Nyle Fort
Nyle Fort is a minister, organizer, and Ph.D. student at Princeton University. Nyle has worked in the fields of education, criminal justice, and youth development for nearly a decade in various capacities including, but not limited to: Youth Pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, American Friends field worker at the Union County Juvenile Detention Center, and International Fellow at the St. Andrew Centre for Human Development in Southern India.
An activist committed to global transformative justice, Nyle brings his national experience and international lens to his local work. He recently travelled to Ferguson, Missouri to help build the Movement for Black Lives. Upon his return home, Nyle created 7 Last Words: Strange Fruit Speaks, a liturgy commemorating the last words of black people killed by police and vigilantes. In addition, he established Newark Books and Breakfast, a monthly program providing free books and breakfast to local youth and families.
Recently, Nyle was invited to join 300 grassroots leaders from around the globe to participate in the Vatican’s III World Meeting of Popular Movements. A joint initiative of Pope Francis and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, WMPM is a gathering of faith leaders and grassroots organizers committed to global transformative justice. [1]
Palestine delegation members
- Dream Defenders May 2016 Palestine delegation;
- Florida State Senator Dwight Bullard
- Dream Defender and Green Party of Florida spokesperson Didier Ortiz
- Maria Castro, an organizer with Puente Arizona
- Steven Gilliam, Jr., an organizer with the Miami Dream Defenders
- Rachel Gilmer, the Dream Defenders’ chief of strategy
- A Dream Defenders staff member who focuses on criminalization, Jonel Edwards
- Minister, organizer and Princeton Ph.D. student Nyle Fort
- Black Lives Matter Toronto co-founder Janaya Khan
- Dream Defenders co-founder Ahmad Abuznaid[2]
Momentum trainers
Momentum trainers, as of April 2, 2018 included Nyle Fort;[3]