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Vina Kay is a racial justice advocate and works to bring equity to the state of Minnesota.

Background Information
Vina Kay is racial justice activist and scholar in Minneapolis, MN. Kay was raised in Omaha, Nebraska and attended Carleton College for her undergraduate degree, then achieved her graduate degree in Law at the University of Minnesota.

Racial Justice Work
Vina Kay is the Executive Director of the non-profit organization, Voices for Racial Justice located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Currently with Voices for Racial Justice, Kay has taken on a plethora of projects including: BRIDGE: Prison Justice and Education Equity.

During her time at the University of Minnesota she worked with John A. Powell for several years at the Institution on Race and Poverty as a legal fellow, senior researcher, and director of the Racial Justice and Regional Equity Project.

Kay is an individual that has been a catalyst in leading the movement of racial equity in government. Within this movement, Kay has worked on a community-led racial equity report to pressure local government to bring racial equity onto their agenda Kay has also been a key-note speaker at the annual Facing Race Conference where she spoke about the community-led racial equity report along with Neeraj Mehta and Ashley Fairbanks.

Publications

 * 2012 Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity
 * 2013 Racial Equity Agenda
 * Amphibious

Other Work
In addition, Kay has also worked on projects outside of Voices for Racial Justice for example, she is the director of a film called Building the Pink Tower where it "re-imagines schools and learning through the lens of Montessori Education".

Kay wrote an article in Minneapolis's Star Tribune in 2013 that highlights the different inequities and racism in Minneapolis, Minnesota.