EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE
Remarkable, driven, innovative, socially conscious, and inspired; these spectacular members of our community are making their mark on the world in an extraordinary manner.
Anna DeShawn is a Chicago-born media professional and social entrepreneur. Ms. DeShawn is determined to ride media into its next era by utilizing online radio streams to tell the stories and play the music that need to be heard.
In April of 2020, Dr. Dwight A. McBride became the ninth President of The New School in New York City. An accomplished leader in higher education, educator, scholar, and author with close to 3 decades of experience,
Naa Hammond is a Black, African, immigrant, queer femme, and a Senior Program Officer with Groundswell Fund, a public foundation that strengthens U.S. movements for reproductive and social justice.
Rashaad Newsome’s work blends several practices, including collage, sculpture, film, photography, music, computer programming, software engineering, community organizing, and performance, to create an altogether new field. Using the diasporic traditions of improvisation, he pulls from the world of advertising, the internet, art history, …
