TEPFIRAH RUSHDAN
she/her
Co-Director, Education and Capacity Building
Tepfirah (aka Tee) is a Co-Director at Keep Growing Detroit overseeing education and capacity building. This team produces the education series, manages KGD special projects, supports land and policy work and runs the youth farm education. In 2020, she co-founded the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund, which provides capital for land purchases and infrastructure. Outside of KGD, Tepfirah also serves as Board Treasurer of the Detroit People’s Food Coop, and co-founder of Black to the Land Coalition, which connects BIPOC people to outdoor recreation. She is also currently a board advisor to several other community projects and has formerly held seats at the Detroit Food Policy Council and the Uprooting Racism Planting Justice initiative.