Kamala harris

Vice President of the United States

SHE MATTERS: Vice President Harris Ascends to Be Our National Treasure
by Dr. Deborah L. Stroman, PhD CLU

There are certainly many interpretations of prophet Isaiah’s scripture in which he speaks to God’s new kingdom where there will be peace and rest “and a little child will lead them.” Kamala Harris, our nation’s first woman of color as an African-American and Indian-American vice president… Read More

 

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Photo credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Barack Obama served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the...

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Photo credit: Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy Former First Lady Michelle Obama is an attorney and author who was the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, and was the...

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Mayor of Houston Elected in December 2015 and overwhelmingly re-elected in December 2019, Sylvester Turner is serving his second four-year term. He is Houston’s 62nd mayor. Since taking office, Mayor Turner has expertly managed significant challenges facing the...

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Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka is the 40th Mayor of the City of Newark. He is a native of Newark, whose family has lived in the City for more than 80 years, Mayor Baraka’s progressive approach to governing has won him accolades from grassroots organizations to the White...

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Founder and Head of The Imani School Patricia Hogan Williams has had more than 30 years experience as an educator with students from preschool classrooms to university campuses. She is the Founding Head, and Executive Director of The Imani School. Under her...

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Colin Kaepernick

Former NFL Player and Civil Rights Activist Colin Kaepernick is a civil rights activist and football quarterback who is a free agent. He played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). As a political activist, he knelt during the...

Edward Pollard

Edward Pollard

Houston City Council Edward Pollard is currently the only black male council member in Houston, Texas, the nation’s fourth largest city. He represents District J, which primarily covers southwest Houston with a constituency of nearly 200,000 people. Edward is a proud...

Thasunda Duckett

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CEO of Chase Consumer Banking Thasunda Duckett is the Chief Executive Officer of Chase Consumer Banking. She is a member of the Consumer & Community Banking Leadership Committee. Duckett is originally from Texas. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and...

George L. Linen Sr. TSgt, Ret.

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Air Force Aerospace Science Instructor TSgt George L. Linen Sr., known to many as, “Sarge” is a New Jersey resident and has been employed as an Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Aerospace Science Instructor at Bridgeton High School for the past 14 years....

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MLB Executive Tyrone Brooks was announced by Major League Baseball on January 27, 2016 as Senior Director of the Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program. The Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program (“Diversity Pipeline Program”) is an...

Leland D. Melvin

Leland D. Melvin

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Ronald L. Johnson

Ronald L. Johnson

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Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

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Photo credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association Dr. Benjamin Chavis Jr., iconic civil rights leader, entrepreneur, global business entrepreneur, educator, organic chemist, NAACP Life Member, syndicated...

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Michele Meyer-Shipp

Michele Meyer-Shipp

MLB Executive Michele Meyer-Shipp is the Chief People & Culture Officer of Major League Baseball. She reports directly to Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. and sits on MLB’s Executive Committee. In her role, Michele leads human resources; diversity,...

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Sr. VP of Nielsen Media Caroline Clarke Senior Vice President, Editorial Content Strategy at Nielsen Media, is an award-winning journalist, a sought after speaker, moderator and published author. In her current role, Clarke leads the Nielsen Media Thought Leadership...

Deena Hayes-Greene

Deena Hayes-Greene

Founder & Managing Director Racial Equity Institute Deena A. Hayes-Greene is a racial equity consultant, trainer, and community/institutional organizer whose work focuses on the impacts of race and racism on systems, institutions, organizations and individuals. In...

Maxine Waters

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Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams

Photo credit: Kerri Battles for Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs U.S. Voting Rights Activist Stacey Abrams is the House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly and State Representative for the 89th House District. She is the first woman to lead...

Amanda Gorman

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Photo credit: the Library of Congress Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, as well as an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University, where she studied Sociology. She has written for the New York Times and...

Ayanna Pressley

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Bianca Smith

Bianca Smith

MLB Coach Bianca Smith is a professional baseball coach in the Boston Red Sox organization. Smith, 29, has become the first African American woman to serve as a professional baseball coach. In the role, she will work with the team’s infielders at the Red Sox minor...

Deion Sanders

Deion Sanders

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Dr. William Darity

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Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts

MLB MANAGER David Roberts is a professional baseball manager and former outfielder who is the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for five MLB teams over a ten-year career and then coached for the San Diego Padres before being...

Michelle Roberts

Michelle Roberts

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Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi

Photo credit: Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0 author / activist Ibram X. Kendi is an author, professor, anti-racist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in America. In July 2020, he assumed the position of director of the Center for Antiracist...

Ben Crump

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Photo credit: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Lloyd “Ben” Crump is an attorney who specializes in civil rights and catastrophic personal injury cases. Crump attended Florida State University and received his...

Keisha Lance Bottoms

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Dusty Baker

Dusty Baker

Manager of the Houston Astros Dusty Baker is a Major League Baseball manager who currently manages the Houston Astros. A former major league player, who had a 19-year career as a hard-hitting outfielder, primarily with the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. Baker...