Our Members
Guilford For All is a group of people who got together with the idea that Guilford County could be a better place for our families and communities living in Browns Summit, Gibsonville, Greensboro, High Point, Jamestown, McLeansville, Oak Ridge, Summerfield, Stokesdale, Sedalia, and Whitsett.
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2025-2027 Steering Committee
Makeba Casey
She/Her
Makeba grew up in a family of organizers, union activists and teachers who taught her the importance of solidarity and multiracial working-class power. She has worked in advocacy and social work for many years, as in community and electoral organizing, including as a canvasser for the 2024 elections. She joined Guilford for All in 2020 and has served on the State Endorsements Team, Issue Campaign team, Local Endorsements Team and Federation Council. For Makeba, organizing with Guilford for All is a natural extension of the values and beliefs she learned growing up. She was taught the importance of taking action against oppression and practicing intersectionality in our movement work. She believes in our collective power to build a new political majority rooted in a culture of belonging and the dignity of every person.
Kate Guthrie
She/Her
Kate is a partner, parent, ordained minister, trained spiritual director, public speaker, organizer, and your friendly next door rabble-rouser. She has lived in Greensboro for a decade and it finally feels like home. Kate has 25 years of experience in group facilitation, leadership, and walking alongside folks as they sift through their faith and meaning making in the world. Overtime she has learned that, more often than not, the questions hold more information than answers. Kate firmly believes that dancing might just save the world.
Terrell Dungee
All Pronouns
Terrell is a community organizer and queer rights advocate living in Greensboro, NC. He grew up just down the road in High Point but later moved to Greensboro to study psychology at UNCG. He begin his organizing journey in 2020 through volunteering with Guilford for All during their written consent campaign. Since then Terrell has committed himself to our mission of building a Guilford County that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few. Terrell has worked to identify & recruit other leaders in the community through our base building & other campaigns. He looks forward to continuing that recruitment and to helping it grow in other parts of Guilford County.
Jim Bassett
He/Him
Jim is a retired veterinarian who has lived in Greensboro with his wife and son since 1999. He has always been passionate about social justice and equity issues but these matters seem particularly pressing in today’s climate. As a heterosexual white man, he feels it is important to participate in a multiracial group that leans into the importance of elevating the experience of those who are unjustly marginalized by the current system. In Guilford for All, he has found a place where his activism can be guided and led by the voices of people with lived experiences different from his own.
Esther Djokpe
She/Her
Born and raised in Benin, Africa, Esther obtained her bachelor in Physics & Chemistry and her masters in Materials Science, then moved to Germany/Europe to acquire her doctorate degree in Organic Chemistry, where she contributed in academic research and teaching for more than 10 years before immigrating to the United States. She began community organizing in her college years and is deeply invested in supporting equitable social change that lifts up marginalized people and builds power for the working class. Guilford for All became her political home during the COVID-19 pandemic and she started serving on its Steering Committee in 2023. Proud mom of three amazing young adults, Esther lives with her husband in the College Hill neighborhood of Greensboro and enjoys camping, gardening, dancing, cooking and sharing meals with friends.
Ingrid Chen McCarthy
She/Her
Born in Taiwan and raised in Greensboro, Ingrid spent 15 years in the Pacific Northwest before moving back to Greensboro in 2017 and finding a political home with Guilford for All in 2019 as one of its founding members. She has always had a passion for justice, politics and community, and she feels called to fight for a world where everyone feels safe and welcome regardless of who they are, where they come from and what kind of money they make. She has spent her career in restaurants and hospitality and is now a Research & Development Chef for a national grocery brand along with being a co-owner of a small artisan bakery with her baker husband Jeff. They live in College Hill with their two kids and their cute pup Pete.