Monifa Akinwole Bandele

Monifa Akinwole Bandele is executive director of Change the Game, a network of cultural, marketing and media activists with a devotion to justice and peace. Monifa is a 2004 recipient of the Ford Foundation Leaders for a Changing World Award, the 2005 Essence Women Who Shape the World Award, and the 2006 Louis E Burnham Award. Most recently she served as the national field director for Right to Vote, a national collaborative of the eight major civil rights organizations. Monifa is the former executive director of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, a national human rights and racial justice organization. She is also a co-founder of the Black August Hip Hop Project, an international activist/artist alliance.