Our Team
Jorden Giger
Jorden Giger is a South Bend, Indiana native and co-founder of Black Lives Matter South Bend. He worked as an educator in his community and recently served as the Director of Outreach for Black Lives Matter Grassroots, which is the chapter organizing arm of the global organization.
In 2016, he returned to South Bend from graduate school and began working closely with Regina Williams-Preston and a group of young, passionate activists. Since his return, he has worked tirelessly towards justice for Black and poor South Bend residents.
Emmanuel Cannady, Treasurer
Emmanuel Cannady received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame. He has conducted research on race and ethnicity, trauma, racialization, family, social movements, and the sociology of knowledge.
His main research agenda interrogates the racialized meanings of interpersonal interactions across different contexts, including social movement organizations, bystander intervention, friendships, and partner selection to reveal the complex reality of race in the 21st century.