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As a published author, adjunct professor, organizational development specialist, and former school district educator with over 30 years of experience, Dr. Rachelle Rogers-Ard specializes in coaching agency leaders to dismantle racist policies, practices, and procedures that threaten organizational health. As principal lead of Harvest Consulting, she designs and facilitates customized leadership and racial bias training utilizing Social-Emotional best practices. As a certified Dare to Lead and The Leadership Challenge trainer, her work showcases the necessity for organizational Core Values to drive employee retention and outcomes.

She also showcases her talent as the director of the illustrious East Bay Anointed Voices, traveling Bay Area choir.

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Instagram: @dr.rachellerogersard
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Christopher “Chris” Chatmon is CEO and Founder of Kingmakers of Oakland (KOO) an award winning nonprofit that supports school districts around the country to improve the educational and life outcomes of Black Boys. For 10 years Chatmon served as the first Executive Director, African American Male Achievement (“AAMA”) for the Oakland Unified School District (“OUSD”). The office of AAMA was the first of its kind in the country to operate within a Public School district. Chatmon also served as the first Deputy Chief of Equity and Sr. Advisor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in OUSD, Oakland, CA.

Chatmon is passionate about uplifting the African-American community and has dedicated his career and life work to creating pathways of success for Black Youth within Oakland and beyond. Chatmon has received numerous local and national awards and accolades for his work and service to Black Youth and the City of Oakland, CA. In 2023 The CAFE Group selected Founder and CEO, Chris Chatmon, to receive a 1954 Project Luminary Award in the category of Innovation in Teaching & Learning. In 2020 Chatmon was awarded the Oscar Wright Lifetime Achievement Award from OUSD and Oakland, CA Mayor Libby Schaaf honored Chatmon with The City of Oakland Mayor’s Proclamation July 1st “Chris Chatmon Day”. Education Week Magazine named Chatmon as a “Leader to Learn From” and Campaign for Black Male Achievement selected him as a “Social Innovation Accelerator” because of his commitment to improving life outcomes for all youth and especially African American males.

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Meet Gina Woods!

She's a serial entrepreneur, investor, and business advisor, bringing a wealth of experience cultivating successful beauty brands with a focus on community reinvestment.

As the Co-Founder/Owner of Donna’s Recipe with Tabitha Brown, a renowned vegan beauty brand known for its premium ingredients and commitment to enhancing the hair and beauty care experience. Woods has introduced innovative concepts like the Allure award-winning Sweet Potato Pie Collection. Woods' business, Donna’s Recipe, is available in over a thousand Target stores and all Ulta Beauty locations nationwide and remains 100% self-funded. The brand’s sensational retail success resulted in its being honored as Ulta Beauty's Black Owned Brand of the Year.

In her capacity as a business mentor, she leads a business mastermind program empowering women to establish and expand their enterprises, contributing to the growth of numerous multi-million dollar ventures. Additionally, Woods established the LA Kids Entrepreneur Camp, a hands-on educational platform enabling young individuals to engage with experienced entrepreneurs and delve into the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.

Stay connected with Gina:
Website: Ginalosangeles.com
Instagram: @ginalosangeles

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August 9-September 13

Candace Johnson’s Scat-ter Brain: The Music of ADHD  <A musical celebrating neurodivergence, blending storytelling and song to challenge stigma and reframe ADHD as a creative superpower. 

Candace Johnson is a singer, actress, poet, voice instructor, and director of the University of California Berkeley’s Gospel Choir. She is also a voice coach for the Formally Incarcerated People’s Performance Project (FIPPP), a theater organization supporting artists impacted by incarceration. Johnson excels in opera, musical theater, gospel, and jazz. In 2018, she premiered her first one-woman show, VOX in a BOX, a musical biography about discovering her voice. Since then, she has written and performed seven original shows and continues to create new works.

Website: https://cjsings.com
Instagram: @iamcjsings

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Selena Wilson is a community-centered collectivist dedicated to giving back to the village that raised her--East Oakland. She currently serves as the CEO of the East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC) where she attended programming as a youth. In this role, Selena has leveraged her multifaceted skill set to enhance program effectiveness through evidenced-based practices, with a focus on trauma-informed, healing-centered care for Black and Brown youth.

