Boston Children’s Chorus' new Director of Good Trouble, Akiba Abaka found her voice in the world of theater. Now in her new role, she gets to help facilitate the discovery of a new generation of artists from our community. Join us as we talk about her journey as an artist and how it helps her built a better tomorrow for Boston’s youth. 

The pandemic changed us all in various ways. For podcaster James Hills it was a deeply transformative experience. Looking for a way to connect people with good information, he started “Java With Jimmy” a daily talk show on social media. Over a few years, he’s built that platform into a media company with major partnerships on the horizon. Now with a new rebrand Hills is poised to take Java to a new level while keeping community first.

Proverb Agency founder Daren Bascome has found the perfect way to blend his artistic talent with a desire to make impactful work. Whether its Proverb’s creation of the City Of Boston’s All Inclusive tourism campaign or lifting up the beauty of his native Bermuda, Daren his seen his work touch lives. We talk with the life long artist on his journey and what it takes to tell stories in the digital age. 

NBC 10 Correspondent Kwani A Lunis is part of a new breed in the city that has truly become a part of its fabric. In this episode she shares how she discovered her love of storytelling, and how basketball led her to the airwaves in Boston. 

It's hard to find someone with more pride in their Roxbury heritage than Dr. Rufus Faulk. A former member of the Wu administration and new author, he took that love to an international audience as a part of the first TEDx Roxbury. Join the good doctor as he tells us about he love of his hometown and just what's needed to fix it. 

Malik Williams has been committed to making his ideas real his entire life. Now as the Vice President of the Secret Society Of Black Creatives, he is in the fight to help others do the same and help Boston’s creative economy thrive for Black people.

Jeneé Osterheldt is a culture columnist for The Boston Globe who covers identity and social justice through the lens of culture and the arts. Her multimedia series for the Globe, A Beautiful Resistance, centers Black voices and celebrates Black Joy. She joined the Globe in 2018. A native of Alexandria, Va. and a graduate of Norfolk State University, Osterheldt was a 2017 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, where her studies focused on the intersection of art and justice. 

In his own words, Andrés Holder is “living the dream” – as Executive Director at Boston Children’s Chorus, he brings over ten years of experience in performing arts management through his work with Gala Hispanic Theatre, Arena Stage, and The Washington Ballet. Born and raised in Panamá, Andrés moved to the United States to pursue his education at the University of Michigan (UM) and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UM’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.

Reverend Willie Bodrick, with his roots in Atlanta, GA represented by Congressman John Lewis himself, has been living his life aspiring to the framework of “good trouble” in his advocacy and community engagement. In this episode, Rev. Bodrick shares his journey that led him to Boston and his work with the historic Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury and leadership positions around the city.

Corean Reynolds explores her new role as the first appointed Director of Nightlife Economy for the City of Boston, sharing how her perspective was shaped during college and in past roles most recently as the Director of Economic Inclusion at the Boston Foundation. Prior to her work at the Boston Foundation, Reynolds supported Workforce, Supplier, and Diversity Development at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.