Founder’s Award  Joy Thomas Moore is a Peabody Award winner and President and CEO of JWS Media Consulting. Prior to starting her consulting business full time, Moore worked for 15 years with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private philanthropy dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children and families in the United States. Prior to joining the Foundation, Joy was a freelance writer and field producer in the New York City area, where she contributed to numerous local and nationally syndicated television programs, including ESSENCE: The Television Program, where for ..read more

Excellence in Entertainment Law Award  Shanon Muir is an accomplished executive with over 15 years of experience as a leader and advisor to senior executives in the entertainment industry. With an impressive background in business and legal affairs, she has played a vital role in the production and distribution of content such as television shows, digital content, and video games around the world. Currently, Shanon is the Senior Vice President at Warner Bros Discovery, where she oversees legal and business affairs for Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, and business affairs a ..read more

Visionary Award  Sharon Matthews is the deputy managing editor of Originals and Vice President of L.A. Times Studios. With over 25 years of experience in broadcast, tv, film, digital, and print media, she joins the Times to set and oversee the strategy, development, production, and integration of original content for unscripted and scripted original series and studio shows. Before joining the Times in October 2022, Matthews was a senior director of originals for Andscape (formerly known as the Undefeated). Matthews expanded its digital storytelling platform into a multimedia video storyte ..read more

Luminary Award  Anastasia Ali as Vice President, Enterprise Commercial Inclusion Strategy at The Walt Disney Company, Anastasia Ali leads a comprehensive, company-wide commercial strategy that deepens Disney’s relationship with new and existing Black consumers, in partnership with existing marketing and commercial business leads. In addition, she provides thought leadership by maintaining an ongoing pulse on Black communities through both traditional research and culturally relevant ways of listening and relationship building, normalizing reciprocity as a standard practice. A dynamic and ..read more

Shirley Chisholm Legacy Award  Congresswoman Barbara Lee is a forceful and progressive voice in Congress, dedicated to social and economic justice, international peace, and civil and human rights. First elected in 1998 to represent California’s 9th Congressional District, the Democratic lawmaker has a reputation for principled and independent stands, unafraid to take on the tough issues and speak her mind for her constituents, for a more just America, and for a safer world. A social worker by profession, she has been a life-long advocate for constituents, families and others accessing gov ..read more

It is the season for black cake, Christmas cake, fruit cake, dark cake. No matter the nomenclature you may assign, all will agree that Christmas is not quite the same in many parts of the Caribbean and its diaspora without this British import. We are reminded of how important this delicacy is to the Caribbean culture and heritage in an upcoming novel by former journalist, Jamerican Charmaine Wilkerson. Charmaine’s debut book, “Black Cake” is due to launch worldwide on February 1, 2022, but can be pre-ordered at www.randomhousebooks.com/books/677183/. Like black cake, the book promises to take ..read more

Talent Agent  April King … The post 2022 CHO Honors April King appeared first on Caribbean Heritage Magazine (CHM ..read more

SVP, Head of Business & Legal Affairs, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network As the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Karen was born and raised in Miami, where she received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Miami. After college, she then continued on to the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law where she received her Juris Doctor degree.   Karen currently serves as the head of the business and legal affairs department at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.  In addition to negotiating talent, production and license deals for both sc ..read more

CBS’ Young Sheldon and GhostsRising Sun Award Danielle Pinnock is a dynamic actress-creator-writer who is quickly establishing herself as one of Hollywood’s most dynamic and versatile new talents. She currently stars as a series regular on CBS’s new comedy series, GHOSTS, which premiered on October 7, 2021 on CBS in their prime Thursday Night comedy block, and has ranked as the #1 most-watched new comedy series of the Fall TV season. It has been renewed for a second season. Danielle has a truly hilarious, breakout role on the ensemble as ‘Alberta’, a Prohibition-era lounge singer turned ghost ..read more

As Guyanese American and a huge fan, it was an absolute pleasure to interview the extraordinarily talented Golda Rosheuvel, Queen Charlotte of the Netflix blockbuster “Bridgerton.” In this interview, we discussed her road to acting, her Guyanese heritage, the fate of Regé-Jean Page and more. The post BRIDGERTON’s Queen Charlotte, aka Golda Roesheuvel speaks exclusively with CHM appeared first on Caribbean Heritage Magazine (CHM ..read more