Badili Jones joined the MWC staff in 2008. As Leadership & Development Coordinator, he oversees leadership development and training programs at all levels within the organization. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he has worked within the labor, gay rights, and black liberation movements throughout his life. Within the labor movement he worked as an organizer with UNITE and more recently as a service specialist and hearing officer for the Georgia Department of Labor. He is a founding member of In the Life Atlanta, the largest Black LGBTQ pride celebration in the United States. Badili has also worked extensively within the non-profit and for-profit sectors, specifically with the Brisbane Institute/Southern Center for Labor Education and Organizing in Atlanta.
