Richard Pellegrino, a dedicated social justice and immigrant rights activist with a profound trajectory spanning over fifty years, since the 1970s. He is the father of eight and grandfather of ten. His professional career includes many senior roles in both the corporate world and small business arena, and as an entrepreneur and an addictions counselor. As a field director for the SCLC, co-creator of the Global Woke Institute, and a community activist, his life has been a storied adventure committed to grassroots community building, fighting systemic inequities, and advocating for the human rights of all peoples. He is also the author of the ‘Immigrant Survival Manual’, and continues his frontline advocacy and servant leadership work today from Georgia, after having lived and traveled abroad extensively.