2023 AWARDEE

Danyelle Holmes is a national social justice organizer with Repairers of the Breach and the Poor People’s Campaign. She is a director of the Mississippi Prison Reform Coalition and serves on the steering committee of the Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition. A native of Greenwood, MS, Danyelle is a graduate of Greenwood High School and attended Tougaloo College.

 

Danyelle’s work as a revolutionary is deeply rooted in her convictions. She works across diverse political lines to fight for the poor and people of low wealth in the United States. Danyelle feels very deeply that God has called and ordained her to be a voice to uplift those disproportionately impacted by society’s systemic ills.

 

Danyelle has been on the front lines of many political battles in the state of Mississippi, including leading the water distribution team to ensure that Jackson residents have access to clean drinking water, fights to stop the takeover of Jackson’s water and sewer infrastructure, to fully fund public education, and to remove the Confederate state flag. Danyelle is dedicated to prison reform, living wages, immigration and labor rights, and so much more. Her vision is that Mississippi will, one day soon, rise and move forward together collectively.