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Wrap Session 16 Welcomes the amazing Jen White Johnson, Design Activist and Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design & Digital Media Art at Bowie State University, the oldest HBCU in Maryland. 

Jen shares her personal journey to understanding her son's disability as well as her own while creating & designing a new narrative in how Black and Brown disable lives are portrayed in society. She also shares with the Royal Court how she would like to see companies seek out and work with HBCU Design programs. 

Her photography and design work has been featured in numerous print, online publications and creative collaborative projects, including Print Magazine, The Washington Post, Maryland State Education Association and the 2019 Women’s March on Washington, and in two grammy-nominated visual art designs.

Follow Jens activism & design work:

Instagram: @jtknoxroxs

Website: https://jenwhitejohnson.com/

Wrap Session 15 | Director of the B2B Institute at LinkedIn and Founder of the TransformHER conference, Tyrona "Ty" Heath, takes the Royal Court on a guided journey through her personal & professional journey to leadership as the former president of the Employee Resource Group,  Black Inclusion Group (B.I.G) to the creation & growth of the popular TransformHER event. The premier conference is dedicated to supporting professional Black women & women of color in technology and their allies. Listen to the gems Ty drops as she shares insights on leadership, showing up fully in spaces as a Black Woman & gearing up for the free virtual conference taking place on Friday, March 19, 2021 

Register for TransformHer: https://www.linkedin.com/events/transformher-216765434658609078272/

Wrap Session 14 is power-packed with personal stories, gems & hard truths spoken with unapologetic passion by the incredible Antionette Carroll, TED speaker & fellow, designer & redesigner for Justice and Equity. Antionette is the Founder & CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, a nonprofit organization based in St. Louis, Missouri but also having global impact and influence. The organization empowers Black, Latin and Indigenous youth to be creative equity leaders helping to design the communities they live in & beyond. 

Find out more about Creative Reaction Lab and get involved:

https://www.creativereactionlab.com/

https://www.instagram.com/crxlab/

https://twitter.com/CRXLAB

Wrap Session 13- Founder & Executive Director of Inneract Project, Designer & Leader Maurice Woods joins the Royal Court to authentically share his personal journey to Design and discuss his work leading Inneract Project;  the nonprofit that empowers underrepresented youth through design education and links them to opportunities to explore design in career and life.

To get involved, partner and find out more about Inneract Project be sure to follow them and visit their sites:

https://inneractproject.org/

https://twitter.com/InneractProject

https://www.instagram.com/inneractproject/

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A special message to the Royal Court 

2020 has introduced a lot of things good bad and ugly. One of the brightest experiences has been the birth of the virtual DJ that has helped people get through these times by creating a sense of community through music.  DJ M.O.S. and his virtual experience, Club Insomnia takes followers on a journey through music that will leave you feeling nostalgic and euphoric.  

In this wrap session, DJ M.O.S. shares his journey making the pivot to streaming his DJ sets on Instagram & Twitch , his relationship with DJ DNICE,  the strong DJ community, his experiences playing in Abu Dhabi and Sean Combs (Diddy) birthday party.

Affectionately known as the Talent Genie, Maisha Cannon brings "oodles of creativity" and tons of resources to the Talent Acquisition industry. This International speaker and leader in the recruiting and sourcing space shares her gems on her industry experiences through Entertainment and Tech,  best practices for Job Seekers, and why showing up authentically is a process. 

Follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/talentgenie | Connect on LinkedIn

From her humble roots in Jackson, Mississippi, to obtaining a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech and later becoming the CTO of a startup (PartPic), lead by Black women and acquired by Amazon; Dr. Nashlie Sephus is on a mission to ensure her community is empowered and equipped. In this wrap session, Nashlie shares her experiences as an AI Leader from college to startup life and now Amazon and also drops gems on the importance of rooting & planting tech seeds back home through her nonprofit The Bean Path. 

Follow Nashlie: 

https://twitter.com/phenomenashlie 

https://thebeanpath.org/ 

 https://twitter.com/TheBeanPath

Rhonda Allen was recently named and CEO of /dev/color, a nonprofit organization whose mission and movement is: " To empower Black software engineers to help one another grow into industry leaders".  From her international experiences living and teaching abroad to her southern roots in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Rhonda shares gems from her career journey as well the important work of /dev/color,  their members, and the organization's impact on the tech industry. 

For more information on /dev/color and to join or partner  visit LinkedIn | Twitter  | FaceBook | Instagram  | Medium Blog