Sankofa
Circle
builds capacity for today’s creative
entrepreneurs.
Why We Work
Though the implementation of culturally relevant strategies, we support folks who are committed to making long term sustainable change in their community.
Who We Support
The educators, activists, and organizers we support are visionaries and change-makers who inhabit the communities they serve.
How We Support
We support our members by providing coaching, consulting, training, event curation and fiscal agency services.
President
Robbin Thornton Hudson
Managing Partner, Platform and Zenith
Vice President
Arleesha Wilson, MUPDD
Principal Attorney, Law Offices of Arleesha Wilson
Secretary
Malik Y. Moore, CTA
Head of School, Columbus Preparatory Academy
Treasurer
Khrys Shefton, PMP
Senior Development Manager, Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures
Ulysses Hall
Director of Player Development, Recruiting Coordinator, Defensive Line Coach
Alderson Broaddus University
Circle Members
Barbara Barrett, RN
she/her
Julian Khan
he/him
Shemariah J. Arki, EdD
she/they/ella
Jerry Peña
he/him
Katarina Smiley
she/her
Dr. Alice Ragland
she/her
Board Members
meet
our team
Consulting, Training & Professional Development:
Institutions and Organizations
Moving beyond diversity, equity and inclusion, our training framework seeks to situate intersectionality both as a methodology and approach. The study of intersectionality seeks to understand the multiple and overlapping ways in which various biological, social, and cultural categories intersect, contributing to the perpetration of social inequality. Rooted in Critical Race Theory, legal scholar Kimberle Crenshaw outlines the understanding of intersecting identities as a framework for explaining, and ultimately creating a blueprint for us to dismantle the matrix of oppression.
As a consulting group, Sankofa Circle provides culturally relevant strategies for a diverse client base of institutions an organizations by producing conversations, programming, training, and events that speak to the most marginalized voices of our constituency. Overall, the foundational thrust of our DEII work is centered upon building relationships across lines of difference - between institutions and the communities in which they serve - in pursuit of a common goal: liberation.