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Jimmie Briggs
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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's a National Magazine Award finalist and recipient of honors from the Open Society Institute, National Association of Black Journalists and the Carter Center for Mental Health Journalism. Formerly a staffer at The Washington Post, EMERGE and LIFE magazines, he's contributed articles to scores of publications around the world focusing on children and youth, as well as gender-based violence against women. 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.