Perry Redd (born Perry Dawhayne McCreary, August 25, 1964) is an American social activist and organizer, and songwriter. He has advocated chiefly for workers' rights in Knoxville, Tennessee and, as a songwriter, co-founded Sincere Seven, an IRS-designated 501(c)3 tax-deductible nonprofit organization. He was sentenced to imprisonment on two occasions. Early life Redd was born and raised in Washington, D.C., by his mother, Jacquelyn Latimore. He has three siblings, including one brother, comedian Olson "PerryRedd" Parker. He attended 16 different public schools, and graduated from H.D. Woodson Senior High School in 1982. Aspiring to a professional soccer career, Redd got his first job at age 15 with the Washington Diplomats Pro Soccer Club. Redd is an ASCAP-licensed songwriter with 15 published full-length albums. Activism In 1990 Redd moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. As an American Book Company employee, Redd co-founded the Sincere Seven (S7) in 1999, with co-workers Terry Taylor, Kenneth Glass, and the late Theresa Reed. As S7's Executive Director from 1999 to 2004, Redd organized campaigns against several corporations because of their systematic and ongoing discrimination against low-paid workers. He championed worker justice in a unionizing campaign at the University of Tennessee that led to the formation of the United Campus Workers (UCW). He worked on Knoxville's Living Wage Campaign, served on several boards and testified before city council on Knoxville Empowerment Zone issues. Campaigns During its zenith from 1999 to 2004, Redd, as Executive Director of S7, led several campaigns for improved workers for unionized and non-unionized workers at large organizations including Kelsan, Wackenhut (now G4S), Fulton Bellows, and Lockheed-Martin. In 2002 Redd, with the Black Law Student Association at the University of Tennessee, organized a successful campaign against racial discrimination in a "Blackface" incident on campus that led to the University instituting new policies and programs on racial diversity and cultural awareness. S7 sponsored an hosted "Embracing the Community," an annual information and cultural festival. Media productions Redd produced public-access television cable TV shows Knoxville's Workplace Talk and S7Live!. S7's activities are listed on the S7 archived web site. Redd also produced S7 Radio and moderated 'State of the District', a television platform for Knoxville City Councilman Danny Mayfield, and Cop Watch, a Citizens for Police Review program. Redd is the author of two self-published books: As A Condition of Your Freedom: A Guide to Self-Redemption From Societal Oppression (with the introduction by Professor David Schwartzman) (2014) and