Through the Eyes of Wakanda: On Screen Lessons for Off Screen Impact

When I answered the call to join a group of practitioners looking to shape the entrepreneurial ecosystem for Black founders, I became focused on finding the “right” answers to what we were attempting to solve.

Through the Eyes of Wakanda: On Screen Lessons for Off Screen Impact

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The seeds of a dynamic black future already exist within the minds of those among us—as long as, together, we are willing to step forward and author it.

Impact America Fund’s report on Wakanda’s lessons for off-screen impact provides an investment framework that counters narratives of deficit while supporting efforts to bring agency back to the communities we see as assets. It is our guide for showing up in a way that celebrates the inherent power of our special history, embodied wisdom, and lived experiences—and liberates our desire to continuously create, test, and discover the critical pathways necessary for our shared and prosperous future.

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