We are a team of listeners, healers, artists, researchers, teachers, theologians, & creatives who work together to offer spoken word poetry, transformative dialogue, workshops, and deep listening to communities, organizations, and institutions. We envision a world where all people are confronting and healing the wounds of difference, including race, gender, class, religion, national identity, and sexual orientation. Rather than our differences act as a source of division, they can be the source of our collective strength.

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#SDBSquad

MARLANDA DEKINE/SAPIENT SOUL, LMSW//Visionary. Executive Director. Poet.

SHEMU'EL NAMASTE//Board Member. Facilitator. Innovator.

ADA BENNETT//Intersectional Womanist. Podcaster. Facilitator.

SCOTT NEELY, M.DIV.//Chief Strategist. Facilitator. Artist.

DAVELYN HILL, LMFT-I//Board Member. Facilitator. Artist.

CRYSTAL IRBY//Writer. Facilitator. Creative.

CAROLINE CALDWELL, MA//Interim Board Chair. Clinician. Visionary.

PAT TATHAM//Board Member. Advocate. Servant.

CODY OWENS//Communicator. Facilitator. Empathizer.

DR. DOMINIQUE CHUKU//Board Member. Facilitator. Educator.

TRACI BARR//Board Member. Activist. Creator.

Dr. KRISTA HUGHES//Educator. Facilitator. Wisdom Seeker.

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