On this bonus episode, our hosts Cheryl L. Bedford and Manon de Reeper are joined by Women of Color Unite’s Head of Education, Dr. Akosua Lesesne, who responds to Roanna Renee’s story of how she experienced sexual battery at the hands of a VP of DEI in Hollywood - what the implications are, and what the future holds for DEI in the entertainment industry.

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Links mentioned:

Dr. Akosua Lesesne's Instagram 

https://lovenowmedia.com/the-me-too-movements-new-program-director-has-a-history-of-healing/

me too. Movement (metoomvmt.org)

All the women are white, all the blacks are men (book link)

Her Words | Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee

DR. Deguar Analysis

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” Assata Shakur  

The Women of Color Unite Podcast is produced by Nwabata Nnani and edited by Lauren Bonett. It’s hosted by Cheryl L. Bedford and Manon de Reeper.

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Music by Oh Yeah featuring Nyuta 

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