In 2011, when Pasadena local Kimberly Bautista finished her award-winning documentary about femicide in Guatemala, titled “Justice for My Sister,” her work had just begun. Partnering with survivors, organizers and artists to host community screenings, self-defense trainings and resource-sharing events, she traveled to more than 200 communities and, in doing so, realized she was creating a space for connection, healing and action.
Over the next four years, Bautista began to hatch a plan: launch a nonprofit for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) women, nonbinary youth, foster youth and survivors of gender-based violence, called Justice For My Sister (JFMS), focusing on youth leadership, workforce development and systems change. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 