Black Power Moves

In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Brooke Dean, Editorial Operations/Production Manager for Original Content Development at Audible, An Amazon Company.

https://www.brookeddean.com/

She currently oversees the Audible Originals third party scripted content and podcasts team at Audible where she pitched and produced the best selling audiobook Force of Beauty: A Newark Family Memoir by Mikki Taylor.

With over 20 years of television and digital media experience, she has written for online magazines such as madamenoire.com focusing on love, sex, relationships and lifestyle content. 

And she's now an author. Her first novel, a romance erotica title, Brooklyn Unbound released June, 2022.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2TH6KR1/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_PN0H6EPFAH51R53ZJNBN

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Dr. Isaac Yao Addae, PhD, Author of Black Boy Fly.

https://blackboyfly.club

In Fall 2021, Isaac released his autobiography, Black Boy Fly: Embracing My Ancestry, Blackness, and Purpose in the African Diaspora. ​This book was written for everyone with a dream larger than life itself. Throughout his life, Isaac dreamt of taking flight toward his dreams, yet faced many obstacles and challenges that kept him on the ground. He wants everyone that reads this book to know one thing, you were born to fly! 

Isaac is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the College of Business at Tennessee State University (TSU). He conducts research in social entrepreneurship and teaches courses in business strategy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. 

He also serves as the Chief Strategy Officer of Pivot Technology School, where he fosters relationships to further the organization's mission of training minorities for technology careers, and as Managing Partner at HBCU Impact Capital, a hybrid venture studio and micro private equity firm.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Dr. Daria J. Willis, Ph.D., President of Howard Community College.

https://www.howardcc.edu/

Dr. Daria J. Willis serves as the fifth president of Howard Community College. She assumed office in January 2022, following a nation-wide search process and an unanimous vote by the college's Board of Trustees on November 4, 2021. Dr. Willis is the first African American to lead the college in its 51-year history.

Since 1970, Howard Community College (HCC) has been a preferred college choice for students and families in Howard County, Maryland. A public community college, HCC offers associate degree and certificate programs, as well as workforce development training and continuing education classes, to nearly 30,000 credit and noncredit students each year. Among HCC’s honors is being named a “Great College to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education for 10 consecutive years.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Tamika Newhouse, Director at Black Writers Weekend + AAMBC Literary Awards.

AAMBC is a creative agency for Black Writers. 

https://aambcink.com/

Releasing nearly three hundred titles as a producer and writer, she assists others in chasing their literary dreams as well, producing films, curating large events and festivals, as well as publishing books.

Her festival, Black Writer’s Weekend is a meet-n- greet celebration merging Black writers with fans from across the country. 

https://blackwritersweekend.com/

In 14 years, she has released 18 books of her own and many of her works have appeared on several best seller lists, earning her much recognition and multiple awards.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Netta James, Diversity & Inclusion Executive.

https://www.nettajenkins.com/

Netta is the Vice President, Global Inclusion at Unqork, Founder of Holistic Inclusion, and Co-Founder of Dipper.

She's a leading voice in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion field, who has a soaring audience of over 100,000+ followers on LinkedIn. Engagement was doubtless a key factor in Forbes naming her as one of the top 7 anti-racism consultants in the world. 

One of Netta’s LinkedIn posts went viral and has received over 25+ million views. She was featured in CIO Views publication as “The Top 10 Most Influential Black Women in Business to Follow in 2021” and she was listed as LinkedIn Top Voice for equity within the workplace content. 

An acclaimed author with a deep background in communications, leadership, and behavioral psychology, Netta has been advising corporations and audiences of all kinds for more than 15 years on the most effective strategies to address systemic barriers, its traumatic impact, and the path to social justice.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Francis Perdue, Founder of Scooter P. Entertainment.

https://www.scooterpentertainment.com/

Scooter P Entertainment is a Black Woman Owned and BIPOC distribution and content development company, created to provide a wider and more humane view of people of color in television and film, keeping the filmmaker in the ownership position as they seek distribution for their content.

They strive to demonstrate through content all sides of the human experience that is not usually shown for people of color. And their inspiration comes from the lack of diversity on camera and behind the camera.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Donna Cryer, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Global Liver Institute.

https://www.globalliver.org/

GLI is the premier patient-driven liver health nonprofit operating across the globe. Moved by her own experience as a liver transplant recipient, Donna has become a powerful force in liver health, health policy, and patient advocacy.

At GLI, she has raised more than $10 million for liver health initiatives. She has been featured by and worked with Congress and the White House to advance equitable healthcare in both organ procurement and information technology.

Donna is a frequent speaker on patient centricity in research and healthcare delivery and patient engagement in healthcare transformation at meetings of Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, America's Health Insurance Plans, National Quality Forum, National Comprehensive Cancer Network®, and the National Academy of Medicine. 

She frequents the stage of national platforms, including The Washington Post Live, SXSW, and The Atlantic’s People v. Cancer.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Leah De Shay, Reproductive Policy Analyst.

Leah is a High Risk Clinical Provider and Clinical Decolonization Advocate. 

Her life’s purpose is to facilitate global progress in maternal-child/reproductive health, particularly high risk circumstances, public health prevention, migration, reproductive risk reduction, and improving the outcomes with the most effective, least intrusive, data supported plans of care possible.

She also teaches companies how to support their family culture and ethical responsibilities to equity as a means of firm foundation for long term collective success, and employee retention.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Emery "Wolf" Morrison, Co-Founder of Camp Nova and Dogg Talk NFT.

https://www.campnovaonline.com/ and https://doggtalknft.com/

CampNova is A lifestyle social commerce platform that is a combination of Uber Eats, Fashion Nova meets Amazon.

An online “non-plant touching” lifestyle Cannabis Community shopping Platform designed to take advantage of the growing space of online shoppers who are inspired by their favorite social media, sports, technology, NFT Web3 influencers and brands to make buying decisions.

CampNova through its licensed delivery partners will deliver in California and across the nation with the goal of delivering product within 60 minutes of receiving the consumer’s order.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to D. John Jackson, Founder of 5J Entertainment.

http://5j-entertainment.com/

5J Entertainment is a company committed to educating, informing, entertaining, and promoting positive images of African Americans through various forms of media. Its first book and film documentary, What About Me, explores the untold, unheard, distorted, and misunderstood stories of Black men in America. 

He is a Fortune 50 leader with global responsibilities that include strategic planning, engineering, data science, and artificial intelligence. A creative visionary, he’s an executive producer of documentary films, an author, a strategist, a futurist thinker, a lecturer, and a motivational speaker.

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