Meet the Racial Justice Witness Project Team
Shakira Abdul-Ali, MSOD and co-founder of the RJWP.
Shakira Abdul-Ali, MSOD, is a seasoned organizational development leader and strategic consultant with more than three decades of experience advancing equitable systems across public, private, and community sectors. She specializes in change management, high-performance team development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy, helping organizations align mission, structure, and culture for measurable impact. A longtime advocate for Reparations and economic justice, she has worked in alliance with national and grassroots leaders to address historic harm and design forward-looking solutions that strengthen democratic institutions and community well-being. Her leadership integrates policy insight, facilitation expertise, and a deep commitment to building sustainable, inclusive economic power.
Anita Arnold, M.Ed and co-founder of the RJWP.
Anita is a seasoned trauma therapist and organizational leader who has spent more than two decades integrating clinical practice with social justice activism. With advanced training in trauma and a foundation in multicultural family therapy, she brings a sharp power analysis grounded in race, class, gender, and sexual orientation, recognizing oppression as cultural and interpersonal trauma. Having served as both Clinical Director and Executive Director and helped launch multiple community service agencies, she pairs deep therapeutic expertise with executive leadership. As founder of The Convergence Institute, she leads transformative training and consulting that connects personal healing with systemic change by making visible—and actionable—the hidden structures of power
RJWP Co-Facilitators and founding partners
Lisa Santer, MD, MSPH.
Lisa Santer is deeply committed to healing and the pursuit of Reparations. She served as a pediatric emergency physician until a disability led to her retirement. Following her medical career, Lisa co-founded and led the National Coalition Building Institute - Philadelphia Chapter, including its Jewish Dialogue Group. She also contributes her expertise as a facilitator for the Penn Project for Civic Engagement.
Niamo N. Muid, PhD, MSUP, OMP.
Niamo is a teacher of energetics and a nonprofit specialist. She has decades of experience in fundraising, communications, compliance, and development of national and regional organizations. She currently serves as board secretary and facilitator for the International Black Summit (IBS) - a 35yo organization dedicated to transformational education. She is also a current board member for the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA), having previously served on its Legal Defense, Research and Education Fund.
Edie Grauer, MSW.
A bi-racial lesbian, Edie is powerfully focused on anti-racism transformation, training, and organizing. She is a seasoned trainer/facilitator and non-profit executive and change agent whose career focused on promoting empowerment, inclusion, and self-determination for oppressed and disenfranchised people. Edie is currently Associate Director of an anti-racism organization (Center for the Study of White American Culture) where she also conducts and develops training.