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Tea Cheri identifies as an unapologetic and radical Black femme working within the field of mental health, with a focus on trauma particularly as it relates to Black girls and Womxn. She can be found on any given weekend doing virtual hoodrat things with her friends, rejecting respectability, anti-Blackness and yt supremacy culture. She is a proud single mother raising a fully moisturized Black son to stand up, and show up for all Black femmes in every necessary instance. Tea specializes in the health and mental health care needs of Black Womxn veterans using Narrative Therapy as well as other evidence-based modalities. She holds an associates degree in Culinary Arts from Le Cordon Bleu, a bachelor's degree in Business Management and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies from UMass Boston, and a masters degree in social work from the Boston College School of Social Work.

Tea’s social media handles are: Facebook - Tea Cheri / Instagram - @Real_Tak_100 / Twitter - @real_tak_100

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Episode #68 Uppity Negress Podcast - Kiki Bryant & Cass Osei  

Kiki Bryant (she/her) is a self-described amateur social anthropologist, published children's book author and illustrator, and full-stack designer who combines her love of visual art, technology, and black women in all of her projects and services. Motivated by the incredible power that STEAM has to drive social progress, Kiki infuses empathy and social awareness into her design process, creating more ethical and inclusive digital experiences in a field dominated by straight white men. Her current focus is creating truly safe, ethical spaces on the internet for members of the black community- especially black women and black LBGT+ folks.  

Cass A. Osei (they/them) is a public health and administration scholar with expertise in and a passion for maternal health and environmental justice. They have over six years of interdisciplinary experience in population health, public policy, and administration. Their work seeks to develop and promote equitable strategies for diverse populations excluded in discussions of structural change, and public health and policy. Their research focuses on the impact of collaborative governance between communities, local level advocacy organizations, and local health departments on maternal health and mortality.  

Together, Kiki and Cass are Uppity Negress Podcast and 2/3 of the founders of The Cookout Online, the ONLY invitation only social media platform exclusively by LBGT+ Black women and exclusively FOR the Black community.  

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adrienne maree brown is the author of Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds and the co-editor of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements. She is the co-host of the How to Survive the End of the World and Octavia’s Parables podcasts. adrienne is rooted in Detroit.  

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Lydia X. Z. Brown is a disability justice advocate, organizer, educator, attorney, strategist, and writer whose work has largely focused on interpersonal and state violence against multiply-marginalized disabled people living at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, nation, and language.   

They are policy counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology, adjunct lecturer in disability studies for Georgetown University's English Department, and policy and advocacy associate at the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network. They are also founder and director of the Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color's Interdependence, Survival, and Empowerment.  

Previously, Lydia worked on disability rights and algorithmic fairness at Georgetown Law's Institute for Tech Law and Policy, and served as Justice Catalyst Fellow for the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. They are also former Chairperson of the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council, and adjunct professor at Tufts University.   

In 2015, Lydia was named to Pacific Standard's 30 Top Thinkers Under 30 list, and to Mic's list of 50 impactful leaders, cultural influencers, and breakthrough innovators. In 2018, NBC featured them as one of 26 Asian Pacific American breakthrough leaders for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and Amplifier featured them as part of the We The Future campaign for youth activism.   

Most recently, Lydia was named to Gold House Foundation's A100 list of the most impactful Asians in America for 2020. Their work appears in numerous scholarly and community publications, and they have received many awards for their work, including from the Obama White House, the Society for Disability Studies, the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Washington Peace Center, the Disability Policy Consortium, and the National Council on Independent Living. They are also an avid fiction writer hard at work on their seventh novel and too many short stories to count.  

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TRIPLE CRIPPLES was created by two disabled Black Women, for Women, Femmes & Non-Binary POC, living with disabilities, each and every day, whose stories remain hidden from view.  

