Meet Cohort Two
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Angela Saxton
Working Families Party
Georgia
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Ashley Marshall
Forward Justice
North Carolina
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Bianka Nora
Online to Offline
Florida
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Bill Wallace
Tomorrow’s Promise Foundation
Texas
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Brianna McBride
Austin Justice Coalition
Texas
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Coco Guthrie Papy
Deep Center
Georgia
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Dani Marrero Hi
La Union del Pueblo Entero
Texas
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Doha Medani
Asian American Advocacy Fund
Georgia
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Edima Ufot
Black Male Initiative
Georgia
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Greg Wilson
Step Up Louisiana
Louisiana
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Halima Olufemi
People’s Advocacy Institute
Mississippi
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Jasmine Keith
New Georgia Project
Georgia
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Kelli Williams
Str8 2 the Core
South Carolina
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LaToya Dyer
Central Florida Jobs with Justice
Florida
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Lorena Quiroz Lewis
Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity
Mississippi
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Melanie McRae
Florida Rising
Florida
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Nadira Freeman
Organize Tennessee
Tennessee
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Page Dukes
All of Us or None
Georgia
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Sam Delgado
Central Florida Jobs with Justice
Florida
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Will Tucker
Jobs to Move America
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Tiffany McAllister Davis
NDWA - We Dream in Black
Texas
Meet the Team
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Naima Savage
FACULTY
Naima was raised in North Carolina and lives in New Orleans. Organizer. Mother. Wife. Cook. Coach. Associate consultant at Imagine Us.
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Tony Bennae Richard
FACULTY
Tony was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and served in the Navy. He is a facilitator for Rockwood, SEIU BOLD, and Labor Leadership Initiative. Lives in Nashville and is a partner in Imagine Us.
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Allison Porter
FACULTY
Allison was a community and union organizer in the Carolinas in the 80s and 90s. Is a coach and consultant to emerging leaders nationwide. Lives in Washington, DC. Partner in Imagine Us.
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Robye Wallace
PROGRAM MANAGER
Robye was raised in Alabama and moved to New York City, where she ran a nonprofit. Now a project manager with Imagine Us, Robye keeps Ignite the South organized and cohort members feeling taken care of.
Meet the Alumni Network
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Aaron Jamal Bryant
Carolina Federation
Durham, North Carolina
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Amanda Furdge
Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative
Jackson, Mississippi
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Ashley Hawkins
Charlotte Labor Council
Charlotte, North Carolina
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Ayanna Smith
We Dream In Black, NDWA
Atlanta, Georgia
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Britney Whaley
Working Families Party
East Point, Georgia
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Chas Moore
Austin Justice Coalition
Austin, Texas
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Danielle Rodriguez
Sistersong
Smyrna, Georgia
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Erica Jones
Mississippi Association of Educators, NEA
Jackson, Mississippi
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Gabriel Bolden Shaw
Step Up Louisiana
Harvey, Louisiana
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Jennifer Granado
New Virginia Majority
Alexandria, Virginia
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Josh Vincent
Southern Vision Alliance
Durham, North Carolina
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June Barrett
Miami Workers Center
Miami, Florida
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Keith Bullard
Southern Service Workers Union
Durham, North Carolina
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Kristen Powers
Benevolence Farm
Graham, North Carolina
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Kyandra Knight
Center for Popular Democracy
Decatur, Georgia
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LaToya Johnson
Workers Center for Racial Justice
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Lauren Simmons-Mitchell
We Dream in Black, NDWA
Houston, Texas
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Maria Lopez Gonzalez
El Pueblo
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Megan Joy Masias
Texas Organizing Project
Houston, Texas
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Miriam Gray
Servant Leaders Institute
Jackson, Mississippi
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Morgan Moone
Reproductive Justice Active Collective
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Ranada Robinson
New Georgia Project
Atlanta, Georgia
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Shelvis Ponds
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
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Stephanie Corte
Texas Climate Jobs
Austin, Texas
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Tia T. Mills
Louisiana Association of Educators
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Yisel Pomier Maren
We Dream in Black, NDWA
Indian Land, South Carolina
