Joseph Maldonado is an anti-racist community organizer and educator. His primary interest is in organizing to undo structural racism and sexism and identifying the intersectionality between these dehumanizing manifestations of unearned privilege. For the past eleven years, Joseph has been a member of the faculty at John Jay College, where he has the opportunity to be an accountable gatekeeper through organizing, developing leadership, and working with students as they gain a sense of their power. Joseph received training, supervision, and mentorship by CONNECT, which is a NYC gender violence prevention organization. Joseph continues his work as an anti-violence educator with A Call to Men. He specializes in moving men and boys from bystanders to allies, and eventually activist-organizers working to end violence against women and girls. Joseph is also a core trainer and anti-racist organizer with The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond and builds relationships from an internalization of anti-racist principles. As a graduate of New York University School of Social Work, Joseph received his master’s degree in Social Work in 2002. He is SIFI certified and has supervised many social work students over the years. Joseph is a loving father, and son to Ines and Jose Maldonado, he is a first generation Black-Latino of a rich mixed cultural heritage.