home purpose & story vision & values our chapters the council the staff contact info	the staff BYOP's staff consists of some of the best organizers from "around the world"!   Najma Nazy'at Najma is the fabulous Lead Organizer/Director for BYOP.   Shaka McPherson Shaka is the Leadership & Innovation Fellow and a BYOP alumnus. Shaka began his organizing legacy at the age of 13 being inspired by his fellow peers and by the injustice and inequality that he experienced and witnessed. As Leadership & Innovation Fellow, Shaka uses the values, beliefs, and organizing tools that he has acquired over the years at BYOP and applied in campaigns for youth safety & access to the MBTA, youth jobs & opportunities, guidance counselors in BPS, and school improvement campaigns in O'Bryant. In addition, Shaka is a Hip Hop Organizer (H2O) at Hip Hop Media Lab (H2ML) Boston Chapter and is a member of Hip Hop National Political Convention. H2ML is a group focused on reflecting & projecting the positive images of hip-hop while providing a historic foundation with a futuristic vision with an artistic application. While doing these things he is deeply spiritually grounded and is a Deacon at Hyde Park Presbyterian Church currently serving his 2nd term as Minister of Public Relations for the Deacons of Hyde Park Presbyterian Church.   David Jenkins Dave is a Lead Organizer for BYOP. Dave came to BYOP in September 2007. As Lead Organizer, his role is to support programmatic activities that result in successful organizing experiences for participants. This includes delivering creative public and popular education, and supporting youth leaders to build their chapters and membership and conduct citywide and school-improvement organizing campaigns. Dave comes to BYOP with experience teaching in Boston Public Schools, in campus organizing, and in Boston youth work. He believes that real education is for liberation, that all people are teachers and students through all their experiences, and that movement for social justice in Boston will be led by youth for youth, addressing young people's oppression alongside the evil triplets of racism, sexism, and capitalism.
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