The dynamic duo, Kym Oliver & Jumoke Abdullahi, were frustrated with the lack of representation and unaddressed discrimination faced by Black and non-Black People of Colour living with disabilities. They joined forces and created a platform to increase visibility & highlight the narratives of this “invisible population, within an invisible population”!  

With topical videos, spotlight interviews, workshops, talks & lectures on topics ranging from relationships to travel. The loveable duo has gained steady recognition for their insight & charisma. Featured on international platforms (BBC, AJ+, Vogue, Metro), and consulted for their invaluable perspectives in both academic & corporate circles (Oxford University, Cambridge University, Disability Leadership Institute, WOW). Black Disabled Culture cognoscenti, Kym & Jumoke, are relentless in their pursuit to transform the outcomes of those here and yet to come!  

Social media handles; Instagram & Twitter: @TRIPLECRIPPLES, Facebook & YouTube: THE TRIPLE CRIPPLES

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Shameka is a disability advocate and consultant she provide resources to people with disabilities, their families and community organizations. She currently is the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Self-Advocacy Association of NYS. The Self-Advocacy Association of New York is an organization for and run by people with development disabilities. SANYS helps people with developmental disabilities speak up for themselves and others.  

Shameka is the author of the children’s book Butterfly on Wheels and has collaborated with other author book projects such as Behind the Smile : 15 Women Who Survived the Storm  

Shameka is a member of the Commissioners Advisory Council of the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. She also serves on the NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, The board of Catholic Charities Disability Service. Shameka has an Associates Degrees in Business Management from Mildred Elley Business School.  In 2006, Shameka was the title Ms. Wheelchair NY after being second runner up in 2005. Ms. Wheelchair America is an organization that promotes Disability Awareness and celebrates and the accomplishments of women and girls in wheelchairs. In 2013 Shameka became the State Coordinator for the Ms. Wheelchair NY Program  

When she is not working Shameka loves traveling, listening to music and going to Zumba and Yoga classes.

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Adora Nwofor - professional actress, comedian, host and model - has worked with outlets such as Shaw Television (Canada) CBC, CJSW, Flare Magazine, Chateline, Metro, CTV, and the cultural media magnate Omni Television. A trusted voice and figure in community Adora has sat as board director for the Nigerian Association (youth), the Caribbean Western Carnival Development Association and Femme Wave: Calgary’s Feminist Music and Arts Festival.  

She has worked with audiences from all walks of life and has stood as founding organizer and Grand Marshal of the global initiative March for Women (Western Canada) from 2017 – present. Adora Nwofor has MC’d for large scale stakeholders such as the City of Calgary, Canada Heritage – Canada Day 150 and Alberta Culture Days, Folkfest, Reggaefest. She has been a speaker at The Diversity Leadership Conference, University of Calgary, SACE (Sex Assault Center of Edmonton, Capilano University, Mount Royal University as well as the Western Canada keynote for the Canadian Universities Advocacy bodies.  

Adora carries a strut like no other, at 6ft+ she carries a presence that commands attention and is fiercely independent, her style and prowess have been documented in magazines such as Avenue Magazine – Red Point Media where she was recognized as Calgary’s top 10 best dressed. Adora’s conviction oozes in all they do, when she isn’t busy on the road, she volunteers her efforts towards community development.  

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Monique Melton is an anti-racism educator, published author, international speaker, and host of the Shine Brighter Together podcast. She is also the founder of Shine Brighter Together, which is a community dedicated to healthy relationships & diverse unity.  

She travels the world speaking at conferences and events on topics related to anti-racism, personal growth, diversity, and relationships. She’s been published in magazines, featured in blogs and podcasts, and has touched the lives of people all over the world.  

She is a natural big-bold dreamer and a deeply rooted woman of faith. She is a proud Navy wife to her high-school sweetheart, and she is a loving mother to two little ones.  

She has a BA in social science with an emphasis in sociology & psychology and two years of graduate school education in Clinical Counseling from Johns Hopkins University.  She believes it's not all about your comfort, but it's about your growth.  

