John Proctor

John is a writer, educator, and activist, and our Communications & Digital Organizing Manager at Freedom Agenda. Before coming to Freedom Agenda, he taught communications, media studies, and writing for 20 years at the City University of New York and Manhattanville College. His earliest years were impacted by the incarceration of his father and justice involvement of many family members, and he now facilitates narrative-building workshops at Rikers Island, Westchester, and Queensboro correctional facilities as well as a support group for people returning from incarceration as founder of the Re/Creation Collective.