Black Power Moves

In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Jackie Iloh, Diversity and Equity Strategist for the talent team at Lyft. 

She's an influential inclusion and diversity leader, who provides thought leadership on best practices for creating inclusive and equitable hiring practices and partners with Inclusion & Diversity and Recruiting to create program strategies to grow a diverse and inclusive workforce.

From earning her bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland to going on for a fellowship in counseling psychology at Johns Hopkins University, Jackie has always exemplified educational excellence. This culminated in her receiving a Master's Degree in Education from Harvard University. 

She later served for three years in the Peace Corps, as a Program Manager and then became a teacher. She explains how she pivoted from Program Management in Education into a career in corporate DEI and how her skillset made her uniquely qualified for this brand new position at Lyft.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Mary Awodele, the Founder and CEO of My Tech Best Friend. https://www.mytechbestfriend.academy/Mytechbestfriend is an education-based platform that provides training and career support to professionals looking to transition and level up their careers into tech. 

One year into a business she's gotten over 100 students into high-earning Tech jobs with under 6 months of experience.

Her next goal is staffing! She plans to build a pipeline of recruiters across all sizes of organizations to place these candidates directly into jobs as well as a partner directly with these organizations.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Eugene Davis, Celebrity Stylist, and Creative Director.

Eugene has over 30 years of industry experience ranging from management in salons and retail environments to creative management on major campaigns and photoshoots.

Spending over 18 years in Europe and now back in the US, Eugene is a Creative at heart from humble beginnings as a Visual Merchandiser at Bloomingdales to leading the Hair Team at the Iconic Olympic Games in London.

As an industry pioneer of trends, Eugene's signature looks with colorful wigs worn by rapper Lil Kim in the music video for her hit single "Crush on You," blazed a trail for future generations.

His career has allowed him to travel the world from Europe and Singapore to Africa, gaining the opportunity to work with amazing companies such as Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, Design Essentials, ORS Haircare, L’Oréal, and many more.

Eugene has also worked with the legendary Eartha Kitt, and other celebrities such as Mary J Blige, Andre Harrell, Lil Kim, Phylicia Rashad, Gillian Anderson, Kate Beckinsale, Lianne La Havas, Sean ’Diddy’ Combs, Sanaa Lathan, and Queen Latifah just to name a few.

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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. Leslie Farrington MD, the Co-Founder and Vice President of the Black Coalition for Safe Motherhood. https://blackcoalitionforsafemotherhood.org/The organization's mission is to improve Black Maternal Health by promoting health care advocacy and holistic community support of birthing families. 

Dr. Farrington shares her passion for Reproductive Health Justice, Racial Healthcare Equity, and Patient Safety Education & Advocacy.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Kanika Tolver. She is the CEO and founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, D.C., where she helps clients transform their careers with coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their career goals. 

An in-demand coach, consultant, speaker, and thought leader, she has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo!, Black Enterprise, Glassdoor.com, Entrepreneur.com, The Washington Post, and a variety of radio interviews and podcasts. 

Kanika is the author of the acclaimed title, 'Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work.' 

http://kanikatolver.com

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Jasmine LeFlore, who is a Rocket Scientist. 

She is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering and has been a trailblazer during her five-year tenure working for Collins Aerospace.

We talk about her journey to becoming an aerospace engineer, what she does day-to-day as a rocket scientist, and the initiatives she is leading in her space to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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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 Dozier Gordon, the Head of Inclusion & Diversity in the US at H&M.

Graduating with a bachelor of arts degree from Cornell University and a Master's in Public Administration from New York University, she is a veteran Diversity Executive with a demonstrated history of Workforce Inclusion and Supplier Diversity leadership. 

She shares all of the amazing accomplishments she has had over her career, her initiatives in her current role at H&M, and what the future holds for her, as she continues to be a trailblazer in her space.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to James Samuel, Founder & CEO of PLURIBUS Inc., a big data, geospatial analytics company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. James founded Pluribus to lead the world in an entirely new industry: Identity-Based Navigation®. 

As a Telecommunications Engineer, Fighter Pilot, Geospatial Analyst, and Safety of Navigation expert in the Department of Defense, he possesses an extensive set of skills and life experiences that uniquely qualify him to fulfill this vision.

James led his team of world-class developers and technologists to develop ANJEL Tech as their first product because too many Black mothers are losing their sons and daughters to senseless violence; because accountability for these incidents is historically low and often nonexistent; because most injury and loss of young Black Lives occurs close to home; because people want, need and deserve to know what is happening to their loved ones and where it's happening; because the technology exists to solve this problem, and where it doesn’t, his company will create it. 

They created a Personal Security System that operates as your own personal body 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 Robin C. Adams. 

Robin is the Founder and CEO of RKV Enterprises. RKV Enterprises focuses on the development, production, and acquisition of creative digital media for international and domestic distribution across broadcast, cable, and OTT platforms. 

His digital media production team consists of highly creative and innovative individuals who develop projects while utilizing the most technologically advanced vehicles for delivering sound and images with the highest quality possible. 

His clients include ABC Network, NBCUniversal, MSNBC, Fuji-TV Japan, Sony Music Entertainment Japan/USA, ARD German Television, and KBS-TV Korea.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Dankwa Brooks, Multi-Award-Winning Screenwriter, Filmmaker, and Professor.

Dankwa is an Adjunct Professor in Multiplatform Production at Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism & Communication.

He's also a screenwriter, filmmaker, and all-around film connoisseur. He shares his unique takes on Black media representation in film and media, as well as his experience teaching the next generation of filmmakers.

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