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You can follow Monique on; Instagram: @moemotivate, Twitter: @MoeMotivate

Tayla Andre is the host of “Wake up with Tayla Andre," a real estate agent, a radio personality, a philanthropist with The Chica Project and has served as an intern for Ayanna Pressley. Tayla is an activist and an advocate for educational equity working with CPLAN which is a student centered and parent driven society. Quote from Tayla: “Because of my passion for learning, educating, and activism, I sincerely hope that I will be able to inspire you. " 

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We've got Angel Brooks back for another Full Set!  

Angel the Healer is an Afro-Indigenous 2Spirit Healer, Hood Herbalist & Rootworker centered in Hoodoo and Black Spirituality. Angel is a domestic and sexual violence advocate, since the age of 17, with the first goal being the healing of Black Womxn first.  

You can follow Angel on; Instagram: @angelthehealer

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Iya Dr. Funlayo E. Wood-Menzies, is your favorite Ifa-orisa scholar priestess bringing love and light to the community through academic and spiritual programming. Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Black Studies Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara, she earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University and an M.A. in History from the City College of New York. An initiate of Obatala and Iyanifa, she is delighted to contribute her voice as a scholar-practitioner and is dedicated to combining scholarship with social praxis.  

A native of New York City, Iya Funlayo has conducted research in Nigeria, Ghana, Cuba, Trinidad, Peru, and the United States. Her research on Ifa-Orisa and other African and diasporic traditions centers epistemology, gender and sexuality, healing, and intersections between religion, science, and technology. She serves as the managing editor of the Africana Studies Review and her work has been published in academic and popular venues including the Journal of Africana Religions, Crosscurrents, and the Journal of Interreligious Studies, and Medium.   

Committed to public scholarship, Iya Dr. Funlayo consistently seeks to share her knowledge beyond the ivory tower. She lectures regularly and was featured in the PBS documentary, Sacred Journeys: Osun-Osogbo (2014) and an episode of National Geographic’s The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2017). She is the founding director of the African and Diasporic Religious Studies Association (ADRSA) and of Ase Ire, an Ifa-Orisa temple and Communiversity.

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Sadada Jackson 

Womxn of Color, Leadership, Access, Love, and Liberation 

Pronouns: (she/they)   

Sadada is a student of practice who lives in her body and vacations in her mind. she has a master's in theological studies from harvard in indigenous traditions, a master's in education from umass in secondary english language arts and she is a trained 200-hour hatha yoga and yoga therapeutics teacher. she works as a coach, consultant, and facilitator with individuals and groups who do the work of healing and educating. the goal of her work is to end the relational and the structural violences impacting all marginalized bodies, particularly black and indigenous bodies.  

Credential(s) B.A. in Theater from UMass Boston M Ed. in Secondary English Language Arts M T S in Indigneous Traditions 200 hour RYT with Bo Forbes in Hatha yoga and yoga therapeutics Trained Afro Cuban, Haitian Folkloric and Modern dancer Firekeeper in the Mayan tradition  

Tribal affiliation: Nipmuc

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 Kay Martinez, M.A. (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is an Afro-Latinx Gender-Non Conformer. Kay is a speaker, curriculum designer, writer, and model. They have over a decade of professional experience directing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives in Universities and most recently as a consultant partnering with leading Tech, Corporate, and Non-Profit clients.  As a writer, they have published research and op-eds on the political climate for Queer Trans BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) in the U.S. at the intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexuality. They have been published in The Huffington Post, Vogue Italia, Wear Your Voice Magazine and RaceBaitr. They were alsonamed to DapperQ's 100 Most stylish of 2019.  Kay has a M.A. in Higher Education from Boston College and is currently the Associate Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Adjunct Faculty at Massachusetts  General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.  

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Angel the Healer is an Afro-Indigenous 2Spirit Healer, Hood Herbalist & Rootworker centered in Hoodoo and Black Spirituality. Angel is a domestic and sexual violence advocate, since the age of 17, with the first goal being the healing of Black Womxn first.  

