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Leader Spotlight - Barbara Beaver, AKA BEO

MICAH
Sep 3, 2024
1 min read

Updated: Jun 5

Currently serving as MICAH's Training Chair, Barbara Beaver led the flow of events for the August 11th Listening campaign. Barbara Beaver has served with MICAH for a number of years in areas ranging from transit equity to training, but her story does not start there.

Born and reared around justice and equity and civil rights, Barbara was initially attracted to MICAH after seeing an article in the newspaper and seeing a diverse group of people who proclaimed that they wanted to address issues in Memphis. Barbara Beaver was instrumental in bringing the BEO chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. into MICAH as a partner organization.

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