Center For Progressive Leadership

2008 New Leaders Fellows

Reggie Harris

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Age: 24

School: Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

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Reggie Harris is from downtown Cincinnati by way of Washington D.C. He has recently been a grassroots fundraiser for Working America. Reggie is passionate about helping those who may not know how to help themselves and likes to travel in his spare time.

"I am a very passionate person especially when it comes to my community and this passion will transfer directly to my projects."

- Reggie Harris,
2008 New Leaders Fellow

More about Reggie

What particular experience has contributed to your desire to with a progressive organization and participate in the NLP? What do you hope to gain from participating?
I have always had a passion for civil rights. Not the political rights as many think today (minority rights), but in the true sense of the word. I am passionate about people being afforded every opportunity that is promised and guaranteed under our constitution. As a resident of the inner city I see how various civil rights are being violated and not highlighted, things as simple as the right not to have sewage accumulating in park to the right to refuse a police search without cause. I have traveled and lived all over the world, as a result I have learned to observe the ways that other societies and cultures worked and have been able to borrow ideas. I am a very passionate person especially when it comes to my community and this passion will transfer directly to my projects.

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