Mixed Media Artist | Educator

A museum professional, media producer, and media professor. Former Distribution Executive of various cutting edge independent media companies which include Women Make Movies, The Cinema Guild, and Antenna Audio. Distribution Consultant, and board member at Third World Newsreel. This adjunct professor in the communications department at the College of New Rochelle is also a poet, writer, and musician. After managing education programs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, she went on to manage education programs at the International Center of Photography.

Founder of the Kalief Browder Foundation

Promoter of the six-part Spike TV docu-series entitled Time: The Kalief Browder Story available on Netflix. Founder of “The Kalief Browder Foundation,” and “Shut Down Rikers.” He is a former 2017 NYC Mayoral candidate, and social justice advocate.

Founder of "the Squirrelz"

This bi-continental, eco-friendly fashion designer splits her time between New York City and Shanghai. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, her industry experience ranges from mass production to warehouse to couture. She is the creator of a new app called “Squirrelz”, a personalized one-stop solution to the fashion industries fabric scrap waste problem. Squirrelz allows designers to list their old items for other designers to upcycle drastically reducing the amount of waste that is prevalent in the industry.  

Environmental Consultant & Diversity Advisor

A New York City based eco-consultant and advisor working for energy efficiency and sustainability, with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Member of the Climate Equity advisory committee for the public policy organization Demos, and the Green 2.0 advisory board with the Raben Group. A recent attendee of the Al Gore Climate Reality Leadership Corps. She currently serves as an acting manager of the Historical Black Colleges & Universities Green Fund.  

Rap Artist

A rapper, producer, DJ, writer, and internet personality. Known for his outspoken opinions on gender identity and rape culture.

Artist | Author | Speaker | Writer

The Editor-in-Chief and staff writer of the digital publication, RaceBaitR. Their work has been featured in, among other publications; The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ebony and Gawker as well as in the peer-reviewed academic journal Critical Ethnic Studies. They are also the managing editor for the Black Youth Project, an assistant editor for Vinyl Poetry & Prose, and a staff writer for Afropunk. Their work is informed by their passion for storytelling and wrestling with identity as a black, non-binary child of muslim and hindu parents while growing up in Cleveland, OH.     

Author, "America on the Verge"

A Juilliard graduate, James Behr was hailed as “a demon pianist” by The Boston Globe and “genius composer” by InTheFray Magazine. In his new book "America on the Verge," Journalist James Behr presents innovative analysis and bold solutions for the economy, banking system, trade & outsourcing, automation & the "gig" economy, nuclear terrorism, drug abuse, population growth, poisonous politics, failing education, vanishing fine arts, solar energy, fusion power, electric cars, $19 trillion government debt, oil, the warming planet, and rising oceans. Drawing upon the inspiring economic success of the post-Wwii generation, bold ideas and a vision for the future are presented, from solar energy to political reform to revolutionary government change (publicly funded elections). Its non-partisan approach to problems will intrigue people of all political views. America needs a bold vision - solutions to pull America out of malaise and back on track as an economic superpower and beacon of freedom.

Transgender Rights Attorney

A nationally recognized transgender rights attorney and law professor with three decades of legal experience. Her cases have resulted in landmark settlements and rulings increasing protections for transgender employees and sending an unmistakable message that employment bias will not be tolerated. A former tenured professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College of New Jersey and the founder of the Law Office of Jillian T. Weiss P.C. She has a PhD in law, policy and society from Northeastern University and a J.D. from Seton Hall Law School, as well as a B.A. in classics from Yeshiva University. A past board member of LAMBDA Legal, she has been chair of the annual Trans Law Symposium, and has consulted with private and public organizations regarding gender identity policy and employee gender transitions, including Harvard University, Boeing and New York City.

Founder of the LGBT National Cancer Network

Founder and Executive Director of the National LGBT Cancer Network. A member of the diversity outreach committee of the Young Survival Coalition and a member of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. Co-Chair of the NYC Lesbian Cancer Support Consortium. She is a licensed clinical social worker whose mission is to improve the treatment of LBT survivors in institutions and agencies, and reach out to underserved and underinsured LBT survivors in New York City.  

Anthropologist | Epidemiologist | Host, "The Basics with Dr. Mo"

An international infectious disease epidemiologist, and anthropologist. A faculty appointee at Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She is the host of “The Basics with Dr. Mo.” Her work has influenced public policy, and her current interests focus on understanding how complex social problems impact population health.

NYC Social Media Socialite | Transgender Advocate

Known as an NYC social media socialite, and transgender advocate, she has become a staple on the cities LGBTQ social scene and is often referred to jokingly by her peers as “First Lady.” The daughter of the honorable late Dr. George T. Washington, Sr. and Mrs. Barbara Jean Hutchins Washington. Her father is best remembered for his contributions to African, Chinese and American society formerly serving as Ambassador to China as well as the United States from the Republic of Liberia, West Africa.

Co-founder, "a new black arts movement"

This artist means to cultivate a cultural revolution throughout the world integrating revolutionary cries for freedom into hip hop soundscapes using an eclectic and experimental fusion of true school hip hop, funk, electronica and jazz. Channeling the frequencies of J Dilla, having tea with Sun Ra, painting the silhouettes of Nina Simone, remixing the messages of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, this freedom singer from the South Bronx by way of Brooklyn serves his community as a musician, DJ / soul selector, producer, facilitator and mentor for youth. A community organizer and founder of The International Movement in Motion Artist & Activist Collective. Co-founder of “a new black arts movement” and Vice President of the Universal Zulu Nation's Brooklyn Territory (UZN Chapter 9 -Noble 9 Zuluz)