Amanda Christine Harth 

Amanda Christine Harth is a Teaching Artist and serial Entrepreneur from Chicago. She has a formal background in Fashion Design and received her Bachelors from The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago in 2010.  Connecting with people over the unspoken language of fashion has unknowingly been a driving force behind her practice. Amanda's experiences in community and storytelling has recently led her to launch Monday Coffee Co. with her best friend and business partner Felton E. Kizer. The coffee company was launched in October 2020 to keep people connected during a time when meeting in person was deemed unsafe. She is committed to the empowerment of underrepresented individuals, communities, and industries by creating spaces to share their stories.

Dumebi Egbuna

Dumebi Egbuna is the Co-founder and CMO of Chezie, a D&I-focused start-up with the mission of creating the most inclusive and equitable companies on earth.

Upon graduation, Dumebi began working for IBM within the business development and sales organization. She is responsible for driving the company’s strategic initiatives for their data and AI brand, delivering more than $100 million in revenue through the partner ecosystem.

It was at IBM that she found her passion for helping minorities succeed in the spaces that have previously not been accessible to them, like higher education and corporate America. She knows what its like to be the only Black woman at the table, and has dedicated herself to helping people with similar backgrounds break through the glass ceilings and excel in their chosen fields.

Kamra

Kamra is an American artist. Their debut EP, Verdant Banks, places them at the intersection of soul soothing balm and moirologist. Their mily vibrato leaves goosebumps on the skin. Verdant Banks forthrightly demarcates dichotomies between pain and grief, prosperity and bounty. The aural and operatic quality of Kamra's voice combined with their control demands attention. They are also the founder of Activation Residency.

Dr. Satira Streeter Corbitt

is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Certified Gottman Therapist, and the Founder and Executive Director of Ascensions Psychological Services, Inc.  She has vast experience in working with individuals and couples and has specialized in teaching and implementing effective, culturally responsive techniques in her community. In 2004, Dr. Streeter Corbitt founded Ascensions to serve the needs of families in Anacostia, the most poverty-stricken area of Washington, DC. Ascensions provides therapy, advocacy, and therapeutic groups for couples, parents, and women. She also facilitates monthly psycho-educational workshops on trauma, effective discipline, and protecting our youth from sexual predators.

Sephora Woldu

Sephora Woldu is an Eritrean American filmmaker. Named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine, her work has gained audiences from the American Film Institute to Eritrean community centers in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Toronto, London, and New York. Sephora has received the Emerging Filmmaker Award (Indie Memphis) and the Jury Prize for Bold Innovation (RiverRun International Film Festival) for her work, and her first book (Adventures in the Art of Rejection) was published in 2020 by Sun Night Editions. She is currently developing her next film with support from San Francisco Film Society, Cinereach, and The Gotham Film and Media Institute. Sephora's hobbies include dangling out of open windows, extreme journalling, and playing her bright red Castelfidardo accordion, Mushu.

Tasha Bailey

Tasha is a creative & integrative counselor, who works with children, young people & adults. She works in a compassionate way, inviting curiosity and metaphor into the space. She specializes in working with trauma, anxiety, confidence & cultural identity. Tasha believes in the importance of destigmatizing mental health, especially within the African diaspora where strength and perseverance are placed at a higher value than emotional wellbeing. Through her IG platform @RealTalkTherapist, she breaks down barriers to self-care for womxn and creates conversations around healing and restoration.

Whit McClure

Whit McClure is the creator behind Whit Hazen, a floral design studio in Los Angeles, California.  Whit’s work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, The Knot, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Sunset Magazine, as well as on-screen in The L Word: Generation Q & Insecure. 

Whit works with flowers as a creative channel to commune with the beauty that constantly surrounds us, and as a reminder of the kind of world, we want to fight for.   She sees her role as a Black Femme in a field with little representation of her identities as an opportunity to be a possible model for other creatives wanting to explore nature thru their art.

Xperience J (Crystal Judkins)

Xperience J (Crystal Judkins) is a multi-hyphenate creative from Alexandria, Virginia. She is the co-founder of Black Audio Dramas Exist, where she promotes creatively provocative audio dramas written, produced, and starring Black creatives. Xperience is passionately driven by her love of the arts and the innate desire to amplify Black voices through media.

She has written and produced two audio dramas, "Past Due Audio Series" and "Kiss: The Audio Series,” which can currently be found on most major streaming platforms. Most recently, she established Shhh! Jus’ Listen Media, where she uses her love of sound to produce innovative audio experiences that will change the face of audio dramas forever.