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Ed Whitfield
Tamika Turner
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Konda Mason
Konda Mason is a social entrepreneur, earth, and social justice activist. She is a co-founder of Jubilee Partners and President of Jubilee Justice; a nonprofit working to bring economic equity to BIPOC farmers and ecological sustainability. Ms. Mason, along with her partner’s actors Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie, owned the first home delivery service of organic food in the Los Angeles area and were the first to negotiate an organic food section in a major grocery store. She is the Strategic Director of the Runway Project Oakland, a micro-lending fund for African American entrepreneurs, and co-founder of the annual COCAP conference in Oakland focused on “Building the We Economy”.
Ed Whitfield
Ed Whitfield is co-founder and co-managing director of the Fund for Democratic Communities. A long-time social justice activist, Ed has been involved in labor, community organizing, and peace work since the late 60’s when he was a student at Cornell University. He was chairman of the Greensboro Redevelopment Commission for 9 years and was formerly chairman of Greensboro’s Triad Minority Development Corporation. Ed is deeply involved in conceptualizing and spreading the idea of democratic ownership and the reclamation of the commons.
Tamika Turner
Granddaughter of Baxter Leach, a Sanitation Worker from the 1968 strike, Tamika Turner is a groundbreaking entrepreneur, master barber, stylist, and public speaker. In June of 2016, she embarked on a historic journey of opening Tennessee’s 1st freestanding Natural Hair School, The Institute of Beauty, LLC. The program is designed to educate, empower, and equip students in the field of natural hair care and the business of beauty. The Institute of Beauty has introduced over 300 business-savvy, natural hair stylist students and over 100 licensed natural hair professionals into a billion-dollar beauty industry.