About Tabitha
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Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs (she/hers) is a Trinidadian-American mom, artist, writer, organizer and thought leader.
Tabitha is a leading voice on antiracist parenting and writes often about raising multiracial children in today's America for Parents, Good Housekeeping, SheKnows and more. Read some of her writings here. Tabitha and her partner, Adam, author the newsletter, Raising Anti-Racist Kids. Her many notable interviews include Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, rapper and entrepreneur, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, NYT Bestselling author and scholar, Ibram X. Kendi and more.
Through Tabii Just Strategies, Tabitha consults with companies on antiracist parenting, racial equity, social impact and strategic partnerships. Certified in DEI, she advises and guides brands and people through a journey that centers racial equity and emboldens lifelong changes in perspectives surrounding equity. Her approach includes the mindset that all who are willing to learn and grow need tools and actionable skills to become true anti-racist accomplices. She often collaborates with her life partner, Adam St. Bernard Jacobs to educate parents on antiracist parenting. Their clients include statewide and local library systems, educational institutes, religious institutions, small businesses and corporations. They design and host workshops focused on racial equity, antiracist parenting and more. She has been featured on MTV, MarketWatch, Al Jazeera, WWD, NowThis, LA Times, Forbes, Nylon and NY1 for her work at the intersection of arts and activism.
Tabitha is one of the women who spearheaded the organization of the Women’s March On Washington on January 21st, 2017, helping organize the historic marches that spanned many countries and continents. She currently serves as Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships, after serving as Deputy Executive Director of Program at Women's March. In this role, among other duties, she has spearheaded and continues to lead on partnerships with the WNBA, Lush Cosmetics, Ben & Jerry's, Johnny Walker, Cora Women and more. She is the co-founder of Youth EMPOWER, the youth arm of Women's March. Tabitha has led and been an adult ally to several youth initiatives through her work with Youth EMPOWER. She led the Youth EMPOWER team in organizing the Enough! National School Walkouts that saw over 2.1 million students walk out of schools demanding safety in their schools and communities from gun violence, making it the largest decentralized single day protest in the history of this country. Tabitha coordinated the Youth Ambassador program which saw 31 young people from all over the country recognized for their outstanding activist work. She co-led the one day strike, A Day Without A Woman, which saw participation from women all over the world. Tabitha co-created and led the launch of the Empower Toolkit, a tool for high school and college students that provides actionable tools for organizing, voter education and running for office. She developed this toolkit, which is a product of a collaboration between Women’s March, Peace First, Rock The Vote, Teen Vogue, Rise to Run, and others.
Tabitha is on the Advisory Council of The New Standard Institute and Custom Collaborative. She is a member of The BOARD, a network of value-driven consultants. She is also a founding member of the New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition.
Tabitha has held talks about antiracist parenting, art, fashion and activism at several educational institutions including the Fashion Institute of Technology, St. Francis College, Georgetown University, Gettysburg College, George Washington University and DePauw University, to name a few. Tabitha has also been a panelist about the topic of sustainable fashion and/or activism at Yale University, the Sustainable Textile Summit, NY & NJ Minority Supplier Development Council Sustainability Summit, the Women's Convention, Go Green Convention and more. She has co-led workshops at Slow Factory, Gettysburg College, the New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library, to name a few.
Tabitha consulted with Penguin on the kids book, Little Activists, released in Fall 2017. In Summer 2022, she wrote the foreword for Marita Golden’s re-publishing of her hit book, A Woman’s Place. Tabitha also wrote the first chapter in the book 100 Diverse Voices On Parenthood, focused on raising an antiracist baby, released in Fall 2022. Together with 24 other Women's March organizers, Tabitha was recognized as one of Glamour Magazine’s 2017 Women of the Year. She has been featured in the book, 200 Women Who Will Change The Way You See The World and was named one of 100 Women Who Stood Up To Trump In His First 100 Days. In 2024, she was also named one of 100 Women To Know in America. Tabitha was also named one of Nylon's 8 Emerging Designers Who Are Changing The Game.
Tabitha lives with her two children and life partner and has stuttered since she was a child but is finally working on living with it.