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The NAACP's Youth Director Tylik Mc Millan Gets Candid About Organizing Through Burnout
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (633+ words) Nominated by: Derrick Johnson, President of the NAACP Age: 29 Based In: Washington, DC After helping to organize the 2020 Commitment March on Washington and the 2021 March On for Voting Rights, Tylik Mc Millan served as the Youth Coalitions Director for the…...
We Got a Dispatch From a Trans Teen Activist Forced Out of the U. S.
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (317+ words) Nominated By: Raquel Willis, author and co-founder of the Gender Liberation Movement Age: 18 Based In: Valencia, Spain (Tucson, AZ native) In 2023, Daniel Trujillo helped organize the first Trans Prom, a celebration and protest at the U. S. capitol that earned him a…...
Stacey Abrams Says This Youth Leader in Georgia Is 'Moving Outcomes' Across the South
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (218+ words) Nominated by: Stacey Abrams, Fair Fight Action founder, former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives Age: 35 Location: Atlanta Stacey Abrams: In a moment when young people have every right to be cynical, what do you say to give…...
How Getting Kicked Out of Office Made Justin J. Pearson an Even Stronger Congressional Candidate
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (289+ words) Nominated by: David Hogg, Leaders We Deserve Co-Founder, March For Our Lives Co-Founder, and former Vice Chair of the'Democratic National Committee Age: 31 Location: Memphis David Hogg: When someone tells you change can't be made or there's "nothing we can do…...
How a Trip to the ER Made This Young Lawyer One of DC's Most Effective Organizers
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (358+ words) Nominated By: Allison Sesso, Undue Medical Debt Executive Director Age: 32 Based In: Washington, DC After earning her Master's in social work at Washington University, Jennifer Holloway pursued a Juris Doctor at UC, Berkeley. She interned with the Office of the…...
A Decade On, #Me Too's Tarana Burke and Nikita Mitchell on What It Takes to Sustain a Movement
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (742+ words) Nominated By: Tarana Burke, Me Too Movement Founder Age: 32 Based In: Houston After serving as a National Coordinator for Rising Majority, the director of organizing for the Black Lives Matter Global Network, and chief strategy officer of Me Too International,…...
Chicago's Hope Clinic Leader Explains How the City Became an Epicenter of Pro-Choice Resistance
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (416+ words) Nominated by: Julie Burkhart, President of Wellspring Health Access, Co-Owner of Hope Clinic, and reproductive rights advocate Age: 31 Location: Chicago Louisa Richardson-Deppe became chief operating officer of Chicago's Hope Clinic, an abortion clinic focused on second and third trimester care,…...
This 27-Year-Old Is Fighting for Climate Justice at the Hague
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (219+ words) Nominated By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Co-Founder of Urban Ocean Lab, marine biologist, policy expert Age: 27 Based in: Los Angeles (Currently in the Hague, Netherlands, working at the International Court of Justice) Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: What inspired you to pursue a…...
The Twin Cities Mounted an Epic Resistance to ICE. This Young Lawyer Helped Lead the Charge.
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (488+ words) Nominated By: Omar Jadwat, Director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project Age: 30 Based In: Minneapolis" After clerking for the Honorable Analisa Torres of the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and serving as a Liman Fellow at…...
How Growing Up in the West Bank Shaped This Rising Union Organizer's Approach to Leadership
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (292+ words) Nominated by: Chris Smalls, co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union Age: 30 Location: San Diego As a full-time political organizer for Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), Leila Khader helps represent more than 120, 000 healthcare workers and patients in California,…...