Speakers
Amy Black
Tatoo Artist
Joshua Braunstein
Slam Poet
Carmen Jones
Sophmore, Virginia Commonwealthy University
Daniel Goldschmidt
Music Therapist
Archie Lee Coates IV
Partner & Co-Founder, PlayLab Inc.
Ashley Stanley
Executive Director, Lovin'Spoonfuls
Dr. Danny Avula
Deputy Director, Richmond Public Health Department
Brian Shepard
Chief Executive Officer, UNOS
Jim Meehan
Mixologist
Jasmine Lawrence
Program Manager, Microsoft's Xbox One Engineering Team
David Rau
Principal & Creative Director, 3north
Morgan Yacoe | Dr. Jennifer Rhodes
Sculptor | Director, Center of Craniofacial Care at CHoR
Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates
Founder & Artistic Director, The Conciliation Project
Jesse Vaughan
Emmy Award Winning Filmaker
Duron Chavis
Community Activist, Founder of Happily Natural Day Festival
Anne Goddard
Chieft Executive Officer, ChildFund International
Reggie Gordon
CEO of the American Red Cross, Eastern Virginia Region, Founder of the Ujima Legacy Fund
Andrew Poklepovic
Hematologist-oncologist, VCU Massey Cancer Center
Mike Muse
Co-Founder, Muse Recordings
Charlotte Potter & Robin Rogers
Artists, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio
Lisa Freiman
Director, VCU Institute for Contemporary Art
Garth Callaghan
Father, Napkin Note Writer
About the Event
In our second year we wanted to move the conversation forward. We wanted to to give ourselves room to engage, provoke, and inspire. Making a space for thinking about things differently and challenging our preconceptions was our goal.
Behind the mic were speakers who not only challenge and energize, but showed us a new definition of re___.