Tim’m West / Trustee
Tim’m T. West is an educator, poet, youth advocate, and hip-hop artist who has spent decades traveling the nation, speaking about issues at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality and social justice. A graduate of Duke University (BA), The New School for Social Research (MA) and Stanford University (MA), he is the author of several books and hip-hop projects, and is widely anthologized. In 2004 Tim’m started “The Front Porch,” a performance art series that has mobilized hundreds of artists for more than a decade. He has also appeared in multiple documentaries at the intersection of hip hop and black masculinity. Tim’m currently leads Teach For America’s national LGBTQ Community Initiative, advancing safer and braver classrooms for LGBTQ educators and students in grades preK-12.