Latonya Slack JD, CPC
Founder, Behind The Veil and Slack Global Consulting
Latonya looks for ways to weave spirit, energy, and intuition with social justice, nonprofit management, philanthropy, and law. As a facilitator and coach, she is most interested in supporting others to connect to their best and highest purpose in life. A truth seeker, she uncovers the inner workings and strengths behind the veil of nonprofit social justice leadership as affirmed by women of color founders and directors. Her work celebrates and affirms the stories and lived experiences that makes the way we lead, not only necessary but different. Grounded firmly in an intersectional perspective centering race and gender, her work uplifts and affirms BIPOC nonprofit leadership through storytelling and a coach approach. Raised in the deep south, Latonya has lived for 30+ years in the city of angels where she enjoys hosting the occasionally rowdy and always competitive game night.
Connect with Latonya at btvwomenraceleadership@gmail.com
BTV Team
Morgane Garnier (they/she) is a community organizer, transnational being, and aspiring decoloniser. Their work centers on transforming violence and systemic oppression through collective healing, consciousness-raising, and creative expression. Garnier’s roots lie in the French colonial empire, the lands of the Kickapoo, Osage, Muscogee and Caddo people in what was once designated “Indian Terrority” (now Oklahoma) and in Korean-American immigrant communities in the occupied land of Los Angeles that, to this day, is inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tatavian, Searrno, Kizh and Chumas Peoples. Their multiracial and multicultural upbringing shapes how they visualize and organize for the liberation of all beings. They feel fortunate to highlight the revolutionary contributions of women of color to social justice leadership with BTV and continue to expand their perspective of social change, community, and healing in partnership with Latonya and Iyanu.
Jessica Rey (she/they) is a project facilitator, weaving care into the support, guidance and facilitation of programming and projects. They enjoy curating spaces to reflect, connect, strategize, and design collaboratively. Jessica is passionate about cultivating and supporting social movements toward liberation. They believe in centering care, intentionality, and collaboration, to move in alignment with the more natural non-dominating energies and rhythms of mutuality and the universe. Jessica has 13 years of experience with grassroots facilitation, organizing against state violence, community building and horizontal consensus-based decision making. Jessica is committed to building collaboratively within impacted communities to cultivate autonomy and systems change. They consider themselves a forever student and practitioner toward liberation and yearn for intentional, brave and transformative movements for liberation.
Past Team Members
Iyanuoluwa Adeniji (she/her) is a researcher, project manager, and aspiring scholar. She is the daughter of two Nigerian immigrants and credits her early life in Nigeria as the source of her creativity, academic pursuits, and general hustle. She also credits Professor Phyllis Jackson at Pomona College for helping ignite her consciousness and inspiring her to critically examine and dismantle systems of domination in and outside the United States. All the brilliant women in her life encourage her to facilitate digital and physical spaces focused on the well-being and flourishing of women of color. With experience in nonprofit administration, grant writing, public policy, research, and healthcare, she brings a multidimensional approach to her work on BTV.
Tianna Spears (she/her) is a storyteller, lifetime student, and a Program Assistant for Behind the Veil (BTV). Raised in Durham, North Carolina, Tianna learned to build bridges with others as an intentional and radical act of change-making. Tianna is passionate about the ways community encourages us to expand, while also holding space for us in our most vulnerable moments. She has spent the last decade traveling and living around the world, learning about the lives, past history, and future dreams of others. She is honored to work on dismantling systems of oppression, cultivating safe spaces for women of color, and creating a better future for all of us.
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