Anya Dillard

Founder & President, The Next Gen Come Up

Anya Dillard is a 19-year-old activist and social entrepreneur that's been disrupting narratives since she was just 5 years old. She is also the founder of The Next Gen Come Up — 501(c)3 that's been mobilizing young radicals and creatives since 2018.

Most recently, Anya partnered with the family of Emmett Till to organize a demonstration in Times Square and demand that — Carolyn Bryan — the last living accomplice to Emmett Till’s murder be arrested and tried for kidnapping. In 2020, Anya helped to organize the largest civil rights demonstration in the history of her hometown — garnering an audience of over 3000 people — and co-organized her town’s first-ever public Juneteenth Celebration.

She has since traveled the world mentoring aspiring change agents and has provided frontline support to organizers across the US and in regions such as the Middle East. She has also mobilized her community by the thousands – to raise awareness for climate change, fight for reproductive justice, and eradicate period poverty and shame. In addition to her social justice work, Anya has also contributed to the development of educational initiatives in countries Jamaica, Ghana, India, and the UK.

Utilizing the media as her primary tool for mobilization, Anya plans to continue raising awareness for the causes she’s passionate about through content creation and encouraging the next generation of young leaders to be revolutionaries.

www.anyadillard.com
www.thenextgencu.com