Truthout
Asha Ransby-Sporn
Asha Ransby-Sporn is a Chicago-based community organizer and writer. She has led and been a part of community based campaigns that have won ballot referenda on investing in non-police mental health programs, blocked a weapons manufacturer from a multimillion-dollar tax break, pressured institutions to divest from the private prison industry, and organized to elect Brandon Johnson as Chicago mayor.