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John Mason aka JM3 is a young Christian rapper born and raised in Pittsburg, CA.
Best known for his popular "God Step", he is making his way through the local music scene. Follow him on Instagram and check out his music on Spotify. The rapper's latest single "So" definitely is steeped in that Bay Area sound.

IG: @jm3fromthep

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Jazmyn K. Robinson was born and raised in Oakland, CA. She received her BS in Criminology from Fresno State University and a Masters of Social Work from the University of Southern California.

Jazmyn has served the community in several capacities and ultimately experienced emotional and physical burnout during her early 20s. Jazmyn suffered from obesity, depression, anxiety, and alcoholism, which required her to take an in depth look into the importance of personal health and wellness. Jazmyn explored several diets and trends with little to no success. In 2018, Jazmyn discovered and began to practice the Ketogenic Lifestyle resulting in a loss of 86 pounds, increased mental clarity, and a renowned aspiration to establish and achieve self-care goals.

Today, self-care remains a paramount practice and is acknowledged and encouraged by Jazmyn to all who are looking to redefine their life’s purpose.

W: www.hellaketo.net
IG: @hellaketo98

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Tonya Amos received a BA in Cultural Anthropology from U.C. Berkeley & trained four years on full scholarship at Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. A member of Actors Equity Association, she has appeared with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater & Donald Byrd, was a member of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Footprints & Amy Pivar Dances, performed in the International Tour of “West Side Story”, the National Tour of “Sesame St. Live”, Sacramento Music Circus’ “The King & I”, and has been featured in numerous print ads & TV commercials.

She is the owner of Aspire Pilates Center, which has allowed her to work full time on bridging health and wellness and the arts with communities that traditionally don’t have access. She’s proud to help build cross cultural and intergenerational bridges with Grown Women Dance Collective.

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IG: @GrownWomenDanceCollective

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Tammy Johnson is a dancer, producer, culture keeper, writer, equity consultant and godmother extraordinaire. Johnson directed living wage, welfare rights, public education and election campaigns as community organizer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has partnered with World Trust and spent a decade at Race Forward as a national organizer, trainer, writer, and policy analyst.

Johnson co-produced the television special Colorlines: Race and Economic Recovery with LinkTV. She was also the curator of creativesinplace.org, a listening project and digital platform that features the stores of Bay Area artists and their work.

Johnson specializes in raks baladi, also known as Egyptian style belly dance, and was a recipient of the 2016 Deborah Slater Studio 210 Residency Program and performed as part of ChimaTEK: Hybridity Visualization Mandala, a piece created by renowned performance visual artists Saya Woolfalk.

W: tjuniverse.com
IG: tammy.johnson.510

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Cherie Hill-Surya Devi is a choreographer and dance educator who practices and shares expressive and healthy processes to nourish the mind, body, and soul. A dancer most of her life, Cherie holds a graduate degree in dance and somatics and has taught dance for over ten years.

A creator of art that explores human expression through the body in collaboration with nature, music, and visual imagery, her dance company, IrieDance, has held multiple artist residencies and community partnerships throughout the San Francisco Bay Area/Ohlone land.

The named sun daughter is a meditator and initiate of inner light and sound and has followed a plant-based diet for over two decades. Her lifestyle informs her specialized approach to teaching and connecting the body with the soul. Cherie-Surya currently lives on Luiseño-speaking Payomkawichum land in the Temecula Valley, CA, with her life-long partner, and two children.

W: Move Da Soul
IG: @movedasoul

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Uzo Nwadugbo serves as the Executive Director of The Black Neighborhood organization, established in 2016. He was born and raised in East (got to be specific!) Oakland, California and always had a passion for giving back to others from a young age.

He went to Skyline High School and from there went on to get his BA in Communications at San Jose State University. He along with five other liked minded friends started The Black Neighborhood out of tragedy and now it's programs include educational scholarships for college students, meditative outdoor hikes, food + clothing giveaways and more!

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IG: @theblackneighborhood

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Dani Offline is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer and songwriter. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, she is currently based in Oakland, California.

IG: @dani.offline
Twitter: @dani_offline

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A native of Oakland, CA Traci Bartlow is an artist and entrepreneur with a longstanding career as an activist, business owner, photographer, dance educator, lecturer, curator, and cultural archivist.

As a dancer she has taught and performed internationally and produced many local events in the Bay Area. She is a founding member of Eastside Cultural Center, served on the board of trustees at City Center Dance Theater, and consulted with many arts and social justice organizations. 

Currently she is the owner of B-Love’s Guest House in west Oakland.  It is a boutique hotel with an art gallery and exquisite urban garden.  In the summer of 2022, B-Love’s Guest House premiered Oakland Picture Lady: Tales of a 90’s Girl, a collection of Ms. Bartlow’s photographs, collages, and short stories she created in the 1990’s.

Website: iamtracibartlow.com
IG: @TraciBartlow

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An Oakland native, performing vocalist, & culture, arts education and wellness advocate, Rashida Chase recognizes and embraces the power that music and culture hold and uses her voice as a tool for liberation. Rashida is the Director of AMP Oakland, a curated busker series piloted in Downtown Oakland in 2019 showcasing more than 300 artists, the same year she founded Liberated Culture, a cultural enterprise that supports local artists, bridges
intergenerational gaps, and uplifts the authentic culture of Oakland.

FB/IG: @rashidachasemusic

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Dieudonné Brou is a first generation Ivorian-American, West Oakland native who spent most of his early life trying to find his identity. As a young black male navigating historically marginalized communities in Oakland and the Bay Area, Dieudonné would soon find himself caught  in the school-to-prison pipeline. Dieudonné’s blended West African heritage & Black American experience helped shape his interest in shoe design, style and menswear.

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