The Only Speakers Bureau Exclusively Amplifying the Voices of Women of Color

Book our award-winning thought leaders and entrepreneurs for your next event

Embrace Change founded the Speakers Bureau in 2022 to amplify and center the voices of women of color by providing a platform for WOC speakers and thought leaders.

By showcasing WOC entrepreneurs, authors, and change-makers, our mission is to educate, engage, and transform audiences while promoting the representation and inclusion of WOC perspectives at corporate and organizational events.

Operating as the only speakers bureau exclusively featuring WOC speakers, our speakers are uniquely positioned to deliver and facilitate impactful, insightful, and engaging workshops and speaking engagements to a variety of audiences and communities–large and small, virtual and in-person.

Our Trailblazing Speakers Are

  • Experts

    With decades of collective industry expertise, accolades, and public recognition, we transform our audiences.

  • Advocates

    We center voices, expertise, and perspectives that are underrepresented, undervalued, and overlooked in the world of work.

  • Connectors

    We are adept at engaging with audiences from small groups to 2000+ audiences, both virtually and in person.

We speak at companies that recognize the value and ROI of amplifying BIWOC and BIPOC voices.

Our Speakers

  • Malla Haridat

    She/her/hers

    Award-winning entrepreneur, author, and founder of New Designs for Life Inc—an innovative training company. As seen in The New York Times.

    Travels from: New York, New York

  • Mara Measor

    She/her/hers

    Brand strategist, designer, and musician. Founder of Harlem boutique branding agency Sunbird Creative. Instructor at Columbia University’s Small Business Development Center.

    Travels from: Nashville, Tennessee

  • Saumya Bhatnagar

    She/her

    CPO and Co-Founder of involve.ai, an AI-driven early warning dashboard that helps companies predict churn and revenue growth opportunities using customer data.

    Travels from: Los Angeles, California

  • Danielle Goldtooth

    She/her

    Dinè mother, mixologist, farmer, rancher, forager, and owner of Dii IINA (This Life). Profiled in The Arizona Republic and Fabulous Arizona for her work in hospitality.

    Travels from: Shiprock, New Mexico

  • Yvette Martinez-Vu, PhD

    She/her/ella

    Neurodivergent, chronically ill, first-gen Chicana mother-scholar, coach, and author. Empowering first-gen BIPOCs as they pursue sustainable productivity and higher ed.

    Travels from: Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Jeri Bingham, EdD

    She/her

    Marketing communications executive and introvert strategist dedicated to amplifying the voices of introverts. Founder of HushLoudly.

    Travels from: Chicago, Illinois

  • Joan Choi, LMHC

    She/her

    Host / emcee, facilitator, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor working exclusively with BIPOC, with a focus on AAPI, immigrant mental health, and healing from trauma.

    Travels from: New York, New York

  • Keisha "TK" Dutes

    She/her

    Storyteller, host, reporter, and podcast producer. Inspiring audience members to embrace their authenticity and lead with joy in all intersections of life.

    Travels from: Brooklyn, New York

  • Marina Girgis

    She/her/hers

    Personal brand coach, speaker, certified yogi, and strategist for freedom-obsessed women entrepreneurs. Founder of Livin Vivaciously.

    Travels from: New York, New York

  • Fanny García, MA

    She/her/ella

    Award-winning oral historian, expert interviewer, story facilitator–and one of the world’s leading voices on the power of Applied Oral History.

    Travels from: New York, New York

  • Sage Morgan-Hubbard, MA+

    She/her

    Award-winning poet, educator, social justice artist and activist, mother, consultant, and dream midwife who co-curates inclusive diverse public spaces, including at the Smithsonian.

    Travels from: Providence, Rhode Island

  • Minnelly Vasquez, MSW, LCSW

    She/her/ella

    Licensed clinical social worker focused on the mental health needs of the BIPOC community and healing racial trauma in the workplace.

    Travels from: Bronx, New York

We have transformed audiences at:

Testimonials

  • “Hearing Jeri speak is like listening to a friend you have known your whole life - she shares her truth from the depths of her and delivers it with such kindness and intention, it creates instant connection and captivation. Our organization benefited so greatly from Jeri telling her story and sharing her knowledge around introversion, with a record attendance to this session and feedback about how people felt seen and heard, and a few folks even sharing that this was their favorite event at the company in all the years of their tenure! I am so grateful for Jeri's willingness to gift her heart to us and highly encourage others to experience this as well.”

    Meagan Connley, 84.51°

  • “Fanny is a fantastic speaker and teacher. She explains things very clearly, has a great pace throughout the talk, includes interesting and illustrative examples, and facilitated lively conversation that is highly relevant to the topic. She gets the group very engaged.”

    Helena de Groot, Producer for Poetry Off the Shelf podcast

  • “It has been an absolute pleasure working with [Marina Girgis]. Thank you for the energy you brought and the insightful session that will help creators in Africa to take their YouTube business to the next level!”

    Sasha, on behalf of the YouTube Team

  • “Malla is approachable, encouraging, generous, and relentless. I was so motivated to push myself and to keep going because she supportively challenged me to go beyond my comfort zone and think of new ways to grow my business. I am so grateful for the opportunity to work with her and can’t wait to do so again!”

    Rebekah Shoaf

  • “Sage is an engaging and dynamic speaker as well as an innovative workshop facilitator. She makes sure to communicate in ways that are accessible to everyone and connects to her audience with humor and candor. As a performer she is dynamic and bold.”

    Margaux Delotte Bennett, Gallaudet University

  • “Minnelly presents with her whole heart and all of her energy. Watching her speak, you feel empowered and full of strength to step into the world with the tools she taught you during her talk.”

    Ursula Auclair

  • “Jeri Bingham is an extraordinary thinker and speaker. She combines her eye-opening perspectives on introversion, branding and other topics with her deep business experience and her passion for elevating others. As a featured speaker at our seminar on Public Scholarship, Jeri gave the audience practical wisdom and inspiration. Highly recommended as a speaker!”

    Dr. Shaunti Knauth, Director of Engaged Research, National Louis University

  • “I’ve participated in workshops where Mara taught both high school students and adults, and her passion and enthusiasm remains the same regardless of her audience. When she speaks to her students, she makes each one of them believe that his or her brand story is unique. She is patient, accommodating, compassionate, and warm. It is a pleasure to work with someone who gives so much of herself like Mara does.”

    Pat Lilly, Senior Program Manager, Columbia University’s Small Business Development Center

Our Range of Engagements

  • Keynotes

  • Workshops

  • Breakout Sessions

  • Panels (as panelist or moderator)

  • Emceeing (Hosting)

  • Podcasts

Book our speakers now

In order to work toward closing the race and gender pay gaps among speakers and trainers, our speaker rates start at $1750 per appearance, and interactive workshops start at $3000. To book one of our speakers, please fill out this form and we will get back to you with next steps!