Stanley is an abolitionist who serves the Rochester community with courage, love and integrity. With a long-time dedication to community care, Stanley has served as a Mental Health Counselor for incarcerated people and led a substance use recovery center providing holistic health and wellness supports to people and their loved ones.
In response to the 2020 police killings of George Floyd, Daniel Prude and the systemic disinvestment in Black and working-class communities, Stanley co-founded Free The People Rochester—an organization dedicated to implementing a care-based vision of community safety that prioritizes investments in mental health care, safe housing, healthy food access, education, and youth leadership.
As an At-Large Rochester City Council Member, Stanley engages in collaborative governance with neighbors and community organizations. Currently, Stanley leads the NY State Daniel's Law Coalition, and works to implement a peer-led, public health response to people in crisis across the state. Additionally, Stanley holds a Master's degree in Community Mental Health Counseling, which grounds Stanley’s activism in the practice of hope, humility, and compassion.