Prentiss Haney is a capital organizer & civil rights leader who is nationally recognized for successfully implementing democracy, civic engagement and racial justice advocacy programs in Ohio and across the Midwest region. Through his leadership, he brought in over $40 million into the Midwest for social justice causes and has achieved historic campaign wins including the passage of Issue 24 in Cleveland, the strongest police oversight board in the country, defended direct democracy in Ohio, and won $23 million for the childcare industry in Franklin County, Ohio. Formerly, Prentiss Haney served as the Co-Executive Director of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative where he led their democracy, economic justice and criminal justice work. He is a veteran community organizer and strategist whose work has been featured in media outlets including The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and MSNBC. Currently, Prentiss is leading the State Power Accelerator, a capacity building project supporting movement groups to build movement-aligned political firms to generate independent revenue.