Derenda Hancock
Co-FOUNDER
Derenda Hancock has coordinated the Pink House Defenders since 2013. Derenda was also an organizer of the Occupy Jackson movement and for many years managed corporate restaurants nationwide. Derenda decided to make a change, stepping away from management so she would have time to devote to clinic defense and activism.
Kim Gibson
Co-FOUNDER
Kim Gibson, a Mississippi native, joined the Pink House Defenders in 2017. A paralegal, Kim served as President and board member of the Mississippi Humanist Association and believes the struggle for abortion rights should be viewed as a separation of church and state issue as well as a human rights/equal rights issue.