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Nayyirah Shariff is a grassroots organizer with 10 years of experience from Flint, Michigan.  Nayyirah was one of the co-founders of the Flint Democracy Defense League, a grassroots group formed to confront Flint’s emergency manager in 2011. She has nearly ten years experience organizing around local, state, and national electoral and issue campaigns. She has been featured on Democracy Now!, Move to Amend podcast, Al-Jazeera and Netroots Nation speaking out about the problems with Flint’s water and with Michigan’s Emergency Management of local governments. She is currently the Director of Flint Rising, a coalition of Flint residents and community groups, labor, and progressive allies that formed in response to Flint’s emergency declaration.  

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You are listening to a montage of The Full Set: Black-centered, candid conversations that radiate warmth, boldness and vulnerability. Listen up for discussions with hustlers, intellectual heavyweights, Blackademics, single mothers and front line community organizers who identify as radical Black feminists, women, femmes, or non-men and are excluded from mainstream media through respectability politics.

You are hearing: Dr. Joia Crear Perry, Luana Morales, Daizy October Latifah, Elle Hearns, Hari Ziyad, JD Stokely, T. Anansi Olajuawon, Nina Monei, Janaya Khan, Nina Monei, Feminista Jones, Lawrence Barriner II, Dr Shamell Bell and Melody Gross. The track is Underground Lyfe by Falls.

Episode #36 (Recorded 3 June 2020)

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The DiDi Delgado sits with international Artist, Author, Activist and transformational leader Sonya Renee Taylor Via bit.ly/donefordidi. 

Sonya is the best-selling author of two books The Body Is Not an Apology and ”Celebrate Your Body and Its Changes Too”, and founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, an international digital media and education company committed to radical self-love as the foundational tool of social justice, whose content reaches over 1 million people monthly.  She has shared her work and activism across the US, New Zealand, Australia, UK, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Brazil and the Netherlands. Sonya has been seen, heard, and read on HBO, BET, MTV, TV One, NPR, PBS, CNN, Oxygen Network, The New York Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Today.com, Huffington Post, Vogue Australia, Shape.com, Ms. Magazine and many more. She has shared stages with such luminaries as the late Amiri Baraka, Angela Davis, Sonia Sanchez and others.  In 2016, Sonya was a guest of the Obama White House, where she spoke about TBINAA’s work at the intersection of LGBTQIAA+ issues and disability justice. Sonya currently resides in New Zealand where she is an inaugural fellow in the Edmund Hilary Fellowship for global impact change makers. 

You can learn more about her radical self-love work at www.sonyareneetaylor.com and www.thebodyisnotanapology.com

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Dr. Tyffani M Dent is a licensed psychologist. She has served as a consultant and trainer under various federal and state grants. In addition, Dr. Dent has been appointed to various state and county committees focused on those within the juvenile justice system. Dr. Dent provides mental health trainings and has served as a panelist at conferences focused on culturally-informed mental health services, gender-responsive treatment, the school-to-prison pipeline and black girls, educating black girls in white spaces, intersectionality and social justice work throughout the United States. 

She has been featured on local and national news programs addressing the importance of emotional wellness in Black communities, mental health in times of national crisis, and the school-to-prison pipeline’s impact on Black Girls.  Dr. Dent is the Owner of Monford Dent Consulting & Psychological Services, LLC through which she provides ongoing mental health consultation and assessments. In 2020, she co-founded Centering Sisters, LLC, an organization dedicated to projects that center the needs of Black Women, Girls, and Femmes.  

One of her greatest accomplishments has been serving as a member of the steering committee for the March for Black Women (2017, 2018) in DC which brought thousands of marchers to DC to denounce the propagation of state-violence and the widespread incarceration of Black women and girls, rape and all sexualized violence, the murders and brutalization of transwomen, the disappearances of our girls from our streets, our schools and our homes, and the proposed deportation of immigrant women. 

