We want to honor Black change makers in Sacramento. Help us by nominating community leaders
Black community leaders transform Sacramento everyday with their vision, initiative and creativity. These contributions span many fields, but the leaders share a common goal: a commitment to lifting up Sacramento and their communities.
It’s long overdue that we begin honoring these leaders.
The Sacramento Bee’s Equity Lab, in partnership with the Nehemiah Emerging Leaders Program (NELP), is now accepting nominations for the Top 20 Black Change Makers in the Sacramento region. It will be followed by the partnership’s Top 20 AAPI and Latino change makers.
The goal is to identify, elevate and empower Black people in the region who are responsible for creating change and demonstrating leadership through their actions.
Nominations will be open until June 30. All finalists will be evaluated by a panel from the Bee’s Equity Lab, NELP and outside judges.
Candidates should:
Identify: As Black/African American or part of the African Diaspora/its descendants.
And embody community transformation: We’re looking for innovative problem solvers who are finding solutions to critical issues through community organization, education, arts and entertainment, writing, entrepreneurship, law, medicine and health care, science, politics, nonprofit leadership or activism.
You can submit your nomination at bit.ly/BlackChangeMaker.
This story was originally published June 5, 2023 at 5:00 AM.
