As DEI safeguards are swiftly being dismantled, now more than ever its imperative that we continue to fight to ensure African Americans and other people of color have a seat at these tables - whether it’s a corporate, nonprofit or any board for that matter! #ILBCF #PolicySummit

I was honored to share the stage with John Rogers, CEO at Ariel Investments; Colette Honorable, EVP and Chief External Affairs Officer at Exelon; and Senator Adriane Johnson. A major shoutout to my friend, Tiffany Hightower, for organizing this awesome event and moderating today’s discussion.

Huge shoutout to the other panelists that I was honored to share the stage with and who are all doing incredible work including Chicago City Clerk, Anna Valencia and Christopher Crater as well as Dar'tavous Dorsey for co-chairing the expo and moderating this important discussion!

This event brought together young people and community violence intervention organizations from all over the city to discuss gun violence and how they can work collaboratively to curb it in Chicago and in turn save the lives of our young people.