The Full Set

Sadada Jackson 

Womxn of Color, Leadership, Access, Love, and Liberation 

Pronouns: (she/they)   

Sadada is a student of practice who lives in her body and vacations in her mind. she has a master's in theological studies from harvard in indigenous traditions, a master's in education from umass in secondary english language arts and she is a trained 200-hour hatha yoga and yoga therapeutics teacher. she works as a coach, consultant, and facilitator with individuals and groups who do the work of healing and educating. the goal of her work is to end the relational and the structural violences impacting all marginalized bodies, particularly black and indigenous bodies.  

Credential(s) B.A. in Theater from UMass Boston M Ed. in Secondary English Language Arts M T S in Indigneous Traditions 200 hour RYT with Bo Forbes in Hatha yoga and yoga therapeutics Trained Afro Cuban, Haitian Folkloric and Modern dancer Firekeeper in the Mayan tradition  

Tribal affiliation: Nipmuc

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Challenging the lack of representation of marginalized communities in Hollywood and beyond since 2015  

April practiced law for over 15 years, with an emphasis on campaign finance law and reform, but her life took an unexpected turn when her commentary on the lack of people of color represented in the 2015 Oscars nominations compelled her to tweet a now-famous hashtag: #OscarsSoWhite. The hashtag turned into a movement that effected tangible change: The Academy made its most systemic change in its 90+ year history by committing to doubling the number of women and the number of people of color in its voting membership. The hashtag also branded a diversity and inclusion movement that was reaching a tipping point and a social and racial justice revolution was born.  

As CEO of ReignStorm Ventures, April advocates for the representation of marginalized communities in all areas of the arts, entertainment and tech through speaking engagements, activations, digital and traditional media, corporate consulting and lending her voice to festivals, panels, higher learning institutions and other related efforts.  

Under April’s direction, Reignstorm Ventures is focused on three major areas: Business Consultancy. Ensuring companies, studios, fashion houses and others are making inclusive, equitable and intentional marketing and hiring decisions. Salons. Concepting, curating and executing unique gatherings sponsored by and tailored for brands to showcase their products and services to a strategically chosen audience. Media Hosting/Interviewing and Panel Mediation. April recently moderated a daily panel at Cannes-Lions’ Inkwell Beach that became the touchpoint for cultural activations and trends during the festival and she continues to be a highly sought-after voice for television, producers, writers, organizations, live panels and many more on subjects related to inclusion, diversity and representation.  

When April is not advocating for traditionally underrepresented communities, she’s recounting stories of living with a very strong-minded teenage daughter and revealing to her 160k social media followers that she’s a huge pop culture nerd.

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Jonah Deocampo, better known by his stage name Bambu, is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California. He has been called "one of the most well-respected indie musicians in the US". Bambu was arrested at the age of 16 and spent time in Los Angeles' Central Juvenile Hall. Released at 18, Bambu joined the United States Marine Corps as a special operations training group instructor (SARC) and spent time in East Timor, Middle East, and Okinawa, Japan. Bambu's latest project, Exrcising a Demon is a 5-part series that weaves voices from Filipino-American gang members as a means of documenting early 1980s and 1990s Los Angeles. Article I: A Few Left was released in September 2018, and Article II: Brother Hoods was released in June 2019. Bambu's music deals with themes of police brutality, racial prejudice and economic inequality. Bambu was the Secretary General of Kabataang Makabayan USA (KmB, also known as Pro-People Youth) in Los Angeles. He is a resident of Oakland, California.  

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 Kay Martinez, M.A. (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is an Afro-Latinx Gender-Non Conformer. Kay is a speaker, curriculum designer, writer, and model. They have over a decade of professional experience directing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives in Universities and most recently as a consultant partnering with leading Tech, Corporate, and Non-Profit clients.  As a writer, they have published research and op-eds on the political climate for Queer Trans BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) in the U.S. at the intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexuality. They have been published in The Huffington Post, Vogue Italia, Wear Your Voice Magazine and RaceBaitr. They were alsonamed to DapperQ's 100 Most stylish of 2019.  Kay has a M.A. in Higher Education from Boston College and is currently the Associate Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Adjunct Faculty at Massachusetts  General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.  

Follow Kay on; Instagram: @k_pmz,  Twitter: @kboimartinez

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Angel the Healer is an Afro-Indigenous 2Spirit Healer, Hood Herbalist & Rootworker centered in Hoodoo and Black Spirituality. Angel is a domestic and sexual violence advocate, since the age of 17, with the first goal being the healing of Black Womxn first.  

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Nayyirah Shariff is a grassroots organizer with 10 years of experience from Flint, Michigan.  Nayyirah was one of the co-founders of the Flint Democracy Defense League, a grassroots group formed to confront Flint’s emergency manager in 2011. She has nearly ten years experience organizing around local, state, and national electoral and issue campaigns. She has been featured on Democracy Now!, Move to Amend podcast, Al-Jazeera and Netroots Nation speaking out about the problems with Flint’s water and with Michigan’s Emergency Management of local governments. She is currently the Director of Flint Rising, a coalition of Flint residents and community groups, labor, and progressive allies that formed in response to Flint’s emergency declaration.  

