Jasmyne Cannick and Kokayi Kwa Jitahidi

Jasmyne Cannick is an African-American civil rights activist and journalist. In 2005, Essence magazine named her one of 25 Women Shaping the World. She was quoted by the Chicago Sun-Times for her stance on the R. Kelly scandal.She frequently provides commentary on National Public Radio and is a regular contributor to the LA Progressive, an online social justice magazine. She is most outspoken about the divide between gays and blacks, and how gay culture is dominated by whites, which is hard to deal with for blacks because they do not feel part of the gay society and are overlooked.

KOKAYI KWA JITAHIDI is Founder/Principal  of The Maat Institute for Community Change — an Afrikan centered political organization based in South Los Angeles. Kokayi is also currently Campaign Director at the  Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) working on state-wide anti-poverty initiatives and green jobs.

Website: www.maatinstitute.org Ph# 424-240-8510