[8][9][10] Tef Poe has advocated for grass-roots involvement in improving the lives of African Americans and in racial justice within and outside the United States.
In his art and activism, he emphasizes local people taking charge of conversations about their own communities rather than relying on national organizations.
But they did show up in the middle of the street on West Florissant when a militarized police force was encroaching on their neighbors.
"[5] Tef Poe's work in the Ferguson protests was featured in the documentary Whose Streets?, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 and had a theatrical release marking the third anniversary of the killing of Mike Brown.
[11][12] Poe has been a fellow at Harvard University in the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History (2016-2017) and the W. E. B.