ORGANIZER ASPIRES FOR CHANGE IN COMMUNITY AND IN CONGRESSIONAL CHAMBERS
Kina Collins is the executive director of the Gun Violence Prevention Education Center and Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. Collins also co-authored statewide legislation that established the Illinois Council on Women and Girls Act in 2018. Photo Courtesy of Kina Collins
In the last few years, Kina Collins has been organizing around the movement for Black Lives. A native of the Austin neighborhood on the city’s West Side, Collins was integral in helping to organize around the death of LaQuan McDonald.
Now, Collins is the executive director of the Gun Violence Prevention Education Center and Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence.
can’t afford in Black America to lose the moral authority and our moral authoritycan’t just be in the streets. It has to be in [the] ballot box and it has to be in public policy,” she said.
called Physicians for a National Health Program. The organization proposed a single-payer national healthcare system, with Medicare for all and a universal healthcare system.
in second to Congressman Davis. So, that was my first run for office. We garnered a lot of attention, a lot of support and really got people activated in the district,” she said.
campaign, Collins wrote an op-ed in “Teen Vogue,” entitled, “Democrats Love Black Women Until It’s Time to Elect Us.”
America when it comes to voting and if we have that much power and leadership and moral fiber when we vote, imagine what happens when you let us lead,” she said. “For decades, we have been seen as the people who help other people get to across the finish line and I said, I want to break that. I think we are the competition.
communities across the district that agreed with her messaging and who
voted for her.
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