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'Insecure' Actor Kendrick Sampson Blends Activism And Acting

Actor Kendrick Sampson created BLD PWR, an organization that provides training for actors and other creatives to use their voices for social change.
Kendrick Sampson participates in the Hollywood talent agencies march to support Black Lives Matter protests in June. (Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Audiences may know actor Kendrick Sampson from the hit HBO series “Insecure.”

He plays Nathan, the here and gone and back love interest of Issa, portrayed by the show’s creator Issa Rae.

But Sampson is also an outspoken activist and cofounder of BLD PWR, a nonprofit organization that provides training for artists, actors and other creatives to use their voices to promote social change.

Inspired by the work of others such

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