Dr. Dent is the author of four books: Girls Got Issues: A Woman’s Guide to Self-discovery & Healing , You Got This! A Girl’s Guide to Growing Up, Black Girl: Unapologetically, and Reclaiming Me: Beginning My Journey to Overcoming Human Trafficking (free for download to therapists working with teen survivors), as well the co-author of two others: Becoming Who I Want to Be: A Good Lives Workbook for Young Women and its accompanying Counselor’s Edition. Dr. Dent’s primary area of interests are sexual violence prevention and intervention on the continuum, the role of intersectionality in the lives of black and brown girls/women, and culturally-informed work with those within the juvenile justice system.

Preston Mitchum (he/him) is a Black and queer civil rights advocate, writer, and public speaker who uses critical thinking and intersectionality in his writing and analyses. He brings both legal and policy experience to his role as the Director of Policy of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity. As Director of Policy, Preston shapes state and federal strategies and policies that center the voices and leadership of young people in the South and Midwest. 

Prior to joining URGE, Preston served as Senior Legal and International Policy Analyst with Advocates for Youth, the Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Health and Gender Equity, the Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable S. Pamela Gray and the Honorable Errol R. Arthur, and was a Policy Analyst with the Center for American Progress’ LGBT Research and Communications department.  In addition to his work at URGE, Preston is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center teaching LGBT Health Law and Policy, is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Collective Action for Safe Spaces. 

Preston was also the first openly LGBTQ Chair of the Washington Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.  Preston is an accomplished author publishing both scholarly work and social commentary for many outlets and law review journals including The Atlantic, Think Progress, The Root, Slate.com, Huffington Post, William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives, North Carolina Central University School of Law’s Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Law Review, and others. Preston has also appeared on Al Jazeera English and Fox News.  He received his Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from Kent State University; his J.D., with honors, from North Carolina Central University School of Law; and his LL.M. in Law and Government from American University Washington College of Law where he specialized in Gender and Law.  

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Episode #42 The Full Set w/ Kari A. Conley

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Kari A. Conley, is a spoken word poet and author that resides in the city of Richmond, Virginia.

First published in a local newspaper during her childhood, Conley continued to hone the craft into adulthood. In 2015, after taking on the stage name, Poetically Speaking, she debuted her first public spoken word performance. One of her poetic highlights was her appearance at the original Apachè Cafe in Atlanta, Georgia, with poet, hip-hop artist, and activist Yarima Karama. She was featured on his cd on the track “Contradictions in Love and Pain”. 

Chosen as a featured artist to perform during The Black Poetry Cafè Festival, Conley captivated the audience with her style that is honest, raw and edgy. Conley has went on to host and co-host online poetry shows on the Talkshoe and Blogtalk networks including: Fusion Radio, Feel The Vibe and The Vault.

Her published works include two books: Out Of The Storm and Fingertip Foreplay which were released in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

While acknowledging that poetry is her therapy, she states, “I believe that poetry is where love and spirituality are fused, where joy and pain meet, and where silent screams are heard. It is also within these lines I am completely free so it is here, within each piece that you will find pieces of me...”

Episode #41 The Full Set sits with Parenting is Political

Mo (they/them) is a queer gender non-binary person and Jasmine (she/her) is a queer cisgender person. Together they raise their blended family in Arkansas where things are always political.

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Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis is a licensed psychologist, ordained minister, and sacred artist who has worked nationally and globally to provide relief and empowerment to marginalized persons. Dr. Thema, a professor at Pepperdine University, is a past president of the Society for the Psychology of Women. Her contributions to psychological research, policy, and practice have been honored by national and regional psychological associations.

Dr. Thema earned her doctorate from Duke University, completed her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical Center, and is a past American Psychological Association representative to the United Nations.

