One Love Global, Inc.’s director of communications. A former daily newspaper reporter specializing in urban affairs, Eddie’s professional positions have also included communications manager for the Focus: HOPE community improvement agency and instructor for the CAMP (Community Arts Mentorship Program) Detroit summer and after-school initiatives.
As a veteran newspaper, magazine and Web journalist, Eddie’s work has appeared in publications of the Skillman Foundation, Toledo Blade and Metro Parent Publishing. A graduate of Wayne State University, specializing in journalism and Africana Studies, he lives in Detroit. Allen is the author of Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines and a regular contributor to BET.com news.