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About Us

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MOVING MASCULINITY Digital Village and Global Lab is a 10-year initiative launched in 2026 developing emotional infrastructure within masculinity as leadership development, public health, civics and healing. It is rooted in a decade of research. The Digital Village centers global Black masculinity and features Black men ages 16 to 60 from across the US, the UK, and Ghana.. The Global Lab expands and extends to engage men across race, faith, culture. MOVING MASCULINITY’s Digital Village is the foundation for the Global Lab.

Built by a global team from Ghana, across the US, and the UK, MOVING MASCULINITY Digital Village is an Open Society Foundation supported initiative.

Contributors + production team

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esther a. armah

Creator, MOVING MASCULINITY
Founder, The Armah Institute of Emotional Justice

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simon federick

Contributor – BROTHA NOTES

Visual Artist | Film-Maker | Photographer | Cultural Architect

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OBBIE WEST

Creator – MAY I CRY? & BLACK TURMOIL

Artist | Poet

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IBRAM X KENDI

Contributor – BROTHA NOTES

Scholar | Author | Activist

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MARLON PETERSON

Contributor – BROTHA NOTES

Author | Executive Director | Podcaster | Activist

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DIALLO SHABAZZ

Contributor – BROTHA NOTES

Global Education Advisor

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DARNELL MOORE

Contributor – BROTHA NOTES

Author | Activist | Thought Leader

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CEDRIC BROWN

Contributor – BROTHA NOTES

Author | Artist | Nonprofit Executive

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WADE DAVIS II

Contributor – BROTHA NOTES

Activist | Writer | Former American Football Player

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BRYONN BAIN

Lead Actor – How We Hold It
Activist | Artist | Scholar | Poet | Prison Educator

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RASHEED ABIAKA

Contributor - The Dreaming Ceremony
Godfather | Father | Legal Professional

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IMMANUEL 'BUDDHA' BAIN

Contributor – The Dreaming Ceremony
Musician

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RENE PAYNE

Website Director

Founder & CEO Included by Favor

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vincent brathwaite

UX Design Leader + CEO of Gidens

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TYLER GASTON

Owner & CEO

The Gas Station Studio

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TIM NAYLOR

Director of Photography

How We Hold It & The Dreaming Ceremony

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DAVE MCKEEVER

Audio & Film Editor

Brotha Notes | How We Hold It |

The Dreaming Ceremony | May I Cry? | Black Turmoil

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ALEX KWESI AFARI

Photographer

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ADAM MORALES

Production Assistant

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ROGER MOORE AMOAKO

Video Editing & Visual Graphics

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ABOCHI

Audio Editor

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Team Locations

oahu, Hawaii
Providence, RI

Las Vegas, NV
New York, NY

Los Angeles, CA
ACCRA, GHANA

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