PROGRAM DIRECTOR

A true child of the South, Naima was raised in Greenville, North Carolina and currently lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. Naima organized working people for the UAW, Fight for $15, and. United for Respect, and served as political coordinator for Color of Change, before co-founding Ignite the South. She now serves as the Director. Her proudest accomplishment is her two boys, ages 4 and 6.

PROGRAM FACULTY

Tony was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and served in the Navy for 28 years. He is the Director of the SEIU BOLD Center, and a facilitator for Rockwood, SEIU BOLD, and Labor Leadership Initiative. He is a co-founder of the consultant firm Imagine Us. He currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

PROGRAM PARTNER

Allison was a community and union organizer in North Carolina in the 80s and in the 90s she co-led the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute when thousands of workers, students, and community activists become union organizers. She is a partner in the consultant firm Imagine Us. She lives in Washington, DC. with regular visits to see her grandchildren in New Orleans.

PROGRAM MANAGER

Robye was raised in Alabama and moved to New York City, where she ran a nonprofit. Robye returned to Alabama with her husband and daughter, and now serves as the program manager for Igniate the South, where she juggles all the details and makes sure that program participants are cared for and heard.

Carolina Federation

Durham, North Carolina

Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative

Jackson, Mississippi

Working Families Party

Georgia

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Charlotte Labor Council

Charlotte, North Carolina

Forward Justice

Durham, North Carolina

We Dream In Black, NDWA

Atlanta, Georgia

Online to Offline Organizing

Miami, Florida

Tomorrow's Promise

Austin, Texas

Assistant to Elected Official

Austin, Texas

Working Families Party

East Point, Georgia

Austin Justice Coalition

Austin, Texas

Marijuana Justice

Richmond, Virginia

Atlanta, Georgia

LUPE

Texas

Sistersong

Smyrna, Georgia

Organizer Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

Asian American Advocacy Fund

Georgia

Black Male Initiative

Atlanta, Georgia

Mississippi Association of Educators, NEA

Jackson, Mississippi

FFLIC

New Orleans, Louisiana

Step Up Louisiana

Harvey, Louisiana

Step Up Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

People's Advocacy Institute

Jackson, Mississippi

New Georgia Project

Georgia

New Virginia Majority

Alexandria, Virginia

Southern Vision Alliance

Durham, North Carolina

Miami Workers Center

Miami, Florida

Austin Justice Coalition

Austin, Texas

Southern Service Workers Union

Durham, North Carolina

South Carolina

Benevolence Farm

Graham, North Carolina

Center for Popular Democracy

Decatur, Georgia

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Central Florida Jobs with Justice

Orlando, Florida

Workers Center for Racial Justice

New Orleans, Louisiana

We Dream in Black, NDWA

Houston, Texas

Fairfax Education Association

Burke, Virginia

Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity

Jackson, Mississippi

I Vote for Me

Richmond, Virginia

El Pueblo

Raleigh, North Carolina

Texas Organizing Project

Houston, Texas

Florida Rising

Orlando, Florida

Servant Leaders Institute

Jackson, Mississippi

Benevolence Farm

Burlington, North Carolina

Reproductive Justice Active Collective

New Orleans, Louisiana

Organize Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

All of Us or None

Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia Conservation Voters

Decatur, Georgia

LUPE

San Juan, Texas

New Georgia Project

Atlanta, Georgia

Central Florida Jobs with Justice

Orlando, Florida

Las Semillas

Pine Hills, Florida

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

Texas Climate Jobs

Austin, Texas

NDWA We Dream in Black

Durham, North Carolina

Southern Poverty Law Center

Montgomery, Alabama

Louisiana Association of Educators

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

NDWA We Dream in Black

Houston, Texas

Jobs to Move America

Birmingham, Alabama

We Dream in Black, NDWA

Indian Land, South Carolina