DeAngelo Bester

DeAngelo Bester is the Executive Director of the Workers Center for Racial Justice, an organization's whose work spans the states of Illinois and Wisconsin. He has worked as both a community and labor organizer for nearly 20 years. DeAngelo has led local, state, and national organizing campaigns that advanced racial justice around issues such as educational equity, preservation and expansion of affordable housing, re-entry, Black-Brown bridge building, overcoming political polarization, and increasing access to living wage jobs for Black workers. In 2012, DeAngelo transitioned from his previous role at National People's Action (NPA) after nearly six years to found the Workers Center for Racial Justice (WCRJ) and its sister 501c4 organization, the Center for Racial and Gender Equity.