It’s impossible not to think about our past and our path. We’re blocks away from the Annapolis docks, where so many enslaved people arrived in this country against their will, and we are standing in front of a capitol that was built by their hands. We have made uneven and unimaginable progress since then.

Wes Moore

Westley "Wes" Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American author, social entrepreneur, television producer, and decorated US Army combat veteran. Moore is the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, a top poverty fighting nonprofit. Moore is the author of The Other Wes Moore and The Work, both of which are New York Times Bestsellers. He was also the host for Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network, as well as the executive producer and a writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS.Moore is the Founder and CEO of BridgeEdU. BridgeEdU is a social enterprise dedicated to reinventing the freshman year and creating a softer on-ramp to higher education for students entering their freshman year of college.

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