Born in the Virgin Islands of Christianstead, St. Croix, Kamani Tait’s (K.T. The Arch Degree) involvement with health and nutrition has been inspirational from the start.
At the precipice of birth, mother; Annette Thomas; faced fatal complications with extremely low iron levels. Refusing a blood transfusion, Annette reached out to Dr. Sebi who gave her Maya; a tonic increasing hemoglobin; which proved to save both their lives.
Annette soon became a wife of Sebi educating herself in the uses of herbs and all natural healing agents. Soon thereafter, Usha Herbal Research Institute; the brainchild of Thomas and Sebi; established itself as a wellness organization specializing in the research and development of African herbal healing modalities.
While growing up under the tutelage of Usha Institute, Kamani witnessed AIDS, blindness, cancer and various diseases healed through natural, non-pharmaceutical remedies.
With 29 years of intense study, Kamani  Tait excels in the knowledge of alchemy, physiology, anatomy, metaphysics and nutrition including its effects on the human body.  Through Hollywood Decoded he recognizes the ease in communicating the intellectual, metaphysical and health benefits through film.
It is with constant practice and counsel, Kamani lectures at various venues throughout the Atlanta area and across the United States. Just as “all roads lead to Wakanda” he works to spread information on health, medicine and nutrition with the mission to take people back to nature. 
IG: @soionicbotanicals
website: www.soionicbotanicals.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ktthearchdegree/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ktthearchdegree
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/search?q=kt+the+arch+degree
Phone# 1(833).SO.IONIC or 1(833).764.6642

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EUGENE COOKE - AGROECOLOGIST

Afro Indigenous natural food grower for over 20 years based in Atlanta GA with projects from Southern California to Kenya and Jamaica. Instrumental in creating 100s of private gardens and orchards and multiple herban farms. Founded Grow Where You Are in 2014 as an organization to direct a collective of new growers who work in all facets of the food system from vegan meal prep to plant medicine, training, education and media content creation.
https://www.patreon.com/growwhereyouare
https://www.growwhereyouare.farm/
@growwhereyouare
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JASON HUDGINS 
for Atlanta City Council District 10

Atlanta – Jason Hudgins, former Chairman of Neighborhood Planning Unit T and President of the Westview Community Organization, has announced his candidacy for Atlanta City Council District 10. 
“I am running for Atlanta City Council District 10 because Atlanta needs more proactive problem solvers on the City Council. The challenges that face our city like crumbling roads, rising crime, displacement and inequity can all be traced to the same central issue. Our leaders are more committed to reacting to our challenges than they are to preventing them in the first place.”
As a corporate trainer for IHG Hotels and resorts Jason has built a career teaching leaders to use data and practical steps to create a culture of excellence that will yield tangible results. These are skills he used during his 4.5 year tenure as a community leader where he worked to protect legacy neighbors and institutions from displacement,  supported the growth of locally owned businesses, and pushed for smarter development that favored the community and not developers. 
Atlanta is at a crossroads, years of inaction and poor decision making have created an environment that threatens the safety and prosperity of our city. 8% of our roads account for 88% of the traffic fatalities on our city streets because city leaders have failed to keep promises regarding infrastructure. A child born in SW Atlanta has a life expectancy 13 years shorter than a child born in Buckhead because our leaders have not prioritized solutions that result in equity. Our city is becoming increasing unaffordable for everyday Atlantans because we are more committed to broken ideologies than innovative actions. When speaking about public safety our leaders have forgotten that crime is a symptom and solving the root causes will create a safer communtiy.
“I have been guided by the principle that love for our neighbors should inform how we create policy, ensuring that no one is left behind. Your zip code or neighborhood income should not determine how responsive city hall is to you. The current state of our city demands new and bold leadership. If we want different results we must make different decisions.”

IG: @jason4atl
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jason4atl

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HEATHER JAMES
ALTERNATIVE THERAPY SPECIALIST

RICKY RAY
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 Heather James is an alternative therapy specialist. Heather has been assisting her community  with their health and wellness journey since 2008. Heather’s inspiration to shake up the healthcare industry started in 2005, when her mother was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer and lost her battle several months later. During that time of being her mom’s caregiver and advocate she realized that balanced nutrition was the best way to fight chronic illnesses and diseases. So in 2008 She and her husband soon started the first organic meal prep company in Chicago called Organic Eating On The Go. The mission was to offer the cleanest nutrient dense food that would heal the body. Heather then saw the need for a multidimensional wellness platform, so Innovation In Nutrition was born. The focus now is empowering the community through wellness consulting, health education mediums, being a brand consultant for new natural health products and health food stores, and building innovative strategies for food and hemp farmers.   

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Akua Ifakorede
​CHILDREN AUTHOR 

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Akua began her career as a children book author, which garners the attention and accolades of the literary world as an award-winning author. She now joins Rasha Vision as an executive producer on Africatown.
https://www.instagram.com/akua_writes/​
https://www.wrappedinculture.org/

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TAJUANA F. BLAKLEY
FOUNDER/ TINY YOGIS 

TaJuana F Blakley is the Founder of TinyYogis, LLC. a unique Children’s Yoga Program. She became certified by Kidding Around Yoga’s Founder Harris Lender April 21, 2015. TaJuana quickly took her mobile Kid’s Yoga Program to the streets of Atlanta. Teaching children ages 2-12 at Public and Private Day Cares, Elementary Schools, Libraries etc how to manage their emotions using Mantras, how to balance their body by focusing on a single object and how to deeply relax and visualize using various breath techniques. She has been featured at the Atlanta Streets Alive Fest, Black Moms Blog’s Family Fun Fest and Adair Parks Porches and Pies.
TinyYogis motto is “Creating a Peace Filled Generation” and she is doing just that. In the almost 3 years of the companies existence, she has taught 20,000 world wide thanks to KweliTV.  Her classes can be found streaming on their network.”TaJuana believes strongly in giving back and serving the community that created the person she is today and she does that through initiatives such as ‘Karma Kristmas’ where parents of Tiny Yogis donate Blankets and Coats. Donations go directly to the Homeless Community in Atlanta as well as Weaver Garden’s a Transition Home for women with young children.
When disaster hit the islands of Puerto Rico & Dominican Republic this past September, she organized a Family Friendly Yoga Class at Grant Park, and 100% of the proceeds went to the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
TaJuana also had the privilege of participating in Chic Fil A & FCA’s Summer Camp at Morehouse this past Summer. There she taught children ages 8-18 the basics of Yoga.
Please find us on the web at
www.TinyYogis.com,
​all social media under
@tinyyogis or
email us at tinyyogis1@gmail.com.

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