Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice

[5] In 2017, he was named Social Justice Activist of the Year by the National Education Association[6] and in 2024, was honored as LGBT History Month Icon by the Equality Forum.

[14] They began a nightly virtual Social Justice Power Hour, with guests including Robert Jones Jr., Patton Oswalt, Valerie Jarrett, Maggie Smith, Adam Gopnik, Wayne Brady, Garry Trudeau, Raquel Willis, Gavin Grimm, Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, Ibram X. Kendi, PA Lt. Gov.

[21] Members of the BRCSJ Board of Directors have included Emilio Delgado who played Luis on Sesame Street; Emmy and GLAAD Media Award winner Alan Muraoka (Alan on Sesame Street); Dr. Peniel E. Joseph; Glen Pannell (Mike Hot-Pence); Rasheed Newson, author of “My Government Means To Kill Me”;[22] and Bel-Air EP, poet and podcaster Micelle Elizabeth Brown; Coalition for Peace Action founder Rev.

Robert Moore; Philadelphia trans activist Erin Worrell; Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tom Haydon; queer educator Carol Watchler; labor rights organizer David Sailer; Center for Medicare Advocacy lawyer Wey-Wey Kwok; Stark & Stark shareholder Thomas Onder; and Dean Dafis, first openly gay mayor of Maplewood, New Jersey.

[21] Chief Activist Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber was named as a top straight ally in New Jersey by Insider NJ before coming out as bisexual[23] and was honored as LGBT History Month Icon by the Equality Forum.