DeRay Mckesson is an acclaimed civil rights activist, educator, podcaster, and author of the critically-acclaimed On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope. He is the co-founder of Campaign Zero and host of the award-winning weekly podcast “Pod Save The People”. In 2015, DeRay was named one of Fortune magazine’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders was awarded the Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership. In 2016, President Obama praised DeRay for his “outstanding work” and he was named one of the 30 Most Influential People On The Internet by Time Magazine.