The Activists in Residence for Spring 2016 were Chenjerai and Saadiqa Kumanyika, activists from South Carolina. Chenjerai holds a creativity professorship in Clemson University's Department of Communication Studies, and his work centers on diversity in public media. He is also a founding member of the hip-hop group Spooks whose first album, S.I.O.S.O.S. Vol. 1 (2000), produced singles that reached gold-selling in four countries and made top ten charts around the world. Saadiqa is an educator and domestic violence and sexual assault advocate. Her work focuses on developing curriculums and workshops that strengthen community-based problem solving, social justice efficacy, and economic empowerment. In addition, she teaches Women in Global Perspective and Women and Leadership at Clemson University.
