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Living Authentically and Embracing Abundance as a Queer Black Entrepreneur with Shawon Jackson | Vocal Justice

• Israel and Sunem Tovar • Season 1 • Episode 21

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Israel interviewed Shawon Jackson, (he/him) is the Founder and CEO of Vocal Justice, a nonprofit that positions youth who are proximate to injustice as leaders for social change. He also teaches a communications course part-time at Stanford Business School, where he earned his MBA. He also earned his MPP from Harvard Kennedy School.

In our conversation, we discussed…

  • The importance of celebrating our accomplishments as first-gen people of color 
  • Shawon’s journey through Princeton University while grappling with his sexuality as a Black college student 
  • The work it takes to get to be able to live more authentically 
  • Shawon’s journey in building Vocal Justice from scratch and his experience as an openly queer Black entrepreneur 
  • How embracing abundance is what we deserve as marginalized people 
  • And so much more!


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