Brandon Anderson

Brandon D. Anderson is a human rights activist and founder of Raheem, an independent service for reporting police conduct in the United States. Anderson is a U.S. military veteran, serving two tours in Iraq after 9/11 as a satellite engineer. He is a 2019 TED Fellow, and 2018 Echoing Green Fellow, the organization of 800 global change-makers that includes First Lady Michelle Obama and CNN Contributor Van Jones. Anderson’s work was nominated a Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award in 2015 and has been featured by The Atlantic, The Economist, Fast Company, CNBC, and more. Brandon is the adopted son of John, a retired plant manager, and Shirley, who was a Sunday school teacher, a rental car sales clerk for 25 years, and, before passing, taught the world how to love black people out loud.

the fundamental human need to love, be loved, and build community.

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