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Hasan Davis, Empowerment Solutions

Hasan Davis is a youth and arts advocate, performer, and lawyer. A former gang member, Davis is the founder of Empowerment Solutions, where he helps young people and adults find their voices, self-respect, and dignity.

Davis grew up in inner-city Atlanta, was expelled from high school, and later discovered that he suffered from dyslexia and ADD—but not before joining a gang. After barely escaping a bullet in a street fight, Davis realized he had to change. He earned his GED; went to Berea College, where he was expelled twice but persisted to earn his undergraduate degree; and went on to study law at the University of Kentucky.

He also performs in historical reenactments across the country. (Davis can be seen portraying Angus Augustus Burleigh, a runaway slave who fought for the Union in the Civil War, in Program 807 of KET’s Kentucky Life.)

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