Our Team
STAFF
CO-FOUNDER / BOARD VICE PRESIDENT
Rev. Tawana Davis
CO-FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Rev. Dr. Dawn Riley Duval
"I want history to remember me ... as a Black Woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself"
- Shirley Chisholm
PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
Ash Ferguson
"If you're always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be."
- Maya Angelou
BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH, HEALING, & JOY COORDINATOR
Briana Simmons
"It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you are not."
- Basquiat
FACING RACISM COORDINATOR
Dr. Debbie Mixon-Mitchell
"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated." - Maya Angelou
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Niyankor Ajuaj
"Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
- Harriet Tubman
LET MY PEOPLE VOTE COORDINATOR FROM NEW ERA COLORADO
Victoria Dadet
PRACTICUM RESIDENT
Lauren Johnson
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
- Howard Thurman
SUPPORTING TEAM
SPIRITUAL ADVISOR
Wendy Talley
SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST
D'Andra Mixon-Walker
LET MY PEOPLE VOTE CONSULTANT
Emily Shamsid-Deen
FACING RACISM FACILITATOR
Meghan Carrier
FACING RACISM FACILITATOR
Rachael Sharp
Communication Consultant
Makia Jones
"... know that survival is not an academic skill. It is learning how to take our differences and make them strengths. For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change."
- Audre Lorde
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD PRESIDENT
Dr. Rosemarie Allen
BOARD VICE PRESIDENT
Rev. Tawana Davis
BOARD TREASURER
Danielle Jackson
