Carlos Chaverst Jr

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Carlos Montez Chaverst Jr (born 1993) is president of the Alabama Youth Move chapter of the National Action Network, an assistant to Birmingham City Council member Sheila Tyson, and candidate for Mayor of Birmingham in the 2017 Birmingham municipal election.

Chaverst is the son of Carlos Chaverst Sr, and grew up in Pratt City and graduated from Erwin High School in 2012. While in high school, he produced and directed a series of short videos for ABC 33/40 addressing challenges for teenagers. The National Association of Black Journalists granted him a "Salute to Excellence" award for that series. He enrolled as a broadcast major at UAB, but switched to a political science and government before completing his bachelor's degree in 2016. While in college he appeared as an on-air commentator for HLN's "After Dark" program and hosted "Real Talk With Carlos Chaverst" on WATV-AM.

Chaverst also worked as a trainer for Target and as an outreach coordinator for the communications firm Abacus/Sharp. He joined Al Sharpton's National Action Network in October 2013. He worked on the 2012 presidential re-election campaign for Barack Obama as a field Director and organizer in Florida, and the 2016 campaign for Bernie Sanders as director of HBCU outreach in Alabama. He has also served as secretary of Frank Matthews' Outcast Voters League and vice president of Le'Darius Hilliard's Jefferson County Millennial Democrats. Chaverst and Mercutio Southall filed a joint lawsuit against the Donald Trump campaign and the BJCC alleging negligence and violations of their civil rights as protesters when they were removed from a rally.

Chaverst was hired as an executive assistant to Sheila Tyson in September 2015.

References

  • Bowser, Edward T. (November 1, 2013) "Agents of Change: Carlos Chaverst's video series gives millennials encouragement, direction." The Birmingham News
  • Worthy, Ariel (November 16, 2016) "Carlos Chaverst: Activists are not made, they are born." The Birmingham Times

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