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Mwangi Mukami
Mwangi Mukami is a Kenyan-American social activist based in San Francisco, California. He has served as the Chairman (1) of the Shelter Monitoring Committee, a governmental body instituted by the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco to document the conditions of shelters and resource centers to improve the health, safety, and treatment of residents, clients, staff, and the homeless community(2). In a 2018 report, Mwangi Mukami called on shelter directors to provide leadership because of constant complaints from shelter residents about staff's conduct(3).

Political views.

In 2008 U.S. Presidential elections, Mwangi Mukami supported Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate (4). He was one of the very few notable Kenyans to attend Obama's first inauguration(5)(6).

Founder of Martin Luther King, Jr. Africa Foundation. From 2006-2009, Mwangi served as the Founder/Chairman of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Africa Foundation (7)(8).

Awards. Mwangi Mukami received a Senate recognition award in 2008 by Georgia General Assembly (9). He was also named the Goodwill Ambassador of the Gandhi USA Foundation to Kenya. (10)

"Personal Life" Mwangi Mukami in an interview with Kenya's Daily Nation disclosed that he was gay. (11)  Education

Mwangi Mukami attended San Francisco State University where he graduated with a Double Major in Political Science and International Relations (12). During his graduation, US President Barack Obama sent him a congratulation message (12)

Controversies Mwangi Mukami refused to be interviewed by a local San Francisco's newspaper, the Bay area reporter, on the issue of tenant's allegation of staff's misconduct by stating that the Committee's Bylaws "restricts our engagement with the media without a full committee vote."(13). The matter was never brought to the committee for a vote.

(1) https://sfgov.org/sheltermonitoring/mwangi-mukami (2) Enacting Resolution: Ord. No. 283-04; Article XII of Article 20 of the SF Administrative Code; Ord. No. 150-07 https://sfbos.org/shelter-monitoring-committee (3) https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/lack-of-information-hampers-city-oversight-of-shelter-conditions/ (4) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-kenya/kenyan-group-vows-to-defend-obama-from-smears-idUSL0651198320080606 (5)https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/africa/1231545828150/hope-crosses-the-atlantic.html (6) https://books.google.com/books?id=zLw048NeDcUC&pg=PT41&lpg=PT41&dq=%22Mwangi+Mukami%22&source=bl&ots=Onf-DY_-Ap&sig=ACfU3U1I5kxDBXhuii5yPwFvt337DRCB0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2wtegnvLhAhWD11QKHQ7ABeA4HhDoATAGegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=%22Mwangi%20Mukami%22&f=false (7) https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/1190-515446-ee0ycez/index.html (8) https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/opinion/18friedman.html (9) http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20072008/76629.pdf (10)http://atlantadunia.com/Dunia/News/Drking.htm (11)https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Gay-Kenyan-in-US-opens-up-about-fathering-a-child/1056-2764284-9orvhv/index.html (12) http://saharatribune.com/video-gay-kenyan-in-us-opens-up-about-fathering-a-child/ (13) https://www.ebar.com/special_issues/pride//248635

SMC Sources: https://sfgov.org/sheltermonitoring/sites/default/files/SMCAnnualReport%20FY15-16%20Full%20Report_1.pdf https://sfgov.org/sheltermonitoring/sites/default/files/AnnualReport-16-17%20Final.pdf https://sfgov.org/sheltermonitoring/sites/default/files/SMC%20Annual%20Report%20FY17-18.pdf

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