Shaka Senghor is an author, speaker, and coach. He was formerly Vice President of Corporate Communications at Navan, an MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow, and Fellow in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Leadership Network.[1]
Senghor was raised in a middle class family in Detroit during the 1980s.[5] He ran away from what he claims was an abusive home at the age of 14, after which he claims he was persuaded to join the illegal drug trade by older, more experienced dealers.[2]
In the summer of 1991, Senghor shot and killed a man, after which he spent 19 years incarcerated in different prisons in Michigan, seven years of which were in solitary confinement.[2] Of these seven years, four and a half were consecutive.[6] He was released from prison in 2010.[7] In his book Writing My Wrongs, Senghor discusses rehabilitation and accountability while in incarceration.[8]
In addition to his positions at Navan and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Leadership Network, Senghor has taught classes at University of Michigan and the MIT Media Lab.[9]
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