Messiah Equiano

Executive Director, CHI-RISE

2021 Chicago Peace Fellow

Born Daniel Bowden, also known as Messiah Equiano, Daniel is a writer, producer, director and actor born and bread from Chicago. He attended Holy Trinity and Holy Family elementary schools and DeLaSalle Institute for HS. He founded CHI-RISE in 2016 and they operate with a mission of saving, inspiring and empowering the lives of Chicagoans through helpful programming, inspirational media productions and empowering philanthropic efforts.

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