Ron Moten
The co-founder of Don't Mute DC, a movement sparked by D.C.'s uproar against culture erasure by gentrifiers in D.C.'s Historic Shaw community. He and co-founder Natalie Hopkinson created a petition that collected over 80,000 signatures and became the organic spark that united the District of Columbia. It gave the natives and lovers of D.C.'s rich culture a much-needed victory when many had given up and stopped fighting. Currently, Ron and his partners at Check It Enterprises are in the process of opening the Go-Go Museum in Washington, DC, in Anacostia.

His latest endeavor includes launching the "Social Media Caucus" to address social media's adverse side effects on youth and adults. He believes it can be a more positive tool to teach and preach many of the social ills and destructive behaviors being magnified even more during the new COVID world we live in.

Moten has received countless honors for his work, including the McDonalds Community Leader Award, 2020 Mayors Arts Award For Community Advocacy, Seach For Common Ground Award, Delta Sigma Theta Florence Letcher Toms Award for Outstanding Community Service,  NAACP Outstanding Leadership Award in Juvenile Justice, and The National Trial Lawyers As