Amara Enyia

2022 Illini Media Hall of Fame

12-04-2022 • 7分

Amara Enyia is an activist, lawyer, and public policy expert focused on supporting efforts that bring justice and equity to marginalized communities in Chicago and around the world. She ran for mayor of Chicago twice. She chairs an international human rights-centered working group that advocates at the United Nations and develops advocacy strategies for struggling cities and citizens on economic justice, criminal legal system reform, environmental justice, education equity, and other policy areas. Enyia served as editor in chief at the Daily Illini as an undergrad and went on to earn a Ph.D. in Education Policy and a law degree.

WPGU News Director Madison Holcomb sits down with Enyia to discuss her time at the Daily Illini and her career since then.

Read The Daily Illini's profile of Amara Enyia here.

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