Unapologetically Radical is a ONE-DAY virtual event created to address, amplify and activate anti-racism in arts and culture. This is a safe space for truth telling and ground breaking conversations around dismantling systems of racial injustice and applying immediate and direct change.
Broken down in album style, tracks will explore themes around hip-hop & culture as a tool for activism and social change, preservation of black and brown culture, truth, highlighting local Business around CT, and creating generational wealth in the community.
This day is designed for Black, Indigenous and People of Color, Community Activists, Community Artists, and Arts and Cultural Organizations doing anti-racism work.
Unapologetically Radical is presented to you by New Haven Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Curated by Unlox Meraki LLC. Production by The Legacy Squad.
Tamika D. Mallory is a groundbreaking, award winning social justice leader and movement strategist. Tamika has risen to become the most sought after, influential activist of her generation. Her committed work, advocacy, frontline bravery and heroic servitude continues to fuel a solitary act into a global movement inspiring millions around the world to get involved in the fight for racial and social equality
Tamika through the impact and gravity of her voice speaks truth to power no matter the consequences. She is hailed as one of the most influential Black voices of our generation. She served as the youngest ever Executive Director of the National Action Network and was instrumental in the creation of the New York City’s Crisis Management System, an official gun violence prevention program that awards nearly $27 million to violence prevention organizations annually. Tamika made history when she helped shepherd the largest single day demonstration, the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, serving as one of its four national co-chairs. Most recently, she co-founded Until Freedom, an intersectional social justice organization that serves as a clearing house for organizers, activists, movement attorneys, artists, celebrities, and formerly incarcerated individuals. Tamika also co-hosts alongside “Raptivist” Mysonne Linen the newly launched “Street Politicians” podcast on iHeart Radio’s Black Effect Network.
Tamika has been honored as one of Time 100’s Most Influential People and was featured on Fortune’s list of the World’s Greatest Leaders. Her deliberative vision and focused intentionality has deeply moved and motivated a new generation of spirited, engaged activists. Never hiding behind a keyboard, but motivated by her selfless convictions to advance freedom and equality. Tamika is a peerless, streetwise lightning bolt for freedom, justice and equality. The title of her forthcoming book STATE OF EMERGENCY is a reflective masterpiece birthed from the urgent declaration she made in the opening of her speech during the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis.
This conversation will focus on closing the racial wealth gap in the black and brown community by providing solutions through investing in real estate and opening businesses that will generate a thriving economy for black and brown communities.
This panel will also focus on reclaiming land and neighborhoods that used to be black and brown owned but has been taken due to private investors, redlining and gentrification.