She has served as a mental health media consultant for numerous print, radio, and television media outlets, including but not limited to the Huffington Post, NPR, CBS, Oxygen, CNN, BET, TV One, Lifetime, and We TV.

Dr. Thema has edited and co-edited books on recovery from sexual violence, spirituality and religion in women’s lives, and womanist and mujerista psychologies. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed books Tweets for the Soul: When Life Falls Apart, Thriving in the wake of trauma: A multicultural guide, Mangos and Manna and The Birthing of a Lioness and is the recording artist on the CD Sky: An upbeat black girl’s song. Her work is based in an interdisciplinary understanding of spirituality, gender, culture and psychology.

Dr. Thema received her doctorate from Duke University in Clinical Psychology with a focus on the cultural context of trauma recovery, as well as the intersection of gender and racial identity. She completed her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical Center’s Victims of Violence Program. From 2001-2004, she served as Sr. Staff Psychologist and Coordinator of the Princeton University SHARE Program, a counseling, education, training, and policy program aimed at addressing assault, harassment, and abuse. Dr. Thema was a faculty member at Lesley University in Boston and then the California State University of Long Beach. She is a tenured professor of psychology at Pepperdine University where she teaches on Trauma in Diverse Populations and Clinical Skills. She is a contributing author in the books The Psychology of Racism, The Complete Guide to Mental Health for Women, and Featuring Females: Feminist Analyses of the Media.

Dr. Thema served for three years as an American Psychological Association representative to the United Nations where she advocated for mental health and human rights globally. She served for an additional three years to the Committee on International Relations in Psychology; during that time she was elected chairperson and spear-headed initiatives in response to the crisis in Darfur. She was appointed the Global and International Issues Chairperson for the Society for the Psychology of Women and later became president of the Society for the Psychology of Women, creating the society’s first film, CEU online program, task force on the trafficking of women, and task force on spirituality and religion in women’s lives.

Dr. Thema is a trained dancer and actress, having completed studies at The Baltimore School for the Arts, The Peabody Institute, The Liberian National Cultural Arts Center and the Boston University Theater Institute. From 2000 - 2001, she was the Artistic Director of the Blackout Boston Arts Collective and won the Nuyorican Queen of Slam competition, and has coached poets across the country. Her play entitled Upbeat was performed in New York at the Urban Arts Theater Festival in 2003.

Dr. Bryant-Davis is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She leads a community mental health bible study at Walker Temple AME Church in Los Angeles and lives by words from her mother, Rev. Cecelia Williams Bryant, who states “God is speaking. My life is God’s vocabulary.”

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Elle Hearns is both the Founder and Executive Director of The Marsha P. Johnson Institute and an accomplished writer published by The CUNY Law Review and Ebony magazine. ‬ Her work has been profiled and featured by Posture Magazine, CNN, MTV, The New York Times,Time, Democracy Now, Fusion, Essence Magazine, Telesur TV and The Washington Post.  

Prior to founding MPJI, Elle served as a founding strategic partner to the BLM Global network where she also formerly worked as the interim organizing director. She previously served on the board for Million Hoodies Movement for Justice and is the lead advisor to The Tamir Rice Afrocentric Cultural Center. Elle splits her time between her hometown of Columbus,Ohio and New York City.

The Society Of Urban Poetry - SOUP Ghetto Ass Slam + Open Mic + Spotlight Feature w/ Brandi Chambray  

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Lawrence Barriner, II is a storyteller, narrative strategist, writer, and liberation worker who values love, justice, community, and transformation. His paid work includes coaching, facilitation, and serving as the Network Engagement Manager at the Center for Story-Based Strategy. His unpaid work includes visionary fiction writing, (r)evolutionary uncling, community-focused healing work, and imagining/practicing/embodying post-patriarchal futures.  He is the Board President of RESIST, bakes a lot of bread, and meditated for ~162 hours in 2019.  He lives on occupied Massachusett and Wampanoag territory, often known as Boston.  

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