Black Power Moves

In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Dr. Antonio J. Webb, MD, Spine Surgeon. https://antoniowebbmd.com/Dr. Antonio J. Webb is a fellowship-trained Spine Surgeon and specializes in all medical conditions related to the spine including degenerative, deformity, trauma, cervical/lumbar arthroplasty, and minimally invasive spine surgery. 

He's amazingly gifted and talented, is a veteran of the US Airforce, where he spent a total of 8 years as a medic and LVN in the military including a tour north of Baghdad, Iraq in 2005 to a forward operating base dubbed “Mortarville” for the frequency of mortar attacks it endured. His unit treated just over 800 patients while in-country and survived over 100 enemy mortar attacks during their deployment, while also earning several medals of distinction in the process. 

Dr. Webb subspecialized in Spine Surgery with a combined Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Spine Surgery Fellowship at Texas Back Institute (TBI) in Plano, Texas. He has also completed training in Haiti and a fellowship in Thailand. 

He's the author of a book, OVERCOMING THE ODDS: From war on the streets in Louisiana to war on terrorism in Iraq, how I successfully overcame the odds, https://www.amazon.com/Antonio-J.-Webb/e/B00OYN1LRA

Dr. Webb also hosts a successful YouTube Channel and is the subject of an amazing documentary on his life called Overcoming the Odds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M845B8JctU&feature=youtu.be

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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. Janice Gassam Asare, Founder of BWG Business Solutions.

As an anti-racism educator, DEI consultant, writer, and professor, she helps businesses and institutions develop interventions to make the workplace more equitable. Much of her work focuses on anti-black racism and how it manifests in and out of the workplace. 

Dr. Janice is a PhD-trained Industrial-Organizational psychologist and my dissertation focused on hiring bias. 

She founded BWG Business Solutions-an award-winning consultancy that specializes in helping organizations grow stronger through diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

She was also selected to give a TEDx talk on Emotional Intelligence and has had the opportunity to collaborate with several companies and institutions including Google, The Dr. Oz Show, UBS, Nordstrom, PayPal/Venmo, Amazon, Yale University, and H&M.

In addition, she's the author of two best-selling books DIRTY DIVERSITY and THE PINK ELEPHANT, and has also authored nearly 300 articles in Forbes.

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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. Sam Rae, Chief Executive Officer of DSRD Consulting.

Dr. Sam is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) strategist with 12+ years of professional and educational experience in various industries, including Biomedical Science & Research, and Public Health Education. As a Black woman from the Caribbean with intersecting identities, she has first-hand experience adapting to different environments. She enjoys actively creating spaces where people feel comfortable showing up as their authentic selves. 

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In her most recent full-time position, she led the development of the DEI Strategy for Goodwill Industries International and supported over 156 Retail Goodwill stores across North America. Before that, Dr. Sam served as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Principal Strategist for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In her role as Principal Strategist, she managed the Black Employee Portfolio during the global crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has also worked as a consultant to develop Save the Children's first-ever 3-year DEI Strategy in 2019.

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Dr. Sam received her certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University. She also has a BS in Biology and an MS in Public Health. Dr. Sam graduated as the youngest graduate from the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program at UNE, where she received her doctorate in Education. Her research focused on the effects of racial microaggressions on Black female government workers' work performance and methods to reduce microaggressions in the workplace. She also talks about Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, intersectionality, and unconscious bias in her research.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Impact Strategist and International Influencer, Adjoa B. Asamoah.

She is the founder of ABA Consulting, and is a trusted advisor to numerous local, state, and federal officials and candidates, most recently serving as the “National Advisor for Black Engagement” for the Biden-Harris campaign, and Black Engagement Director for the historic 59th Presidential Inaugural Committee.

Adjoa spearheaded to codify the nation’s first Office on African American Affairs and to introduce and pass the groundbreaking anti-hair discrimination CROWN Act. She mobilizes leaders and communities for social change and collective political action.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Darryl Jacobs, the Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for RISING COACHES. https://www.risingcoaches.com/Darryl launched a multi-year diversity plan to engage over 15 grassroots organizations supporting initiatives for women, men, Hispanic, Asian, and Jewish communities. He also works as a Division I College Basketball analyst/commentator for ESPN networks.

He worked in collegiate athletics for over 20 years as a successful Head Men's Basketball Coach and Athletic Administrator. He was also named Coach of The Year on several occasions, leading programs to several championships and NCAA tournament appearances.

He was also just elected to serve on the DEI Board of Commission for United States of America (USA) Weightlifting.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Theodore Wesley Johnson, Aviation Instructor at the University of Nebraska Omaha.

Theodore is a second-year doctoral student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha pursuing my PhD in Public Administration. His research interest consists of Public Transportation/Aviation Policy, Non-Profit Management, and Social Equity and Ethics.

He majored in Aviation Management Technology and concentrated in Aircraft Dispatch, graduating as Magna Cum Laude from Eastern Michigan University.

TJ is currently an instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and has a passion for educating the next generation about the world of opportunity in the field of aviation.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Manuel Godoy, CEO of Black Sands Entertainment. https://www.blacksands.com/Manuel is also the award-winning author of Black Sands, the Seven Kingdoms. He's been seen in Forbes, Shark Tank, Publisher's Weekly, Atlanta Blackstar, and more...

His company boasts 2,000,000+ lifetimes sales, 200,000 copies sold, $2 million raised from thousands of investors, a massive social media community, and has created the BSP Comics app. He also just scored a huge partnership deal on SHARK TANK with investors, Mark Cuban and Kevin Hart!!

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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. Kevin James, President of Morris Brown College. https://www.morrisbrown.eduDr. James is a seasoned veteran of higher education, with a wealth of professional experience having served in several capacities ranging from classroom instruction to executive administrative roles at various collegiate institutions ranging from an Ivy League to HBCUs and non-profit colleges.

He took on the mantle of President at Morris Brown in 2019 and has led the college in a way that has garnered national attention and inspired us all. #TheHardReset

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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. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is a STEM pioneer, leader, humanitarian, and entrepreneur who is introducing the world to the next generation of cancer treatments, cancer charities, and affordable healthcare. 

She is one of the nation’s leading medical physicists and one of the first African American women to earn a Ph.D. in Physics. Dr. Green developed a revolutionary cancer treatment that uses lasers and nanotechnology to eliminate cancer in mice after only one 10-minute treatment

in just 15 days with no observable side effects. 

To ensure the affordability of this treatment, she founded a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation to raise the funding for human clinical trials. https://oralee.org/

Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded her a $1.1 million grant for her research. Her story has been featured in a variety of media outlets, including ABC News, NBC News, New York Times, Forbes, The History

Channel, PBS, NPR, TV One News One Now with Roland Martin, and The Karen Hunter Show. 

Dr. Green has been distinguished as one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans in the U.S. by Ebony and The Root magazines, Top 30 Under 40 in Healthcare by Business Insider, 100 Women of the Century by USA Today, and 50 Champions by Forbes.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Natalie Miller, Owner of the Historic Magnolia House.

The Magnolia House is an events venue, restaurant, and bed and breakfast in Greensboro, NC. One of maybe four Green Book sites in North Carolina still in operation and housed some of our nation’s most well-known African Americans during segregation. https://www.thehistoricmagnoliahouse.org/

The Magnolia House accommodated traveling African Americans who were not allowed to share the same eating and sleeping facilities as whites. Prominent African Americans that stayed in the Magnolia House included James Brown, Ray Charles, Ike and Tina Turner, Carter G. Woodson, and Jackie Robinson.

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