In the Echoes of Unity Special Edition, Dr. Artika Tyner shares how education, culture, and kinship networks empower leadership and strengthen communities across generations.
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US-Ghana project strengthens grassroots leadership
Through a Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange, Felix Larbi Appiah and Dr. Artika Tyner led a five-day leadership series in Greater Accra, training 111 participants in values-driven, justice-centered local governance and community engagement.
Posted inEducation
Children’s bookstore inspires early love for books
Planting People Growing Justice, a Black woman-owned children’s bookstore and publisher inside Gideon Barbershop, is growing literacy and youth leadership in South Minneapolis. Founded by Dr. Artika Tyner, PPGJ centers books that reflect the African Diaspora and offers storytimes, workshops, and author visits to help kids “read to lead.”
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PPGJLI is leading a trip to Ghana this summer
The nine-day group excursion pays homage to the 400th anniversary of when enslaved Africans first arrived in the U.S.
Posted inBlack History Month
Author to children: Read Black history to find your purpose
Dr. Artika R. Tyner, attorney at law, is living proof that lawyers are people, too. In a spirit of altruistic activism, she has launched a drive to fund the creation and publication of Making A Difference: The Story of Miss Freedom Fighter, Esquire, a children’s book that indeed makes a difference. Its purpose is to […]