Taylor works at Witnesses to Hunger, a project of Drexel University\'s Center for Hunger-Free Communities. In 2013, Taylor was selected as a United Nations Foundation Fellow for her social media influence. \n', 'In 2014, she launched a global anti-street harassment campaign (#YouOKSis) and a National Moment of Silence protesting police brutality (#NMOS14), both of which received international media attention. #NMOS14, also known as National Moment of Silence, was used to get people on Twitter to join in on vigils after the death of Michael Brown. Taylor\'s goal is to get people to realize that black lives matter and her tweet, "Even if you don\'t experience something, it doesn\'t mean it didn\'t happen" is used to shed a light on all of the police violence that is ignored. Taylor is a supporter of the Black Lives Matter organization and believes it is necessary for individuals to recognize the hardships that people of color are faced with. \n', '

A recent survey found that 65 percent of women in the U.S have experienced street harassment--that is a startling figure-mainly because street harassment is rarely discussed as a policy issue. Jones has been working to reduce that number by tweeting about her own experience intervening in an incident of street harassment in New York. Another user, @BlackGirlDanger suggested turning the phrase she had used to check in with the woman--"You OK, sis"--into a hashtag campaign designed to raise awareness and encourage people to ask victims of harassment if they are okay or if they need help. Hundreds of people began using the hashtag as a means to report street harassment.\n', '

For this work, she was awarded the 2014 "Black Weblog Award" for Outstanding Online Activism.\n', '

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