By daring to create award-winning protagonists based on romance rather than racism and promise rather than prejudice, writer Connie Briscoe finds herself among a group of renaissance women who have carved a new mold for Black female writers.

While some actors teetering on the brink of A-list stardom sensibly ward off political talk, Sunjata proudly wears his conviction on his sleeve (and sometimes on a fashionable t-shirt).

Twenty-seven year old Sallome Hralima, a mentor and motivational speaker, chose to take a proactive stance in her Brooklyn residence along with best friend and high school math teacher, Jamilah Seifullah, to create a weekly discussion panel called The Stoop.

It’s been two years since Alice Smith’s independent release of For Lovers, Dreamers & Me and being hailed by Rolling Stone as one of ten artists to watch in 2006.

Going from childhood to adulthood is similar to space travel, or realizing halfway through life that you’ve been spending your nights as a werewolf or flesh eating zombie. It’s creepy.

Lisa Diaz maintained her artistic abilities through her passion for expressing her creativity. She has her BA in Studio Art, concentration in drawing and painting, from California State University, Long Beach.

Interested in investigating the space between nature and culture, Schafer draws upon her professional experience in scientific illustration to create biologically plausible centaurs and ape-like warrioresses.