Matt Bell
Template:TOCnestleft Matt Bell is an organizer and trainer with Racial Equity Institute. He is a resident of Greensboro, NC and began attending and coordinating racial equity trainings as a middle school student. Over the past few years he has worked with other younger anti-racist advocates to raise awareness of the role of young people in a movement for systems transformation and social justice. His experience working and volunteering locally gave Matthew experience in challenging young adults to examine how racism impacts their lives, personally and systemically. Matt joined REI in 2012 as a trainer and is helping to coordinate youth organizing efforts that can empower young adults to create lasting change through racial equity and collective redress. He is a graduate of Fayetteville State University and attended the Young Adult Leadership Training through the Children's Defense Fund and Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP) with Center for Third World Organizing.[1]