On this Episode, we welcome Jenica Leah, Author/Sickle Cell Advocate, and Founder/Director of My Friend Jen Sickle Cell Charity. She shares how sickle cell shaped her purpose, her bold move to the Caribbean, and why owning your story can change lives.

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Lynne Thompson was the 4th Poet Laureate for the City of Los Angeles. The daughter of Caribbean immigrants, her poetry collections include Beg No Pardon (2007), winner of the Perugia Press Prize and the Great Lakes Colleges Association’s New Writers Award; Start With A Small Guitar (2013), from What Books Press; and Fretwork (2019), winner of the Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize.

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Jamai, a singer, musician, and entrepreneur, opens up about his journey through grief. Hear how he's using his platform to normalize conversations about mental health and trauma among Black men.

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Speaker, Author, and Male Empowerment Coach who helps boys and men win within!

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Darius has been in several Hollywood Movies, is a founding member of Tennessee Shakespeare, and has performed all over the country in thousands of schools, universities, theaters, libraries, museums, and the National Archives as Frederick Douglass. He also has been the TEDx Memphis coach for seven years. As a young man, Darius was broke and broken and struggled with anxiety, depression, fear, and suicidal thoughts. He was born in Flint, Michigan, during the time that GM automotive shops were closing, which left families without jobs. At thirteen, he found himself involved with the mean streets of Flint, Michigan, which led him to be in a street gang. One day, the Vice Principal of the school gave him an alternative. The destiny of jail or the destiny of his dream. Darius chose his dream and was introduced to his high school theater teacher, who taught him the power of communication through storytelling.

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12 Million Podcast is a weekly conversation for the culture that was inspired by the Richard Wright book "12 Million Black Voices"

12 Million is a place for an intelligent and thoughtful conversation with BIPOC entrepreneurs, leaders, influencers, artists, and creators.

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Kahlil Dumas, also known as “KD,” is a serial entrepreneur, podcaster, and business advisor. Kahlil is the CEO of UNSTUCKKD, host of the UNSTUCKKD Podcast, CPO at Her First $100k, and Senior Product Advisor to 1AND1. Kahlil is committed to helping you heal your trauma with money, redefining what generational wealth and prosperity mean to you, and setting you up with a financial foundation to make you rich.

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12 Million Podcast is a weekly conversation for the culture that was inspired by the Richard Wright book "12 Million Black Voices"

12 Million is a place for an intelligent and thoughtful conversation with BIPOC entrepreneurs, leaders, influencers, artists, and creators.

Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@12millionshow⁠⁠

Born in Miami, FL, Haitian-American Claudens Louis’ love for education has led him to conducting clinics and masterclasses at several universities and music programs around the world as a teaching artist. He is successfully serving students in the very community he grew up in as the jazz director at the Miami Arts Charter School. He has been touring the globe with a number of these legendary artists, but also as a bandleader with his own original project, The CieL Experience. He continues to impress audiences around the world with his high-energy performances, distinct style of improvisation, and original compositions.

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Learn more about Claudens and the CieL Experience at https://thecielexperience.com

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12 Million Podcast is a weekly conversation for the culture that was inspired by the Richard Wright book "12 Million Black Voices" 12 Million is a place for an intelligent and thoughtful conversation with BIPOC entrepreneurs, leaders, influencers, artists, and creators.

Follow us on Instagram @12millionshow