Justin Smith Email & Phone Number

Internationally recognized young civil rights activist and movement strategist Justin Smith is a native of Birmingham, Alabama, by way of Atlanta, Georgia, and a proud graduate of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA).Justin is the Regional Program Manager for Everytown for Gun Safety (Everytown). In his role, Justin works closely with Southern America area lawmakers and change agents to develop and implement comprehensive outreach and engagement strategies to reach, engage, and mobilize key stakeholders, communities, and coalitions in support of Everytown for Gun Safety’s mission to change how America thinks about gun violence and end it.Justin works to educate lawmakers and stakeholders, from the Alabama State House to corporate C-suites, on the challenges and opportunities facing minority communities by advocating for more resources and policies that help invest in and advance economic and social equality.Justin helped organize the 2020 Alabama statewide student movement for Common Sense gun laws, which pulled in thousands of students from across the state into a single movement calling for racial justice, police reform, voting rights protections, census participation, and more. This movement-building work led to Justin being featured in Teen Vogue Magazine. He has also helped lead the reform movement of the Alabama Democratic Party, fighting for voting rights and Community Advancement campaigns for Alabama’s youth.Justin has commented on The BBC World News, The Washington Post, and others in his work. He has been recognized by Senator Bernie Sanders, Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell, Senator Doug Jones, and the Kay Ivey State House as a prominent young voice to help lead our nation forward. In addition, he has been recognized by numerous organizations such as the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce 50 under 40, Urban League Young Professional National Trailblazer, featured by Alabama Media Group, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The BBC World News, NPR, among other global, national, and local outlets. Justin wishes to inspire other young people to make civic engagement the new norm, not the exception.

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