North Carolina Climate & Jobs Roundtable Ajamu Dillahunt, Founding Member, Black Workers for Justice
Ajamu Dillahunt is a Southern labor and social justice activist. He is a founding member of Black Workers for Justice, a grassroots organization focused on empowering African-American workers to become leaders in the Black Freedom and labor movements. Ajamu served as President of the Raleigh Area Local of the American Postal Workers Union for 18 years, where he was also Director of Research and Education for the North Carolina Council of the APWU. His many organizational affiliations include the Grassroots Global Justice, the Labor Network for Sustainability and the board of Fertile Ground Food Cooperative. He served as Board Co-chair for the Institute for Southern Studies. He holds a Master’s Degree in African Studies.