Every once in a while, you encounter a person who seems to have been born under an urgent, righteous star–a person who is both a fiery activist lit with the passion of his convictions and a dramatic storyteller who naturally occupies a place in the public eye. When this person enters a room, he doesn’t draw attention away from others and toward himself; instead, he infuses the entire place, and everyone in it, with the energy to stand up against violence and oppression and to seek justice. In fact, after a few moments with him, you might wonder how you can spend your time doing anything else.
