Introducing our 2020 Visionary of the Year - Aqeela Sherrills

Aqeela Sherrills is a self-proclaimed spirit-centered organizer and activist, working to promote healing in communities of color and build community-based public safety strategies. He has been an inspired agent of change, collaboratively forging a historic peace treaty between the Bloods and Crips in Los Angeles, launching The Reverence Project to provide healing support to victims of trauma, and reimagining public safety strategy as a leader in the Newark Community Street Team. Informed by his own life experiences, Aqeela encourages others to “discover the gift in the wound.” He believes transformative social change happens when we build compassion and understanding into systems and communities.

To learn more about Aqeela, please visit his page on our site!

Join our December 11th call with Aqeela! Please click here to register for the call.