This Week: Meet Heather McGhee

As we launch our spring Mesa Refuge Change Makers Campaign, we introduce you to Heather McGhee.

Heather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Her new book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together launched her into the mainstream cultural conversation on racism. Her 2020 TED talk, “Racism Has a Cost for Everyone” reached 1 million views in just two months online. Her interview with Bill Moyers in November 2020 has been listened to more than 18,000 times.

Heather has testified in Congress, drafted legislation, and developed strategies for organizations and campaigns that won changes to improve the lives of millions. From Heather:

“The Mesa Refuge was the first place where I got to spend quiet time away working on what would become The Sum of Us, workshopping the ideas with like-minded writer-activists. Please support this important institution.”

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Please help us support change makers like Heather by donating to our Spring 2021 fundraising campaign.

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