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The Giving Black Podcast promotes Black philanthropy and spotlights generosity in all its forms in the global Black community. Listen to interviews that honour the culture and tradition of giving among Black people from the African continent, to the Caribbean, Europe, the Americas and across the globe. I am your host, Olumide Akerewusi. Here's a bit about me: I am Founder and CEO of agentsC Inc., an international company delivering fundraising, philanthropy, and social change solutions to organizations across the world. I've spent 30 years working with major philanthropists, corporations, and grant-making foundations as well as charities to grow their impact. I am also a Black philanthropist. I hope you enjoy this podcast, which will serve as an archive of wonderful and inspiring stories about Black generosity. You can learn more about Giving Black by visiting our website at: www.givingblack.ca. <p
Olumide Akerewusi hosts The Giving Black Podcast, a society show with 32 episodes published.
At Giving Black, we say that " philanthropy is the heartbeat of the world ". A conversation with Michelle Renée Jackson made me feel those words more deeply than ever. Michelle Renée Jackson is a frank, fearless, and dee
This is an important conversation about the power of beloved community, as dreamt by Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. Ryan J. Smith, President & CEO of St. Joseph Center in Los Angeles, shares a deeply personal and transforma
Season 2 Episode 2 of The Giving Black Podcast was entitled Angry Black Men . In this conversation Curtis Carmichael, author, educator, tech social entrepreneur, and community activist, and Joe Williams Managing Director
In this Episode of The Giving Black Podcast, you host Olumide Akerewusi explains how he entered into fundraising as a career and what he has learned about generosity along the way. This podcast is about the importance of
Hi Giving Black Family, We hope you enjoy this amazing episode of The Giving Black Podcast, with Queen Jade, your Host of The Producers Series: Gleaux & Tell . In this episode, Queen Jade speaks with our friend and membe
Hi Giving Black Family, We are glad to share another brilliant episode of The Giving Black Podcast, with Queen Jade, your Host of The Producers Series: Gleaux & Tell . In this Episode, Queen Jade speaks with Michael Tenn
Giving Black Family, Thank you for listening to this episode of The Giving Black Podcast with Queen Jade, your Host of The Producers Series: Gleaux & Tell . Queen Jade speaks with an inspiring Black social entrepreneur,
Giving Black Family It's the time of year when I find myself listening more intently to my body and my mind. Both of which are telling me it is time to take a break. It has been a long and arduous six months that I have
Hey Giving Black Family Here is the closing interview of Series Two of The Giving Black Podcast. This conversation is with Christal M. Cherry Founder of Board Pro a consulting firm that supports non-profit governance boa
Greetings, Giving Black Family, In this episode of The Giving Black Podcast , we return to our archives to share a previously unreleased conversation originally recorded for the Black Canadian Fundraisers Collective Capa
Hello Giving Black Family, Here is our final series of conversations to honour Black Philanthropy Month 2025 and celebrate our theme: Sankofa: Remember, Reclaim, Rise! I sit down with my dear friend, Brother Christopher
Hello Giving Black Family, In this episode of The Giving Black Podcast , we traveled—at least in spirit—to the home of the global philanthropic tradition of Sankofa: Ghana, West Africa. We knew we had to include a Ghanai
Hello Giving Black Family! When I learned about the work of Dr. Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome —Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, New York, and Co-Founder of Black Philanthropy Month —I knew we had to speak!
Giving Black Family, here is another great conversation for you to listen to! Nasra Ayub is a young activist, philanthropist, and human and civil rights campaigner. She works at the UK's Global Fund for Children , suppor
Hello Giving Black Family! Here's another episode of The Giving Black Podcast. Today we are joined by a friend to the podcast and my Sister-Friend, Nneka Allen, Activist, Mother, Stone Catcher, Freedom Fighter, Founder a
August 1, 2025 marks Emancipation Day and the beginning of Black Philanthropy Month. We begin this important season with a special podcast series dedicated to pioneering people engaged in building on the rich culture and
On this episode of The Giving Black Podcast , we explore a powerful topic that cuts to the core of identity, emotion, and stereotype. Inspired by Claudio E. Cabrera’s article for The Athletic , “ Draymond Green said what
"Good Morning, Good Afternoon and Good Evening Giving Black Family, Wherever In The World You Are." I have missed speaking those words! In 2023 we produced 13 Episodes in Series One of The Giving Black Podcast. In 2024,
Welcome Back, Giving Black Family! In this special Emancipation Day and Black Philanthropy Month edition of The Giving Black Podcast, I interview my friend, brother and mentor, Ray Williams. I have known Ray for as long
Since we launched The Giving Black Podcast in August 2023, members of The Giving Black Family are accustomed to me sharing how each Episode is very special and a must-listen. I always give one reason or another for why y
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