Jamal Taylor

Membership Insights and Collaboration Strategist

Jamal Taylor (he/him) is the Membership Insights and Collaboration Strategist at the BLIS Collective. He is an organizer, data strategist, evaluator, and movement researcher whose work centers building collective power through evidence-informed, values-aligned analysis and action. Grounded in his experience as a community organizer, Jamal approaches data as a tool for strengthening movements, supporting shared strategy, and advancing solidarity across issues and communities. He brings over a decade of experience partnering with grassroots organizations, coalitions, and philanthropic institutions to design research, analytics, and learning systems that support accountability, long-term movement strategy, and systems change. Prior to and alongside his technical work, Jamal organizes with grassroots, community-based groups to increase base-building initiatives with the specific intent of building self-determination within historically oppressed communities. This experience continues to shape how he designs participatory research processes and translates data into practice. Prior to joining the BLIS Collective, Jamal has led and supported data and evaluation efforts across roles in several organizations including Pathway Healthcare, Black Voters Matter, and ProGeorgia. His work at these organizations consisted of data analytics, network analysis, participatory evaluation, narrative-adjacent research, and strategic learning — always centering the needs of community members, organizers, and movement leaders. He is also, currently, a lead organizer with Strike Black, an organizing collective in Atlanta, Georgia. Jamal holds a master’s degree from MIT and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Across roles, he approaches data not as an end in of itself, but as a tool — one that strengthens trust, surfaces emergent outcomes, and supports decision-making within movements.