Andre Banks is the director of Media and Public Affairs at the Applied Research Center and the associate publisher of ColorLines. He began his career as a student organizer with the Columbus Network for Equal Rights and Justice while earning a B.A. in Political Science from the Ohio State University. Previously, he ran the National Student Program at the AFL-CIO, before becoming the Assistant Director for Public Education and Mobilization at Africa Action, where he coordinated media strategy for the Africa's Right to Health campaign to demand federal action to fight AIDS in Africa and in Black communities in the U.S. Andre has been a featured spokesperson for print, television and radio outlets including, BBC World News, BBC radio, Voice of America, National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Free Speech Radio affiliates, The Nation, The American Prospect and Pound magazine.
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