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Khalid Ibrahim
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Barbara Wieland, Senior Communications Specialist

Wieland joined Safe & Just Michigan in 2018. She is responsible for the organization’s daily communication activities and developing strategies to effectively communicate with stakeholders, partner groups and the wider community.

“Communities are safest when all who live in them have an equal share of justice,” Wieland said. “Justice can’t fully exist when people’s transformations go unrecognized and their opportunities for redemption are denied.”

Before joining Safe & Just Michigan, Wieland spent more than 20 years in communications, including 14 years as a print journalist and more than six years as a writer for the Michigan legislature. She is also a limited license professional counselor who worked with the survivors of sexual assault at the Listening Ear in Lansing, where she was a board member for five years.

Wieland holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and a master’s degree from Central Michigan University. She lives in her hometown of Lansing.