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Episode #36 (Recorded 3 June 2020)

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The DiDi Delgado sits with international Artist, Author, Activist and transformational leader Sonya Renee Taylor Via bit.ly/donefordidi. 

Sonya is the best-selling author of two books The Body Is Not an Apology and ”Celebrate Your Body and Its Changes Too”, and founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, an international digital media and education company committed to radical self-love as the foundational tool of social justice, whose content reaches over 1 million people monthly.  She has shared her work and activism across the US, New Zealand, Australia, UK, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Brazil and the Netherlands. Sonya has been seen, heard, and read on HBO, BET, MTV, TV One, NPR, PBS, CNN, Oxygen Network, The New York Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Today.com, Huffington Post, Vogue Australia, Shape.com, Ms. Magazine and many more. She has shared stages with such luminaries as the late Amiri Baraka, Angela Davis, Sonia Sanchez and others.  In 2016, Sonya was a guest of the Obama White House, where she spoke about TBINAA’s work at the intersection of LGBTQIAA+ issues and disability justice. Sonya currently resides in New Zealand where she is an inaugural fellow in the Edmund Hilary Fellowship for global impact change makers. 

You can learn more about her radical self-love work at www.sonyareneetaylor.com and www.thebodyisnotanapology.com

Ejeris Dixon is a Black Queer Feminist organizer and political strategist with 20 years of experience working in racial justice, LGBTQ, anti-violence, and economic justice movements. 

They are the Executive Director of Vision Change Win Consulting (www.visionchangewin.com) where they partner with organizations to build their capacity and deepen the impact of their organizing strategies. They also serve as a consultant with Roadmap Consulting (www.roadmapconsulting.org) a national social justice consulting team. 

From 2010 - 2013 Ejeris served as the Deputy Director in charge of the Community Organizing Department at the New York City Anti-Violence Project where she directed national, statewide, and local organizing and advocacy initiatives on hate violence, domestic violence, police violence, and sexual violence.  From 2005 - 2010 Ejeris worked as the Founding Program Coordinator of the Safe OUTside the System Collective at the Audre Lorde Project where they worked on creating transformative justice strategies to address hate and police violence. 

They are the co-editor of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement, which was released in early 2020 by AK Press.  Her essay, "Building Community Safety: Practical Steps Toward Liberatory Transformation," is featured in the anthology Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States. Their writings and analysis have been featured in Truthout, New York Times, Huffington Post, SPIN Magazine, CNN, the New Civil Rights Movement, the New York Post, NY1, and Citylimits.  

In 2012 the White House recognized Ejeris as both an Emerging LGBT Leader and selected them as a featured speaker on violence against Black LGBT communities. They received a Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies at Yale University and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Nonprofit Management at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.  

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ejeris.dixon

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Dr. Tyffani M Dent is a licensed psychologist. She has served as a consultant and trainer under various federal and state grants. In addition, Dr. Dent has been appointed to various state and county committees focused on those within the juvenile justice system. Dr. Dent provides mental health trainings and has served as a panelist at conferences focused on culturally-informed mental health services, gender-responsive treatment, the school-to-prison pipeline and black girls, educating black girls in white spaces, intersectionality and social justice work throughout the United States. 

She has been featured on local and national news programs addressing the importance of emotional wellness in Black communities, mental health in times of national crisis, and the school-to-prison pipeline’s impact on Black Girls.  Dr. Dent is the Owner of Monford Dent Consulting & Psychological Services, LLC through which she provides ongoing mental health consultation and assessments. In 2020, she co-founded Centering Sisters, LLC, an organization dedicated to projects that center the needs of Black Women, Girls, and Femmes.  

One of her greatest accomplishments has been serving as a member of the steering committee for the March for Black Women (2017, 2018) in DC which brought thousands of marchers to DC to denounce the propagation of state-violence and the widespread incarceration of Black women and girls, rape and all sexualized violence, the murders and brutalization of transwomen, the disappearances of our girls from our streets, our schools and our homes, and the proposed deportation of immigrant women. 

Dr. Dent is the author of four books: Girls Got Issues: A Woman’s Guide to Self-discovery & Healing , You Got This! A Girl’s Guide to Growing Up, Black Girl: Unapologetically, and Reclaiming Me: Beginning My Journey to Overcoming Human Trafficking (free for download to therapists working with teen survivors), as well the co-author of two others: Becoming Who I Want to Be: A Good Lives Workbook for Young Women and its accompanying Counselor’s Edition. Dr. Dent’s primary area of interests are sexual violence prevention and intervention on the continuum, the role of intersectionality in the lives of black and brown girls/women, and culturally-informed work with those within the juvenile justice system.