Educate, Motivate, Inspire – Change the world! ~ This is the philosophy Chinyere Tutashinda lives by. Cali born with southern roots, Chinyere is a Black organizer, educator, trainer, and direct action strategist. She is a founding member of the BlackOUT Collective, a black direct action training and support organization that believes strategic direct action is not only necessary for people to win real transformative change but that it is a healing and transformative practice. As the current Executive Director of the Center for Third World Organizing, Chinyere is dedicated to the liberation of Black people and all oppressed people and has been a lead organizer in the Movement for Black Lives. It is her deep love of people that grounds her work and her approach to life. With a B.A. in Journalism and a M.A. in Media Studies she has over 15 years of organizing, education and media production experience. Chinyere spent years training and developing young people in organizing, and media skills and still serves as a coach and mentor to new organizers and organizations who she motivates, educates and inspires them to change the world.