Rosa Clemente is an American community organizer, independent journalist, and hip-hop activist. She has been significantly involved in various social and political movements, such as Black liberation, police violence, U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico and Afro-Latinx identity, among others. She is most recognized for her role as the Green Party's vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election, being the first Afro-Latina to run for this position. Her running mate was Cynthia McKinney, making them the only women of color ticket in U.S. presidential history.

Clemente's work extends to film production, having been an associate producer on the two-time Oscar-winning biographical drama film "Judas and the Black Messiah", a film about the betrayal of Black Panther Fred Hampton. She has also been a proactive independent journalist, providing coverage to significant events, including the U.S. Navy’s withdrawal from Vieques, Puerto Rico, and the Black Lives Matter protests in Ferguson, Missouri.

Another significant part of Clemente's work is her organization, Know Thy Self Productions (KTSP), a full-service speakers bureau, production company, and media consulting service. Clemente, as the president of KTSP, has produced numerous major community activism tours and has been involved in initiatives such as the National Hip-Hop Political Convention in 2003, which she co-founded. Apart from her organizational work, Clemente is also an accomplished writer with publications in Clamor Magazine, The Ave. magazine, The Black World Today, The Final Call, and numerous websites. She has also appeared on several media outlets, such as CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, Democracy Now!, and Street Soldiers.

Clemente is known for her advocacy for survivors of sexual violence and her involvement in the #MeToo movement. She attended the 75th Golden Globe Awards in 2018 as a guest of Susan Sarandon as a part of an initiative by Time’s Up and #MeToo, highlighting issues of sexual harassment and violence against women. Additionally, she has actively addressed anti-Blackness within the wider Latina, Latino and Latinx community through the foundation of the Black Diasporic Organizing Project in 2020.

Clemente is a doctoral student in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her academic focus revolves around national liberation struggles in the U.S. with a specific focus on the Black Panther Party, Black and brown liberation movements of the ‘60s and ‘70s, as well as the effects of COINTELPRO on such movements.

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