 years collaborating with justice-oriented organizations, grassroots groups, and creative individuals. She has led community arts and education organizations in Michigan, Chicago, New York, and Colorado, and has written discussion guides, toolkits, and resources for over 40 books. As a consultant, she has partnered with organizations including Interrupting Criminalization, the ACLU, Just Practice Collaborative, Haymarket Books, and Penguin Random House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n General Circle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coming soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ICPJ’s Board of Directors is composed of our Compliance Circle (President, Secretary, and Treasurer) and our General Circle. 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