I’m super excited about this next interview. I had a chance to sit with Black Writers Weekend, CEO, Tamika Jamison, and chat about how she built this community of writers and became the blueprint of the unseen.

We dug deep and talk about:

Tamika, when people hear your name today, they hear author, entrepreneur, visionary, founder, but who is Tamika Newhouse at the core when the titles are stripped away?

You’ve built spaces for so many others to shine. What life experiences first taught you that creating platforms can be just as powerful as standing on them?

BEGINNINGS & PURPOSE

Do you remember the exact moment you realized storytelling would become your life’s work? What happened in that moment?

Before the awards and recognition, what were the private battles you had to overcome to believe your voice mattered?

BUILDING BLACK WRITERS WEEKEND

Black Writers Weekend has become movement energy. What void did you see in the culture that made you say, “This has to exist”?

When you first launched it, did you know it would become nationally respected, or were you simply answering a calling?

Black Writers Weekend Los Angeles (5/8 &5/9)

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