Allison Porter (she/her), founding partner of Imagine Us, got her start in the ‘80s as a community organizer and a union organizer in the U.S. South.  She was mentored by Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis, whose story was told in Best of Enemies. In 1990, she co-founded the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute, which recruits and trains people to be union organizers. Since 2000, she has been consulting with social justice groups to transform their organizations and develop leaders.  She has a Master’s in Organization Development from AU/NTL.  Allison co-wrote a chapter in the book Purple Power: the history and global impact of SEIU.  In 2020, she partnered with five other consultants to form Imagine Us, which centers racial justice in its work with organizations dedicated to the common good. Her passion is to support emerging leaders and change agents to find clarity, connection, and impact.