20th Annual Allied Media Conference

Hope Lehman is a Black biracial hip hop feminist dedicated to community empowerment through entrepreneurship, technology, and art. She was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2009 with a degree in Feminist Studies and Sociology. She has lived and worked in Oakland since the fall of 2010. She is obsessed with being her own boss as the founder of Fresh to Def, a maker business and Just Be, a Black Womyn’s entrepreneurship community., Just BE

Kamilah Richardson is an Oakland, California Native that is the founder of Rich and Riot and Just Be. Rich and Riot is an apparel line that combines high fashion with female empowerment and Just Be, is a Black Womyn’s entrepreneurship community. She is a fashion maven with extensive experience in retail, screen printing, modeling, and business management. She is passionate about growing her business in her hometown and supporting other Black women to do the same., Just BE