Black.Queer.Rising.: Moore Kismet AKA Omar Davis
Mar 23, 2022
For our ongoing series Black.Queer.Rising, we speak with the 17-year-old nonbinary DJ, music producer, and electronic musician Moore Kismet.
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Black. Queer. Rising.
The Takeaway presents Black.Queer.Rising. a special project series highlighting Black Queer people's impact on American culture and society. Throughout the series, we interview changemakers who are making impact in their industries, in their lives, and in our world.
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Rashad Robinson, Civil Rights Leader and President of Color of Change
Feb 28, 2022Rashad Robinson, the president of Color of Change joins for our final, February installment of Black.Queer.Rising. -
Rep. Ritchie Torres on His Trailblazing Political Rise
Feb 25, 2022New York Congressman Ritchie Torres joins The Takeaway to discuss his path to becoming the first openly gay Afro Latino lawmaker elected to Congress in 2020. -
Big Freedia and Jonathan Lykes on Bringing Joy and Movement to Activism
Feb 23, 2022For the Black.Queer.Rising series, The Takeaway chats with the Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia, who recently worked with artist Jonathan Lykes on the song "Ella Baker Shaker." -
Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Expands How We Look at the Cosmos
Feb 17, 2022For the next installment in Black.Queer.Rising, we speak with physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein about the work she’s done to make space for more Black, queer people in STEM. -
San Antonio Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez
Feb 11, 2022San Antonio Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez joins us to discuss his election as the first openly gay Black man elected to office in Texas as part of our series, Black.Queer.Rising. -
Former NFL Player Wade Davis on His Journey to Self-Love
Feb 10, 2022For the next installment in The Takeaway's series Black.Queer.Rising., we talk with former NFL player, and current Vice President of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix, Wade Davis. -
Alicia Garza, principal at Black Futures Lab and Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter
Feb 8, 2022Alicia Garza, principal at the Black Futures Lab and Co-Founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network joins us as part of the series Black.Queer.Rising. -
Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins
Feb 4, 2022We're kicking off Black.Queer.Rising with Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins.
