KC Civil Rights Leaders Convene to Fight Missouri’s Right-Wing Attack on Voting Rights
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference in KC hosted a historic convening headlined by National President of the SCLC, Dr. Charles Steele Jr.
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Ryan has a diverse background including working at one of the nation’s most esteemed Black think tanks, one of Chicago’s top B2B Tech PR agencies, a top 3 global PR firm, and founding Kansas City’s largest Black-led direct action group during the 2020 uprisings. During Ryan’s professional career he’s consulted brands such as Facebook, Samsung, Amazon and Google.
He is a recipient of the Civil and Human Rights Award recognized by the Urban League of Kansas City, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and NAACP. He has also engaged in a number of public talks as a prison industrial complex Abolitionist thinker including on; NPR, PBS, a Kansas City Art Institute Lecture, a lecture at University of the Arts London, the Annual International Symposium (Digital Ethics for a Sustainable Society), as well as the T-Mobile Speaker Series.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference in KC hosted a historic convening headlined by National President of the SCLC, Dr. Charles Steele Jr.
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