Katelyn Johnson
Katelyn Johnson is Executive Director of Action Now, a grassroots community organization working to build power and fight for racial, social and economic justice in low-income Black communities in Chicago. She is also Co-executive director of the Blackroots Alliance. She graduated from North Park University in 2004 and has dedicated her career to addressing issues of systemic oppression and developing grassroots leaders.
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The leadership team from hell on a hell of a planet
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Trump threatens destruction of Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ as calls grow for removal from office
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