Jasmine Baker
Jasmine, professionally known as Jouelzy, is a content creator, scholar, and online influencer. She launched #SmartBrownGirl (SBG) in 2014 as an online movement empowering Black women through discussions on complex lifestyle issues, including mental health, education, careers, and more. In 2020, she launched SBG as a digital firm powered by a group of graduate-level Black women …
Dominque Johnson
Dominque is the co-founder and CEO of Daughters Beyond Incarceration (DBI). DBI is an organization that works to enhance the lives of children impacted by their parent’s incarceration through an each-one-teach-one learning methodology. DBI’s vision is for every daughter with an incarcerated parent to live a healthy, stable life and have a strong, positive relationship …
Amanda D. King
Amanda is the founder and co-director of Shooting Without Bullets (SWOB), a Cleveland-based creative agency and production company by and for Black and Brown youth and justice-minded artists. SWOB uses cultural production to amplify bold messages of justice and equity. As a nonprofit creative and social enterprise, SWOB creates artwork, campaigns and products while engaging …
Peta Lindsay
Peta is the founder of the Ida B. Wells Education Project. The Ida B. Wells Education Project is a Black-led, multicultural collective of classroom educators working to create relevant, dynamic, and intersectional tools to empower students and educators in fighting racism and other forms of oppression in our schools, communities and nationwide.
Mutale Nkonde
Mutale is the founding CEO of AI For the People (AFP) a nonprofit communications agency. AFP utilizes entertainment education to reduce racial bias in the design, deployment, and governance of advanced technological systems. AI for the People has two pillars of work: 1) ‘Race, Technology, and the Black Body’ focuses on the civil rights implications …
Christine Enid Nieves Rodríguez
Christine is piloting and implementing a cutting-edge leadership curriculum that trains Puerto Rican youth in a framework called “Climate Courage.” Climate Courage encompasses the cognitive, emotional, collective, and spiritual skills necessary to release ground-breaking solutions and meet insurmountable obstacles with tools that ensure humanity, justice, and compassion are present in moments of great peril and …
Ismail Samad
Ismail Samad is launching Loiter! in East Cleveland, Ohio. Loiter! is a social enterprise community wealth hub that changes the narrative about East Cleveland and delivers spatial, racial and economic justice to East Cleveland residents. Follow @loitereastcleveland for more information.