Unshackled Leadership: A Lantern for Black Women

What does it mean to lead when the world was not designed to include you? And what happens when you decide that simply being allowed into the room is no longer enough?

Today’s conversation is about disability advocacy, leadership, and the fundamental human need to belong. My guest challenges us to look beyond performative inclusion and consider what it truly takes to create workplaces, institutions, and communities where every person is seen, valued, heard, and given the opportunity to thrive.

This is also a conversation about courage—the courage to advocate for yourself, to use your lived experience as a source of leadership, and to challenge systems that too often ask people to adapt rather than removing the barriers standing in their way.

Whether you live with a disability, love someone who does, lead a team, or simply want to become a more conscious and compassionate human being, this conversation has something important to teach us.

Let’s get unshackled.