Nkechi Taifa is a nationally recognized civil and human rights attorney, scholar-activist, and author committed to advancing racial justice and reparations. She is President and CEO of The Taifa Group LLC and Executive Director of the Reparation Education Project, Inc.
Taifa previously served as Advocacy Director for Criminal Justice at the Open Society Foundations, where she led national efforts on sentencing reform, reentry, and clemency. She founded the Justice Roundtable Coalition, helping to advance major federal legislation including the Second Chance Act and the Fair Sentencing Act, and contributed to the Obama clemency initiative that freed over 1,700 individuals.
A founding member of N’COBRA and an inaugural commissioner of the National African American Reparations Commission, Taifa is a leading voice in the reparations movement. She has testified before Congress, the United Nations, and other international bodies on issues of racial justice and human rights.
She is the author of the bestselling memoir Black Power, Black Lawyer and Reparations on Fire, along with numerous scholarly articles and children’s books, and delivered a riveting TEDx talk.
Taifa has received numerous national honors, including the DC Bar’s William J. Brennan Jr. Award and NACDL’s Champion of Justice Award, and has been recognized by Essence Magazine as one of “100 Woke Black Women Advocating for Change.”
She holds a J.D. from George Washington University Law School and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Nkechi Taifa’s work continues to shape national conversations on justice, freedom, and reparations.