Maurice BP-Weeks

Labor & Abolition Fellow

Maurice BP-Weeks (he/him) is a corporate campaigner, organizer, and economic and racial justice leader. Maurice is the co-founder and former Co-Executive Director of The Action Center on Race and the Economy. Throughout his career, Maurice has worked with community organizations, labor unions, and racial justice activists on a variety of social justice issues. Maurice has a keen interest in economic extraction from communities of color and the abolition of the carceral state.

Maurice has a B.A. in Sociology from Swarthmore College and has an M.A. in Economics from University of Detroit Mercy. Originally from Newark, NJ, Maurice now lives in Detroit, MI with his wife Shandra and their adorable child, Charlie.