Photo of Desmond Meade.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DESMOND MEADE
Briefing

MDC Alum Selected To TIME 100: The Most Influential People 2019

Alina Halley ,  , 

Miami Dade College alumnus Desmond Meade was recently named one of the TIME 100: The Most Influential People 2019.  

Meade, 51, received the recognition as a result of his tireless efforts to secure voting rights for former felons. He currently serves as the president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, where he helped restore voting rights to over 1.4 million ex-convicts in Florida through the passing of Amendment Four in 2018.

“Being named to the TIME 100 is an unexpected honor that I believe speaks to the power of committing to being of service to others, and the power of love to transform conditions and people,” Meade said in a statement.

Meade spent three years in prison for a drug charge conviction. Despite experiencing homelessness when he got out, Meade earned an associate in arts degree from Miami Dade College and continued his education at the Florida International University College of Law.

Alina Halley

Alina Halley, 21, is a mass communications major at North Campus. Halley, who graduated from Coral Reef Senior High School in 2018, will serve as a news, forum and briefing writer for The Reporter during the 2020-21 school year. She aspires to be a journalist.

Alina Halley has 52 posts and counting. See all posts by Alina Halley

You May Also Like

Time Overworked

What Time Is There To Spare?

Amanda Bazil 0
Image with the word "Briefing" and The Reporter Logo

Dance Students To Present Voting-Themed Show At Kendall Campus

Beatriz Fernandez
Meade outside the Florida Capitol speaking to "returning citizens."

Desmond Meade Spent Three Years in Prison—Now He Wants His Voting Rights Back

Corbin Bolies