Empowering Change Through Communication

The ability to effectively convey a message has always been central to shifting social beliefs, changing behavior, and driving business performance. Open minds open doors.

From Frederick Douglass to Nikole Hannah-Jones, communicators use the power of the written and spoken word to illuminate injustice while instilling cultural pride. Their impact serves as a nurturing throughline for generations.

Frederick Douglass

Social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, statesman

Ida B. Wells

Anti-lynching journalist, educator, civil rights leader

Zora Neale Hurston

Author, anthropologist, documentary filmmaker

James Baldwin

Writer, orator,
civil rights activist

Medgar Evers

Activist, NAACP’s first field secretary in Mississippi

Malcolm X

Muslim minister, orator,
human rights activist

Toni Morrison

Pulitzer Prize-winning author,
Nobel laureate, activist

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Author, journalist,
educator, activist

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian,
creator of The 1619 Project

Amanda Gorman

Youngest inaugural poet
in U.S. history, writer, activist

Spike Lee

Founder, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks director, producer

Naomi Wadler

Student activist against
gun violence, youth adviser

Who shapes your narrative? Your strategy? Your impact? At THE POINT, we understand the power of the message. Your story affects perceptions, influences decisions, and helps light the path for our emerging leaders.