Riccardo Dale

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Riccardo Dale - 2025 NLC New Jersey Fellow

At 20 years old Riccardo was elected to the board of trustees at Rowan University. He went on to be an award winning speaker that had already done a tour internationally by the age of 21. At 22 he was elected to the board of education in Beverly city before taking a seat on City Council a year later at just 23 years old making him one of the youngest elected official in New Jersey at the time. But what Riccardo is known most for is being the founder and Executive Director of Free All Minds a year round leadership academy for young men of color based in Camden, New Jersey.Through this academy he has sent dozens of young men to college or trade school.