DeRay Mckesson is an eminent American podcaster, civil rights activist, and former school administrator. MaKesson was a supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and has been active in the protests in Missouri, Ferguson, and Baltimore. DeRay has also written for HuffPost and The Guardian.

Along with Brittany Packnett, Johnetta Elzie, and Samuel Sinyangwe, he launched Campaign Zero, a policy platform to end police violence.

Currently, DeRay is part of Crooked Media and hosts Pod Saves the People. On February 3, 2016, DeRay announced his candidacy in the 2016 Baltimore mayoral election. He finished with 3,445 votes (2.6%) placing sixth in the Democratic Party primary on April 26.

DeRay Mckesson Age

DeRay McKesson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States on July 9, 1985. He is 36 years old.

DeRay Mckesson Height

McKsson is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 inches (Approx. 1.70 m).

DeRay Mckesson Education

He graduated in 2003, from Catonsville High School. Later, Mckesson enrolled at Bowdoin College, where he served as president of the student government. In 2007, he graduated with a degree in government and legal studies.

After graduation, He started his education career by serving for Teach for America for two years in a New York City elementary school.

Later, McKesson as a special assistant in the office of human capital with the Baltimore City Public Schools, for Harlem’s Children’s Zone, and as a human resources official at Minneapolis Public Schools.

DeRay Mckesson Family

DeRay was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland by his caring parents father Calvin McKesson, and his mother. Her both parents were drug addicts and his mother had left when he was aged 33. McKesson belongs to the black ethnicity and holds an American nationality.

DeRay Mckesson Partner

He is openly gay and came out during a GLAAD event held in San Fransisco. DeRay also challenged the idea that Black male leaders must be straight men. Currently, DeRay is dating his boyfriend Jack, a billionaire.

DeRay Mckesson Net Worth

McKesson has an approximate net worth of $1 million – $5 million.

DeRay Mckesson Career

In April 2015, DeRay and fellow activists Johnetta Elzie, Samuel Sinyangwe, and Brittany Packnett launched “Mapping Police Violence”, which collected data on people killed by police in 2014. In August 2015, the same group launched Campaign Zero, a ten-point policy plan for police reform.

Key points included the decriminalization of loitering, marijuana possession, public disturbance, trespassing, and consuming alcohol in public as these crimes do not threaten public safety, but are often used to target African Americans. DeRay and Elzie were awarded the Howard Zinn Freedom to Write Award in 2015 for their activism.

In 2017, DeRay launched the Pod Save the People podcast. The podcast focuses on culture, news, social justice, and politics with co-hosts Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Samuel Sinyangwe, Dr. Clint Smith, and guests.

In addition to his career, He is the author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope. It is a memoir about his life and time as a Black Lives Matter organizer.

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