American strategist, politician, and community organizer
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Amara Enyia
Enyia in 2018
Born
Amarachuku C. Enyia
1982 or 1983 (age 40–41)[1]
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BS, MEd, JD, PhD)
Occupations
Activist
community organizer
strategist
public policy consultant
Website
amaraenyia.com
Amarachuku C. Enyia[2] is an American strategist, politician, community organizer, and municipal consultant. She is the policy and research coordinator for the Movement for Black Lives; the chairwoman of the International Civil Society Working Group (ICSWG) of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent; and a senior advisor to the Institute On Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School. She has also worked as the director of Chicago's Austin Chamber of Commerce; the interim village manager of University Park, Illinois; and chief executive officer of ACE Municipal Partners, a municipal consulting firm. Enyia was a candidate for mayor of Chicago in 2015 and 2019, receiving 8% of the vote in the first round of the latter election.
Enyia is regarded to be a political progressive.[3]
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Amarachuku C. Enyia is an American strategist, politician, community organizer, and municipal consultant. She is the policy and research coordinator for...
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