The Avant Guardian is a Podcast created by the Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice in the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School about elevating the stories of activists and scholars on the frontier of social justice activism. The host, Professor Cornell William Brooks, was the 18th President and CEO of the NAACP. He is now the founder of the Trotter Collaborative, the Hauser Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit Organizations, and a Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice at the Harvard Kennedy School.