The Ordinary People Society’s Rodreshia Russaw On Black Joy, Black History And Building Community Power
Some people just have community organizing in their blood; it seems that Rodreshia Russaw is one of them. She first left her home in Seattle at the age of 17 to lead religious ministry outreach for the evangelical Christian charity, World Vision in New York City. Her career transition into criminal justice and policy reform work would come some seven years later in 2005, when she headed to Dothan, Alabama, to help care for her ailing brother....