“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” – Lilla Watson
Our Team
Laura Wilson Phelan
For over 20 years, Laura has led social change efforts at grassroots and management levels…
Sangeeta Prasad
Sangeeta Prasad is a psychologist at the Lourie Center for Children’s Social and Emotional Wellness…
Je’Kendria Trahan
Je'Kendria works as a Parent Facilitator and Organizer for Kindred. For over a decade, she's…
Vu Dang
Vu T. Dang is chief of staff and interim chief operating officer at the DC…
Emmanuel Fortune
Emmanuel is program director at the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida where he has a…
Samantha Barbee
Samantha is chief financial and operations officer at Cesar Chavez Schools. Prior to this role,…
Alejandro Gac-Artigas
When Alejandro Gac-Artigas was 7, his family immigrated to the US escaping political persecution and…
Fatema Merchant
Fatema Merchant is a senior associate in Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton’s Washington D.C. office.…
Victor Reinoso
Victor Reinoso is the chief operating officer of Independent Sector and an entrepreneur with two…
Ellen Roche
With a background in teaching, education research, human rights and marketing, Ellen serves as a…
Rasheid Scarlett
Fueled by a burning desire to give back to the community from which he came,…