Common

“My mother turned and said ‘Rashid, you can do better. It’s your responsibility to speak your best to the world when the world is listening to you, and looking to you for guidance.” Common, the Oscar and Grammy Award-winning artist, actor, activist and New York Times Bestselling author, has spent over 25 years working towards…

Chef Daniel W. Thomas

Chef Daniel W. Thomas is an acclaimed Chef, Cookbook Author, and Philanthropist. Chef Thomas is a graduate of the World’s Premier Culinary College, The Culinary Institute of America. He is a native of Washington, DC and has spent much of his career serving culinary creations at restaurants, hotels and dining rooms inside and around the…

Rev. Dr. Jamal Bryant

Philanthropist, author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur, Dr. Jamal Bryant is one of the most prolific and eloquent orators of our time! He is the pastor and founder of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Acclaimed the fastest-growing African MethodistEpiscopal church in the denomination’s 200-year history, the congregation has expanded from 47 members, since its inception…