Jessica Shepherd MD is a board-certified OB/GYN and after spending many years working in traditional hospitals - including a teaching hospital in Chicago - she has moved on to women's holistic health … [Read more...]

Antonio Dickey is a photojournalist based in Chicago who has forever immortalized some of history's most memorable events. Campaign photographer of Harold Washington notwithstanding, Dickey has a … [Read more...]

Elizabeth 'Liz' Montague is a cartoonist, writer, and illustrator whose work focuses on the intersection of self and social awareness. Liz is the creator of the popular Liz at Large cartoon series, … [Read more...]

Azhelle (prounounced Ah-jh-elle) Wade is a toymaker. Yep, you read that correctly. She gets to play with toys for work, and honestly, she's living a life that I would have loved to know existed back … [Read more...]

Okieriete Onaodowan is a veteran actor who many know from the hit musical Hamilton or the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Station 19 which he exited earlier this year, but he's so much more than that, and … [Read more...]

I'm not entirely sure how Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggets and I met, but I know that it was right after my brother Daniel died. The author of BLACK JOY: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and … [Read more...]