Malina Simone Jeffers
American community organizer
Malina "Mali" Simone Jeffers (born 1982) co-organized the Black Lives Matter street mural (Indianapolis) and is a co-founder of Ganggang (stylized GANGGANG) and Butter (stylized BUTTER) fine art fair.
Early life
Malina Simone Jeffers is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Ball State University in 2004 where she studied advertising and photography. She is a graduate of the Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Series. Jeffers' spouse and business partner is Alan Bacon, they met in 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Career
After graduating, Jeffers returned to Indianapolis to focus on making the city more culturally attractive and began by organizing a series of local performance art events. She started her career at Emmis Communications in radio sales. Jeffers worked at the Arts Council of Indianapolis; while there she coordinated public art exhibitions in downtown Indianapolis and organized a project to put live poetry on Indianapolis buses. She went on to serve as the director of marketing at the Madame C.J. Walker Legacy Center, where she developed branding and programs about historic Indiana Avenue and the city of Indianapolis. In 2013, Jeffers founded Mosaic City, an organization addressing diversity, equity and inclusion. She led corporate responsibility, marketing, and community engagement efforts for Waterside, the largest urban re-development project in downtown Indianapolis' history.
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