MJ (Maleeka Jihad) is the Executive Director of MJ Consulting and the nonprofit MJCF: Coalition, an agency focused on dismantling systemic racism in the family policing (child welfare) system through education, advocacy, and policy reform. MJ is the Director of the Family Justice Programs with the Office of Respondent Parent Counsel (ORPC, in Denver Colorado) where she provides national trainings and consultations to professionals as it relates to race, culture, and justice within dependency & neglect court cases and service providers. As an adjunct faculty member with the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, she teaches on race, privilege, social justice, therapy, leadership skills, as well as child and family law courses. Alongside her students, MJ is continuing her education by obtaining a PhD in Organizational Development with Social Justice Change specializing in Somatic Leadership Coaching (at Fielding Graduate School). With foundation courses from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology International Psychology PhD Program.
