DeRay Mckesson

DeRay Mckesson is a civil rights activist. Born and raised in Baltimore, he graduated from Bowdoin College and holds honorary doctorates from The New School and the Maryland Institute College of Art. A leading voice in the Black Lives Matter Movement and a co-founder of Campaign Zero, DeRay has been praised by Barack Obama for his work as a community organizer, and has advised officials at all levels of US government and internationally. He has been named among Fortune magazine's World's Greatest Leaders and Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Global Thinkers.