Ivory Taylor

Ivory Taylor (she/her) was born in Minnesota and grew up in both the metro area and the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia. She was raised in a low-income, bicultural family and has navigated various economic, housing, and disability support systems her entire life.

Ivory worked in the housing justice field for over eight years before transitioning to disability justice work. Drawing from her lived experience of housing instability and her human rights education, she’s worked to organize and support disabled renters and advocate for disability inclusion in economic, racial, and housing justice conversations, through organizing coalitions like Housing Justice League and Equity in Place; building participatory cohort projects; and as a co-founder of Amplify MN: A Disability Justice Collective.

Ivory brings the ability to distill complex and technical information into understandable and educational content. As a big systems thinker, she can identify root causes of issues and focus on solutions. She is a strong community organizer and policy advocate who centers lived experience and equity in crafting solutions that work for those most impacted. Finally, she is a direct communicator and an analytical thinker who asks thoughtful and plentiful questions.

In her free time, Ivory likes to attend concerts, browse thrift stores for vintage treasures, and travel in order to attend concerts and browse new thrift stores for vintage treasures!