Jesse Sage

Jesse launched the AIC’s Middle East civil rights initiative, HAMSA: Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance and pioneered AIC’s annual “Dream Deferred Essay Contest.” Co-author of AIC’s manual “Training the Next Generation: A Leadership Curriculum for Young Middle Eastern Social Entrepreneurs,” Jesse has mentored several hundred next-generation Mideast civil rights activists at workshops throughout the region. Recognized by Fast Company Magazine as a “Fast 50” social innovator and an “Upstander” by Facing History & Ourselves, Jesse co-edited the anthology Enslaved (featuring a forward by Gloria Steinem), published op-eds in the International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal; and appeared on the BBC, NPR, and BET. He serves on the board of the Human & Civil Rights Organizations of America.