Other 2 One
#other2one documents and shares how individuals and groups across the globe are rising to the fundamental challenge of our times….
moving from patterns of exclusion to inclusion…
from otherness to oneness.
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Sijuade Abdulbasith Akinyemi-Eshilokun https://about.me/akinyemi-eshilokun is a Health Enthusiast, Community Development Strategist and Author who always seeks to encourage youth to contribute to community development.
Ashleigh Chapman https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleighs... a Human rights lawyer and Social entrepreneur who building solutions in education, business, legal, nonprofit, government, and community sectors – on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable populations. She feels she has been put on this earth to help end abuse and to reform systems of care. One of her #Other2One actions is to offer Justice U https://learnwithjusticeu.com which brings modern, expert-driven educational experiences, designed to equip everyone to help end human trafficking. Justice U courses are purposefully designed to help everyone understand and have an impact on issues happening right now, in our world.
Masud Olufani masud-olufani.com is an Atlanta based actor, mixed media artist and writer who is drawn to authentic stories and social constructs one has to navigate. He deals with things like race, social stratification and economic disadvantage. He is not just focused on diagnosing problems, but to point out the way humans transcend their condition. He encourages those who view his work to go on a journey with him. He asks us to step out of language which locks people out of our shared humanity. As opposed to saying “those poor Mexicans,” Masud asks us to say “My brothers and sisters who happen to be Mexican are struggling at the border what does that part of my family need.” In this way, we can reinforce the spiritual and the phenomenal reality of our oneness. One of his #Other2One actions is to offer his work on the Robert Turner Memorial robertturner.org as a gift to humanity which will help reorder the social structure, particularly for those forced into slavery’s coffle, equate a degraded and demeaned people with the faculty of ‘sight’ essential to the forward progress of humanity and a door to enter the Kingdom of God.
Justin Fornal (justinfornal.com) is an international explorer and cultural detective. In 2016 he tracked down the lost skull of African Descent American freedom seeker rebellion leader Nat Turner and repatriated it to the Turner descendants. The relic had been missing since 1831. At the heart of his pioneering field research is giving a microphone to the voiceless. One of his #Other2One actions is co-founding hasanworldwide.org to explore and document cultural injustices, and restore justice through repatriation and education.
Illy Peete is the Executive Director of Racial and Social Equity at California Life Sciences califesciences.org/we-commit-to-change/ has committed to creating a more diverse industry, whereby every person in California can bring their unique experiences and backgrounds to spark solutions for a better, healthier world. The daughter of civil rights activists in Memphis, Illy believes a sense of belonging is fostered by developing a more sophisticated understanding of intergroup relations and by demolishing the policies, processes, and hiring practices interfering with the values of inclusion, diversity, equity, access, and liberation. One of her #Other2One actions is to lead the health sciences industry to commit to change in its talent pipeline, innovation and entrepreneurship, diversifying boards and promotion of health equity.
Joe McGill the founder and executive director of https://slavedwellingproject.org/ has a vision for the future in which the hearts and minds of Americans acknowledge a more truthful and inclusive narrative of the history of the nation that honors the contributions of all our people, is embedded and preserved in the buildings and artifacts of people of African heritage, and inspires all Americans to acknowledge their Ancestors. One of his #Other2One actions is to sleep in extant slave dwellings, to wake up and deliver the message that the people who lived in these structures were not a footnote in American history.
Kevin Locke (Tokaheya Inajin in Lakota translation “First to Rise”) kevinlocke.com is a world famous visionary Hoop Dancer, preeminent player of the Indigenous Northern Plains flute, traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator. Kevin is Lakota and Anishnabe. While his instructions were received from his immediate family and community, from extended family in every part of the world, Kevin has learned many lessons in global citizenship and how we each can draw from our individual heritages to create a vibrant, evolving global civilization embracing and celebrating our collective heritage. One of his #Other2One actions is working with children on the reservations to ensure the survival and growth of indigenous culture.