Rennie Davis

American anti-war activist

Rennard Cordon Davis (May 23, 1940 – February 2, 2021) was an American anti-war activist who gained prominence in the 1960s.He was one of the Chicago Seven defendants charged for anti-war demonstrations and large-scale protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

He had a prominent organizational role in the American anti–Vietnam War protest movement of the 1960s.In the early 1970s, Davis became a follower of Guru Maharaj Ji (Prem Rawat) and his Divine Light Mission.

He began to travel as a spiritual lecturer.He also became a venture capitalist, and founded the Foundation for a New Humanity to combine these goals.