Black Power Moves

In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Dr. Jessica Isom, MD, Community Psychiatrist and Founder of Vision for Equity.

https://www.vision4equity.com/

Jessica Isom, MD, MPH, is a board-certified Yale-trained community psychiatrist and clinical instructor in the Yale Department of Psychiatry where she is a faculty lead in the Yale Psychiatry Social Justice and Health Equity Curriculum. 

Dr. Isom is also a nationally recognized racial equity and antiracism consultant through her company, Vision for Equity LLC with projects serving the needs of universities, medical schools, non-profits, psychoanalytic institutes, and Fortune 500 companies. She primarily works in Boston as an attending psychiatrist at Codman Square Health Center where she is leading an antiracism in opioid use disorder grant initiative. She received her MD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also received her MPH with a focus on public health leadership.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Evan Leaphart, Founder of Kiddie Kredit.

https://www.kiddiekredit.com/

Kiddie Kredit is a mobile chore app for kids and parents to teach the fundamentals of financial literacy. Evan serves as a speaker at events and schools, teaching youth about financial literacy and credit through tech, and educates young millennials about benefits of entrepreneurship.

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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. Carey Yazeed, Founder of iThink Change.

https://drcareyyazeed.com/

Dr. Yazeed is a qualitative researcher, a collector of untold stories that help companies and organizations to better understand their customers, employees and target markets. 

Certified in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace with a background in mental health and academia, she curates her thoughts through her blog, Baldwin Was Right and is the author of several books including, Shut’em Down: Black Women, Racism, & Corporate America and Everyday Struggle: How Toxic Workspaces Impact Black Women. Both books were Amazon Bestsellers in the category of business conflict. 

A native of Louisiana and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, she holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Research from Louisiana State University, a Master of Social Work from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Southern University.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Nii Armah Quaye & Kristin Tellis Quaye, Co-Founders of Certified Africa.

https://www.certifiedafrica.com/

Certified Africa is a travel company designed to make the process easy, smooth, organized, and life changing for every person that wants to return home to the Motherland.

Husband and wife team, Kristin (African American/Caribbean) & Nii (Ghanaian), met in Ghana in the summer of 2016, got married a year later and together own several property and businesses in Ghana. 

Nii was born and raised in Ghana and has worked in government. Kristin was born and raised in the U.S. She has lived, worked, and studied extensively on the African continent. Together, they utilize their connections and network on the African continent to curate authentic, exclusive experiences for Certified Africa travelers that connect them long after their first visit.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Kevin Dua, Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year.

Kevin has been a classroom educator for 13 years, and that’s rare: Black males make up only 1.7% of U.S. teachers. He is the first African American to become Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year and a finalist for National History Teacher of the Year and Teacher of the Year.

Kevin has campaigned for schools to tackle their racial climate to better welcome and retain teachers of color on such forums as the Department of Education, the National Black Male Educators Convening Conference, GBH Basic Black, Ideation4 UpLIFT Cohort for Black Male Educators, and Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network. He has commented on students’ advocacy on media outlets such as NPR, PBS, and Learning for Justice. A nationally sought-after speaker, Kevin has led numerous antiracist workshops for communities, schools, nonprofits, and conferences.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Kimberly Evans, Founder & CEO of Just Her Rideshare.

https://www.justherrideshare.com/

Just Her Rideshare is a community of women drivers and riders providing a safe, stress-free alternative rideshare. The company was started in 2020 and is based in Charlotte, NC. Kimberly Evans started this company so that women like herself could have an option to choose how they experience riding with others.

Before starting this company in 2020, she was the founder of 3 other companies from 1993-present in the industries of Fashion, a SaaS Company, and a Client Support Call Center, all while building a career with the United States Postal Service, where she spent 21 years in distribution, client support and management.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to KJ Miller, Co-Founder & CEO of Mented Cosmetics.

https://www.mentedcosmetics.com/

She launched Mented in 2017 with her close friend. The popular beauty brand celebrates individuals of all hues and believes in helping people feel seen and empowered. with its inclusive shade range. 

In just 5 years, Mented has received much success, most recently closing a $5M Series A. A graduate of Harvard Business School, from watching YouTube and hand mixing formulas in her kitchen, Mented products can now be found in hundreds of stores, including Target and Ulta.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Brooke S. Sinclair, Founder & CEO of VelourIt.

https://velourit.com/

VelourIt is an automated supply chain platform that simplifies cross-border eCommerce, allowing Latin American luxury resorts, hotels, and gourmet retailers to purchase from a curated list of export-ready suppliers online. Brooke is leading her team on a project to support the prosperity of American Black-owned farms across the country. 

Passionate about underrepresented children, Brooke believes girls and boys should have equal access to STEAM (science, engineering, arts, and math) learning programs.

In her spare time, Brooke is also a published writer and activist. She wrote the controversial Startup Pill article "Top 25 VCs Least Likely to Invest in Founders of Color" and is often featured in CultureBanx magazine. She is an active member of the National Black Chambers of Commerce, Black Girl Ventures, For(bes) the Culture, and Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Aisha McCain, Founder & CEO of Casual Recovery and Young Super Heros.

Aisha is an accomplished inventor and innovator who holds multiple patents and has run multiple direct-to-consumer businesses.

Additionally, she has become a community resource for cancer patients and an advocate for minority patients’ rights. 

In order to found Casual Recovery, she balanced work with her own healing over the course of more than ten major surgeries. She had surgical drains even as she struggled to improve the lives of others. Aisha brings bold, new perspectives as both a patient and an inventor.

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In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Antonio Wheeler, LCSW, CADC, Founder of Anchored In Wellness Chicago. 

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker & Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor he started his organization to provide the highest quality of resilience focused behavioral based therapeutic outpatient services. 

The providers facilitate the space for the change and empower individuals to achieve self-actualization by focusing on the process of restoration, redemption, and astute self-reflection. The aim is to utilize motivational interviewing to explore ambivalence and emphasize the motivational process within the individual that facilitates a change which conveys intentional actions and volitional state of being that is anchored in wellness.

Anchored in Wellness vision is to provide equity in the mental health field for the underserved Black & Brown people whom represent population with the highest need of being anchored in wellness.

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