Charlene Carruthers is a political strategist, writer and leading community organizer in today’s movement for Black liberation. She is the founder of the Chicago Center for Leadership and Transformation and author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer  and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, available in English and Spanish languages. She has led grassroots and digital strategy  campaigns for national organizations including the Center for Community Change, the Women's Media Center, ColorOfChange.org and National People's  Action, as well as being a member of a historic delegation of young activists in Palestine in 2015 to build solidarity between Black and  Palestinian liberation movements. Her work has been covered in several publications including the New York Times, the  Washington Post, Chicago Reader, The Nation, Ebony and Essence Magazines.  She has appeared on CNN, Democracy Now!, BBC and MSNBC. Charlene has also written for theRoot.com, CRISIS Magazine, Teen Vogue, Truthout, Colorlines  and the Boston Review. She is recognized as one of the top 10 most influential African Americans by The Root 100, one of Ebony Magazine's "Woke 100," an Emerging Power Player in Chicago Magazine and is the 2017 recipient of the YWCA's Dr. Dorothy I. Height Award.Website: https://www.charlenecarruthers.com/