Black History Month February 2022: Kent Alexander

We are highlighting examples of Black excellence every day this February….and beyond! Feel free to send us suggestions!

Kent Alexander is a anti-racism & workplace culture co-consultant as well as a poet, playwright, actor, and teacher, based in Western MA. His work integrates somatic practices while utilizing practical tools to investigate and navigate the history of racism, challenge stereotypes, explore otherness, as well as how to cultivate the skills needed to move beyond our biases and toward collective healing.

Kent worked with CTC for several years as well as Elms College, Mount Grace Land Trust, United Way of Hampshire County, UMASS Amherst Theater Dept., Center for Community Resilience after Trauma, TerraCorps, the Western Massachusetts Training Consortium, and the ValleyCreates initiative of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.

Photo credit: https://www.mainspringchangeconsultants.com/

Black History Month February 2022: André Leon Talley

We are highlighting examples of Black excellence every day this February….and beyond! Feel free to send us suggestions!

André Leon Talley was an American fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, and editor-at-large of Vogue magazine. He was the magazine’s fashion news director from 1983 to 1987, its first African-American male creative director from 1988 to 1995, and then its editor-at-large from 1998 to 2013.

Photo credit: https://www.vogue.com/article/andre-leon-talley-interview-vogue-may-2018