Website: https://eoydc.org/
Org handle: @eoydc
Personal handle: @selenasmusings

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This is the FINAL WEEK to see "Fat Ham" directed by Margo Hall. A very Black, very Southern, very modern reimagining of Hamlet. Get TICKETS to "Fat Ham" at San Francisco Playhouse. https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2024-2025-season/fat-ham/

Margo Hall is the artistic director of Lorraine Hansberry Theatre and an award-winning actor/director/playwright. She returns to San Francisco Playhouse, where she directed [hieroglyph], Barbecue, Red Velvet, The Story, and most recently Nollywood Dreams. Other directing credits include Garuda’s Wing for The Magic Theatre, In the Evening by the Moonlight, Thurgood, and Soulful Christmas for Lorraine Hansberry Theatre; Friend of My Youth and Sonny’s Blues for Word for Word; and Brownsville Song, B-Side for Tray for Shotgun Players, where she also co-directed Bulrusher with Ellen Sebastian Chang.

Website: https://www.margohall.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margogot/

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Go see Kathryn Seabron in her 1-woman show "Angry Black Woman 101" at The Marsh in Berkeley, March 15 - April 13.
https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/kathryn-seabron/

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Kathryn Seabron (Playwright/Performer) began her theatrical journey as a stage manager for the legendary Lorraine Hansberry Theatre before expanding into directing for the Asian American Theatre, African American Theater Company, and Oakland Ensemble Theatre Company. Seabron later stepped into the spotlight, joining the cabaret and burlesque community, where she is widely known as Juicy D. Light. Under this persona, she has gained international recognition as a burlesque performer, choreographer, and leader of the award-winning troupe Rubenesque Burlesque. Her performance credits include AfroSolo, Playground SF, National Women’s Theater Festival, and San Francisco Fringe Festival, where she received a “Best of the Fringe” award. She also presented Angry Black Woman 101 at the Atlanta Black Theater Festival in 2024. 

IG: @juicydlight

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*Please excuse my voice, I was at the tail-end of a cold.

J.R. Rice is a Black man, writer, teacher, event host & curator, and spoken word artist, born and raised in Oakland, California. He has a B.A in Creative Writing and an English Education teaching credential from California State University of Long Beach. While studying abroad in Greece, he was mentored by the author, George Crane. His novel, Broken Pencils earned the 2024 Literary Titan Gold Book Award, 2024 Pencraft Summer Best Book Award winner for Young Adult Coming of Age Fiction, and the 2024 Hawthorne Prize Finalist for Best Fiction. 

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Lance Gardner is an award-winning actor, who was last seen on stage in 2019 in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s production of "The 39 Steps" as well as the co-production of "Skeleton Crew" at Marin Theatre and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. 

More details about his current role as the lead in "Waste" at Marin Theatre (Feb. 6 - Mar. 2) and photos can be found here: https://cbpr.co/press/waste/

He has previously performed with Marin Theatre in "Shakespeare in Love," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Equivocation," and more. Gardner has been seen on many Bay Area stages including Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California Shakespeare Company, San Francisco Playhouse, Magic Theatre, Aurora Theatre Company, and City Lights Theatre Companyy, among others. Gardner was appointed Artistic Director of Marin Theatre in fall of 2023.

Well known for his many leading appearances on stage at major theatres around the Bay, he also served as president of the Board of Trustees at Aurora Theatre and was a live event producer at KQED before assuming this role at Marin Theatre. Marin Theatre’s 2024/25 season is the first programmed by Gardner, who has assembled a collection of acclaimed plays that offer Bay Area audiences their first looks at funny, engaging, entertaining, and compelling works that have been hits in Canada, the U.K., New Zealand, and in other parts of the U.S.

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Robert Townsend, hailed as one of the "Godfathers of the Independent Film World," is a trailblazing actor, director, writer, and filmmaker with over 30 years in show business. Townsend is set to star in his solo show, Living the Shuffle, running at The Marsh Berkeley from January 31 to March 9.

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