Jeannine A. Cook

“Harriett Tubman was the definition of leadership. She marched at her own uncanny pace with a bounty on her head and hounds on her back in service to others. She worked as a humanitarian activist until she was in her 90s. As a woman, as a black woman, in the 1800s—women’s rights, voting rights, property rights, black rights, elder rights, veterans rights—you name it and she was fighting for it.”

Jeannine Cook, who holds a Master’s degree from The University of the Arts, has worked for the last 10 years as a writer for several startups, corporations, non-profits, and influencers. She writes about the complex intersections of motherhood, activism, and community. Recently, Jeannine was in Nairobi, Kenya where she facilitated social justice creative writing with youth from 15 countries. Her pieces have been featured in several publications, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, Root Quarterly, Printworks, and midnight & indigo. 

Jeannine’s work has been recognized by several news outlets, including Vogue Magazine, INC, MSNBC, The Strategist, and the Washington Post. She is also a Leeway Art & Transformation Grantee and a winner of the South Philly Review Difference Maker Award.

In addition to her accomplishments as a writer, Jeannine is the proud new owner of Harriett’s Bookshop in Fishtown.

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“Harriett Tubman was the definition of leadership. She marched at her own uncanny pace with a bounty on her head and hounds on her back in service to others. She worked as a humanitarian activist until she was in her 90s, as a women, as a black woman, in the 1800s—women’s rights, voting rights, property rights, black rights, elders rights, veterans rights—you name it and she was fighting for it.”

Biography:

For the last 10 years Jeannine Cook has worked as a trusted writer for several startups, corporations, non-profits, and influencers. In addition to a holding a master’s degree from The University of the Arts, Jeannine is also a Leeway Art & Transformation Grantee and a winner of the South Philly Review Difference Maker Award. Jeannine’s work has been recognized by several news outlets including Vogue Magazine, INC, MSNBC, The Strategist, and the Washington Post. She recently returned from Nairobi, Kenya facilitating social justice creative writing with youth from 15 countries around the world. She writes about the complex intersections of motherhood, activism, and community. Her pieces are featured in several publications including the Philadelphia Inquirer, Root Quarterly, Printworks, and midnight & indigo. She is the proud new owner of Harriett’s Bookshop in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia.