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Zakiya Summers' Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Post Office Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215

Post Office Box 21210
Jackson, MS 39289

Full Name:

Zakiya Summers

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Andra; 3 Children: Marvin, Mason, Mathis

Birth Date:

01/14/1983

Birth Place:

Houston, TX

Religion:

Church of Christ Holiness

BAJMC, Broadcast Journalism/Sociology, University of Missouri Columbia, 2001-2005

Representative, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 68, 2020-present

Candidate, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 68, 2023

Member, Drug Policy Committee, Mississippi State House of Representatives

Internal Relations Coordinator, Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center, 2008-present

Director, Communications and Advocacy, ACLU of Mississippi, present

Owner, Lady Godiva Productions, present

Former Director, Events and Communications, One Voice

Public Relations Manger, Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center, 2008-2011

News Producer, WLBT-TV, 2006-2009

Member, Family Planning Council, Hinds County Health Department, present

Attendee, Greater Mount Bethel Church of Christ Holiness United States of America, present

Volunteer Mentor, Hardy Middle School, Jackson, present

Member, Hinds County Federation of Democratic Women, present

Member, Jackson Association of Black Journalists, present

Secretary, Jayne Avenue Neighborhood Association, present

Foundation and State Treasurer, Mississippi Democratic Party, present

Co-Chair, Mississippi Sickle Cell Foundation, present

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP, present

Chair, Public Relations Committee, Jackson Branch NAACP, present

Board Member, Refill Jackson Initiative, present

Member, University Mississippi Medical Center Community Advisory Board, present

Advisory board member, Warren & Ericka Martin Foundation, present

Member, Women for Progress of Mississippi, present

Member, Young Professional Leaders Council, United Way of the Capitol Area, present

Member, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, present

former Director of Communications and Advocacy, American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi

Former Election Commissioner, Hinds County

Vice chair, Mississippi Sickle Cell Foundation

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