Nadarius Clark

Project Director

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Nadarius Clark is a working-class community activist, organizer, and Delegate in the Virginia General Assembly. Nadarius joined The Outreach Team in 2021 as a Lead Director in Virginia Beach. Born in Norfolk, Nadarius began his activism after a KKK march in 2016 disrupted classes on the campus of VUU a HBCU. Following this, Nadarius co-founded the charter chapter of Generation Now Network, an organization committed to faith-based activism, advocacy, and education.

As a student leader at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference in 2017, Nadarius rallied with leaders of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike, and he went on to lobby in Washington D.C. for comprehensive expansion to Medicare and Medicaid. Nadarius further participated as an activist and organizer of the Black Lives Matter protests in Richmond and Hampton Roads following the murder of George Floyd.

The experiences of 2016 lead Nadarius to become a profoundly engaged advocate for equity. Particularly in the areas of healthcare, housing, and education. Nadarius went on to organize with the non-profit Virginia For Our Future in 2019, The Outreach Team in 2021, Portsmouth Mayor Shannon Glover in 2020, and the Virginia Democratic Party to help elect Congressman Bobby Scott, Senator Tim Kaine in 2018, and President Joe Biden in 2020.

In 2021, Nadarius won a historic primary against a long time incumbent to become the first African American Delegate to represent the 79th district, and the youngest Democrat ever elected to the general assembly in its long, 400 year history!