Van Jones is a human rights and civil rights activist. He co-founded and is the executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, an organization promoting alternatives to violence and incarceration. A strong advocate for national environmental issues, Van has also served on the boards of several national and global environmental organizations. A graduate of Yale Law School, Van has received a number of human rights honors, including the Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. Van believes people need to engage others with the issues they find important: “One thing I’ve been saying a lot lately is that Dr. King didn’t get famous with a speech called ‘I Have a Complaint.’ At some point, we have to say what we're for.”

Less ↑