Voices of Diversity guest John Graham is the Co-Founder of Umi's Roots, author of Plantation Theory, and VP, Employer Brand, Diversity & Culture for Shaker Recruitment Marketing. 

John leverages the powerful combination of his education, career, and lived experience to bravely articulate the challenges of black people in the world of work. Despite the provocative nature of his movement, his aim is to drive understanding and he hopes for a world where our children don't have to choose security over freedom. Join my conversation with John as the Voice of a Plantation Theorist. 

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Voices of Diversity host Rocki Howard speaks with  guest Manjuri Sinha who is a keynote speaker and Global Head of Talent Acquisition for OLX group Inclusive leadership

Manjuri is the epitome of bold, brilliant, and badass. Her energy is boundless, her intelligence is endless and her willingness to call out conscious bias is badass. Manjuri gives us a master class in diversity as she talks to us today as a Voice of Global Citizen. 

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Voices of Diversity host Rocki howard speaks to guest Bob Athwal who is a Senior Talent Manager at Skyscanner where he focuses on Race Equity and Early Careers. He is also the CoFounder of the 1 Hour Project and The Student Job Coach. 

Bob is the only person I know who is a soon to be PhD who could effectively use the movie Finding Nemo to illustrate the power of allyship. His transparency on his mother's illiteracy, his journey to authenticity and his passion to support students make this a great conversation as Bob speaks to us as the Voice of a First Generation PhD. 

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Voices of Diversity host Rocki Howard speaks to guest Sandhna Chintoe who is a Managing Director International at Cammio.

Sandhna and I have a woman to woman chat about being young mothers, the constant compromises young women building a career face, and the resulting emotional tax. 

Check out Sandhna's episode as she chats to us as a Voice of the Young, Gifted, and Hindu.

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Voices of Diversity host Rocki Howard speaks to  guest John Jackson who is an author and Director of Correctional Partnerships for Hustle 2.0. 

John gives context to being a convicted criminal and serving 18 years in prison.  He talks about his current hustle which allows him to passionately advocate for rehabilitation and healing people currently in prison. He helps us to better understand and humanize the journey of the formerly incarcerated as  John speaks to us today as a Voice of a Returning Hustler. 

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Voices of Diversity host Rocki Howard speaks to guest Jacob Gray who is a passionate, charismatic leader and brand strategist.  

He heads up business and brand strategy for L’Angolo Estate and he is the guy that keeps Chosen Family Wines running smoothly.

Jake joins us to talk about diversifying the wine industry and making a difference in the community through the One Barrel Challenge. 

Jake is helping us to launch our new Diversity Resource Section as he talks to us as the Voice of a Chosen Family.

"In the world of work, I didn't see the bias until I had elevated myself from the circumstances. And I always looked at myself first, and what I could do to make the circumstance better things I always say in my training, and my speaking is sometimes you can't see the picture because you're in the frame."

Voices of Diversity host Rocki Howard speaks to  guest Dwayne Bennett who is an author, coach, educator, speaker, and founder of the Black Careers Matter Success Society. 

Wayne shares his "beautiful destruction".  His journey from attorney, to being incarcerated to being a successful entrepreneur. He discusses his passionate desire for  reprogramming the flawed, systemic career beliefs that are prevalent within the black community 

Dwayne talks to us today as a Voice of a Formerly Incarcerated Successful Black Man.

"I think the for me the value is understanding why they're going through these motions and making  DEI sustainable. So from a leadership standpoint, there's that. I think, also from an individual standpoint, it's just the understanding that you can also make a difference, right?  I want people to understand that this is not something that you have to pass the buck and say:  I need my manager to do or I need HR to do or I need  my pastor to do. No, I need you, you, sir, you mam  to take a look at yourself as well and see where do you contribute to this."

Voices of Diversity host Rocki Howard speaks with guest Stacey Gordon who is a Diversity Strategist, Founder of Rework Work and author of Unbias: Addressing Unconscious Bias At Work.

Stacey speaks to us today about the collective power of women, the importance of all voices in the DEI narrative and gives us advice from her book as she talks to us today as a Voice of An Unbiased Diversity Strategist.