Jessica Yee
Jessica Yee is a multiracial youth of Native descent who was called to the line of action by raising controversy in her Catholic school and began volunteering at Homeward Family Shelter at the age of 12. Now at 22, she is a proud Mohawk young woman who works across North America on issues of healthy sexuality, cultural competency, reproductive justice, and youth empowerment as the founder and Director of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network. She also does anti-racism work with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, is a community forum facilitator for the Highway of Tears Initiative in British Columbia, and serves on the Board of Directors for Maggie’s Toronto: Sex Workers Organizing. She has written for the Globe and Mail, Feministing, and is currently activists it up at Racialicious, rabble.ca, and writes in the Native community for the Turtle Island Native News, and the Kahnawake Eastern Door. Jessica is a Canadian for Choice and is constantly looking for new ways to be a kick-ass activist!