Community Engagement Coordinator

After an extensive national search, that included the involvement of a community panel, the City of San Diego Commission on Police Practices (Commission) selected Yasmeen Obeid as Community Engagement Coordinator. She is primarily responsible for leading outreach efforts to inform and promote awareness of the Commission and increase community involvement in the Commission’s work. The outreach efforts include, but are not limited to, conducting monthly neutral and unbiased presentations and/or discussions with community stakeholders, attending citywide community events/public meetings/forums and building and maintaining effective relationships. Ms. Obeid is a Muslim-Palestinian community organizer, advocate, child of immigrants, and an Ethnic Studies’ Honors graduate from the University of California, San Diego. She was born in Los Angeles, raised in Palestine, and moved back to the US after graduating high school. Ever since, she has worked tirelessly to center the voices of the most marginalized and build community power. As a youth organizer with Mid-City Community Advocacy Network, Ms. Obeid mobilized and engaged the youth and impacted community members in support of various measures including Measure B that established the Commission on Police Practices. In her free time, Ms. Obeid sits on the Steering Committee with Majdal: The Arab Community Center of San Diego as their Advocacy Coordinator, where she focuses on building community power for immigrant and refugee Arab communities in San Diego. In addition, Ms. Obeid serves as a youth advisory board member with Borderlands for Equity, a pro-bono civil rights organization. Finally, she enjoys exploring the outdoors, and caring for her plants and two cats.

Contact: YObeid@sandiego.gov