Rashad Robinson (Acting)

Rashad Robinson is President of Color Of Change https://colorofchange.org, a leading online racial justice organization. Rashad has led the organization in developing cutting-edge strategies to accelerate reform in the criminal justice system and win justice for its victims, increase electoral participation, cut off corporate support for right-wing organizations, and change the representation of Black people and social issues in news and entertainment media. Previously, Rashad served as Senior Director of Programs at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), leading all of the organization’s advocacy, strategic research, messaging and large-scale media campaigns. These winning culture change and narrative change initiatives helped transform the media landscape, successfully paving the way for broad acceptance and justice for LGBTQ people. Robinson previously served as Communications Director for the Right to Vote Campaign, a national collaboration of eight major civil rights and voting organizations – including the NAACP, People for the American Way...Read More