Richard Wallace
“To reach a world free of anti-Black racism, racial inequity and working class oppression, we must develop sustainable alternatives to capitalism that meet the needs of all people, regardless of race, class, gender or sexual orientation. I have been passionate about economic justice for longer than I can remember. ”
Richard Wallace is a community organizer and the Deputy Director of the Workers Center for Racial Justice. His work focuses on organizing black workers to confront the impact of economic disparities in housing, education, and employment. As a formerly incarcerated Chicago native, Wallace returned to his community to empower black workers. Wallace is a nationally recognized Artist who goes by the name of Epic of Chicago’s rap trio BBU. He is also the Summit Executive of Men and Women in Prison Ministries, founder of the Roosevelt University student chapter of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, and the Founder of The Future of Benin Program in west Africa.