Rahiel Tesfamariam

Rahiel Tesfamariam is an award-winning activist, journalist, theologian, and international speaker. A former Washington Post columnist, she is the founder of Urban Cusp, a cutting-edge online community highlighting faith, social change, culture, and global awareness. Amidst the Ferguson Uprising, Rahiel led #NotOneDime, a national economic boycott. For years, she worked in Africa, organizing with Pan-African movements across the continent. Rahiel is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale...See more

Rahiel Tesfamariam is an award-winning activist, journalist, theologian, and international speaker. A former Washington Post columnist, she is the founder of Urban Cusp, a cutting-edge online community highlighting faith, social change, culture, and global awareness. Amidst the Ferguson Uprising, Rahiel led #NotOneDime, a national economic boycott. For years, she worked in Africa, organizing with Pan-African movements across the continent. Rahiel is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale Divinity School, where she was the inaugural William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Scholar for Peace and Justice. As a generational voice, she has been featured in the New York Times , Forbes , Ebony , Elle , and on BET and Revolt TV. Essence magazine named Rahiel one of the nation's "New Civil Rights Leaders." Visit Rahiel.com and connect on social media: @RahielT. See less