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Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a leader at the intersection of culture and justice.
Cited by President Barack Obama as a leader whose "voice is going to be making a difference for years to come," Brittany is an award-winning educator, organizer, writer, and leader. Brittany has become a sought-after voice in the work of social change and empowerment. Brittany plays many roles, all focused on freedom.
Brittany is an NBC News and MSNBC Contributor, a Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics, and host of UNDISTRACTED, a news and justice podcast with an intersectional lens on the world. A lifelong activist and proud member of the Ferguson Uprising, Brittany was co-host of the 2019 iHeart Radio Best Political Podcast, Pod Save The People, for three years.
Her 2019 TED Talk on the revolution of confidence has garnered over 5 million views worldwide, making it one of the top ten most popular TED Talks of 2019. Brittany is the author of the forthcoming book, We Are Like Those Who Dream, with One World, due to hit shelves in 2021.
Brittany is the Founder and Principal Love & Power Works a full-service social impact firm focused on creating justice and equity in every sector. This agency is a sister to Love & Power: The Brand, a hub created to inspire, empower, and outfit everyday people to seismically shift society.
In the past, Brittany held top roles at Teach For America, was a Congressional policy advisor, co-founded Campaign Zero, leveraging her management, communications, policy and equity skillset on broad justice issues from public education to criminal justice. She was a member of President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing and the Ferguson Commission, helping lead the country and her community through change during times of tumult.
Photo by Reginald Cunningham of Pure Black Photography .
From New Zealand to London, across the United States, and at the White House, Brittany has traveled extensively to impart lessons of movement building, social impact, leadership, and intersectional feminism to diverse audiences.
She has graced the cover September 2020 cover of British Vogue and the April 2017 cover of Essence Magazine, been named one of TIME Magazine’s 12 New Faces of Black Leadership, and honored at the 2018 BET Awards as "one of the fiercest activists of our time." Brittany has been named one of Marie Claire's 50 Most Influential Women for the past two years, LinkedIn’s Next Wave, received the Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership and shares the number 3 spot on Politico’s 2016 50 Most Influential list, among others.
Brittany is an alum of Washington University in St. Louis, American University in Washington, and the Pahara-Aspen Institute Fellowship. She is a proud member of the Gucci Changemakers Council and Sephora Equity Advisors, and a former advisory board member of the National Voter Protection Action Fund, Rise To Run, and Erase The Hate, NBCUniversal's Emmy-Winning initiative to rid the world of discrimination.
Ultimately, Brittany is a proud Black woman of faith who believes that freedom is within our grasp- as long as we unleash love, and build our power, because “power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice.” (MLK). You can follow her across social media @MsPackyetti on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. She and her husband reside in Washington, DC.