Emery WrightExecutive Director
About Us
The movement
is the mission.
Atlanta · Project South
Project South builds strong social movements for power rooted in Black Radical Traditions.
Southern-based · leadership development
Project South is a Southern-based leadership development organization that creates spaces for movement building. We work with communities pushed forward by struggle to strengthen leadership and provide popular, political, and economic education for personal and social transformation.
We build relationships with organizations and networks across the U.S. and the global South to inform local work and engage in bottom-up movement building for social and economic justice.
Leadership
The people responsible for stewarding strategy, infrastructure, and organizational direction.
People build the infrastructure. They should be visible.
Shelley DanzyDirector of Development
La’Die MansfeldDirector of Programs
Marc TurkDirector of Finance
Azadeh ShahshahaniDirector of Legal and Advocacy
Annie ThomasDirector of Southern Organizing
Hanifah Shoatz-BeyDirector of Operations
Ra’Niqua LeeAssociate Director
Staff
Organizers, strategists, educators, attorneys, and support staff moving the work every day.
This section is intentionally more dynamic than a plain directory. Every headshot is framed as part of the movement story—not just a list.
Stephanie GuilloudMovement Organizing Senior Strategist
Priyanka BhattSenior Staff Attorney
Nanyamka ShukuraMovement Administrative Coordinator
Bassey EtukMovement Organizer
Imani AustinOrganizing Programs Assistant
Nautica JenkinsYouth Programs Multimedia Coordinator
Ayinde SummersLand and Freedom Project Coordinator
Aljosie Aldrich HardingMovement Elder in Residence
Desiree EvansSenior Narrative Strategist
Evelyn ZacharyMovement Organizer
Brandon PittmanFacilities Maintenance Assistant
Kumasi AminMovement Organizer
Solidad TillmanOperations Manager
Sofía Veronica MontezStaff Attorney
Jemar RaheemEducation & Training
Tina Al-khersonStaff Attorney
Hunger Coalition of Atlanta
Community power grows through partnership.
The Hunger Coalition of Atlanta leadership and staff are part of the broader ecosystem of movement infrastructure, direct service, and community-rooted organizing connected to Project South.
Carolyn PittmanExecutive Director
Antionio BarksdaleDirector of Operations
Toyia GrayCommunity Organizer / MALC Coordinator
Melissa PittmanDirector of Administration
Kenyetta BrownProject Coordinator, Hunger Hotline
Randall PittmanOperations Assistant
Bryanna BasseyVolunteer
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