Amber Victoria is a digital entrepreneur and analog artist from Asheville.
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As a multi-faceted artist and filmmaker, Keresey Pearl has valued curiosity and pioneering from an early age.
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Dr. Christine Bricker is a professor of political science at Warren Wilson College. Her research and teaching focus on American politics, specifically on political behavior, public opinion, state and local politics.
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With reporters leaving the journalism profession in droves — sometimes by choice, but more often by necessity — Virginia Daffron’s career has taken the opposite direction.
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Cortina Jenelle Caldwell, Founder & Creative Director for Artists Designing Evolution, is a queer, Two-Spirit descending from generations of Southern, West African, Latinx & Native American peoples.
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For over two years Brett has been producing, architecting, and delivering virtual reality content, consulting with brands about embracing the immersive mediums of VR and AR, and programming team building as Better Than Unicorns.
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Doc Klein has been involved with social movements for the last forty years in health, environmental awareness and action, education, and business.
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Kate Maloney, PhD is the CEO & Producer of WeRiseUP The Movie and Movement that features the United Nations and key global leaders.
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John Whitehead earns his living making documentaries for public television and videos for non-profit organizations.
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Julia Christgau is an actor, musician and budding filmmaker. She was born and raised in NYC and recently relocated to Asheville, NC.
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Shameika Rhymes is a journalist of all trades. She’s a former television news producer (WJHL, WLOS, Time Warner Cable News, Spectrum News) who has written for outlets like Charlotte Magazine, Charlotte Happenings Magazine, Creative Loafing, ET Online, ESSENCE, EBONY, JET Magazine, the National Museum of African American Music, Shondaland, Sisters AARP, Soul Train, QC Nerve Vanity Fair, WEtv.com, and her own blog, The Mofochronicles.com.
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Jocelyn is a multi-medium storyteller who believes that the alchemy of story and community produces the elixirs of wonder, truth and empathy.
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Jennifer Trudrung has come a long way from when she used to pray for thunderstorms to get out of presenting campfire programs in front of people when she worked as a Park Ranger in Canyonlands National Park.
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Michael Shaun Conaway is the CEO and Director at Storyworks, a social impact creative agency.
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Alex Melnyk is the President of Storyworks, a social impact creative agency helping brands grow purpose, profit and impact.
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Goodstein is best known for his work with unique political campaigns that blend art, music, and culture. Having co-founded Punkvoter.com, Rock Against Bush, Artists for Obama, Artists for Bernie, DailyAction, CreativeMajority, and LadyPartsJusice; he has truly built impactful programs that have changed the world in which we live.
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Imagine being forced from your home. Imagine being sent to a prison camp with no trial, and no promise of release. Imagine all this happened simply because of the language you speak, the shade of your skin, or the roots of your family tree.
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Virginia Prescott is the Gracie Award-winning host of On Second Thought for Georgia Public Broadcasting. Before joining GPB, she was host of Word of Mouth, Writers on A New England Stage and the I-Tunes Top Ten Podcasts Civics 101 and The 10-Minute Writers Workshop on New Hampshire Public Radio.
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When you listen to Fantastic Negrito, you’re invited to hear the story of life after destruction. Each song is a real story about a musician from Oakland who experienced the highs of a million dollar record deal, the lows of a near fatal car accident that left him in a coma, and is now in the midst of a rebirth that took him from the streets of Oakland to the Grammy stage. On the way he won the NPR Tiny Desk Contest and toured the world, playing alongside artists ranging from Chris Cornell to Solange to Sturgill Simpson.
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