In its third year, TEDxKingLincolnBronzeville will be presenting 12 live dynamic speakers at a drive-in experience in the heart of the city.
TEDxKingLincolnBronzeville Kwanzaa 365: Driving the Conversation Towards Liberation will be Friday, October 23, 2020, from 7:30-11:30 p.m. Speakers will be live on stage at the historic Lincoln Theatre. To make the event safe, attendees will drive-in at the Ohio State Outpatient Care East parking lot (543 Taylor Ave.) to experience a live simulcast. Food trucks and vendors will be on site.
“We are intentional about pushing to the surface the ideas, narratives and hard work everyday diverse people are creating, sharing and living to make our community more informed. Our goal is to highlight the unique and creative lives of this diverse neighborhood and show how their experiences connect to national and global narratives,” says Dr. Melissa Crum, organizer of the event.
Tickets are $35 per car in advance, and $60 per car the day of the event. Check out highlights of last year’s event here.
This year’s live speakers include:
Willis Brown, agricultural marketing consultant and retired science / biology educator and lifetime community activist.
J. Nwando Olayiwola, professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where she is also the founder of the Center for Primary Care Innovation and Transformation. She is also founder of the Minority Women Professionals are MVPs, a national professional development program.
Marvin Ferguson, who has 16 years of pharmacy practice experience. In 2008, he founded IMONB LLC properties that provide housing to low income populations. In 2018, Marvin founded Let’s Get Healthy Cleveland, a 501c3 Nonprofit that provides clinical programs, education, and resources to all communities. He currently sits as the Vice President of the 100 Black Men of Greater Cleveland and the Vice President of the Kappa Tau Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
Tifani Kendrick is an inspirationalist who writes, performs spoken word and creatively coaches people to live in love and in their purpose. Often referred to as a breath of fresh air, she highlights trauma and resilience, self love and relationships, faith and other qualities of life in her work. Tifani Kendrick is an Ohio University graduate and established D’Light House Family Center, Inc. to strengthen families and empower youth. She is currently a service connector with Urban Strategies, advocating for families to receive the community support they need in order to thrive. She co-authored The Resilience Factor to share how losing her mother to domestic violence led to her greatest awakening.
Adrienne Hood is the mother of Henry Green, who was killed by the Columbus police in 2016. Since his tragic and untimely death, Adrienne has emerged as a powerful voice against police brutality.
Jonathan Moody is Moody Nolan’s newly appointed CEO. He is driven by a passion to continue his father’s legacy and approaches design with an overall goal of having a major impact on communities in need. Under his leadership, Moody Nolan has grown to over 230 employees and 12 offices across the nation. The firm’s designs have now won over 300 design citations. Jonathan has helped continue and extend the firm’s position as the largest African-American owned architecture firm.
Valerie L. Hawes is a global learning and development professional. Valerie has nearly 20 years of speaking/training and development experience working in both the public and private sectors.
Yolanda Owens is an advocate of healthy food access, and the first Black/Latinx president of the College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Alumni Society Board
Eboni Partlow is administrator for Franklin County Children Services and board president for Black, Out, & Proud, a local nonprofit providing safe spaces, education, advocacy, and inspiration for Black LGBTQIA+ people in Central Ohio. She is also the former director of the Malaika Mentor Program, a culturally specific program for Black girls involved with children services and the juvenile justice system.
Jameel Paulin uses the emergent technology of virtual reality to create immersive audio-visual worlds influenced by afrofuturist themes and West African symbolism. By embracing the digital media, and creating digitally immersive realities, that are visually akin to the sonic environments of Coltrane, J Dilla, and Flying Lotus, he aims to situate hip-hop aesthetics within a tradition of black liberation aesthetics and to employ a kind of “hip-hop” method within his own creative practice.
Dr. Olivia G. Nathan is a patient focused pharmacist sincere in delivering culturally competent care to patients in underserved communities; Dr. Nathan is passionate about improving lives and preventing illness through the appropriate use of medication for underserved populations.
Noah Mitchell is the director of Strategic Partnerships & Student Experience at Per Scholas Columbus, which provides workforce training for underserved communities preparing them to gain jobs with a higher livable wage.