2025 Vineyard Lounge Itinerary

presents

• A Way of Life: Black Dandyism in Film and Photography

followed by

with
LaCharles Ward, Ph.D.
Supervisory Museum Curator of Photography and Film

presents

• Our Blues Makes Us Gold

followed by

with
Dr. Irish Spencer
Moderator
Brandon Gerard & Ashley Shanté
Director and Producer of Our Blues Make Us Gold
Carl S. McNair
NC A&T Alumnus (‘71), President & CEO of McNair Achievement Programs (MAP), LLC
Tylik McMillan
NC A&T Alumnus (‘19),  civil rights activist and movement strategist

presents

• Episode 5: “The Vineyard”

followed by

with
Mara Brock Akil
Director/Writer

presents

• Stories from America’s Dining Room

followed by

with
Kevin Wilson Jr.
Director
Nadine Mundo
Director
Clarence Kaiser
Storyteller

presents

• Diminished Returns: The Black Wealth Gap in Washington, D.C.

followed by

with
Temi F. Bennett, Esq. 
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Tonia Wellons
President & CEO
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Kerry-Ann Hamilton
Moderator

presents

• The Business of Storytelling: Producing and Directing for Multiple Platforms

followed by

with
Keith David
Award Winning Actor
Courtney Vance
Award Winning Actor
Lionel Boyce
Actor
Lynnette Ramirez
President, Bassett Vance Productions
Brooke Marine
Moderator

presents

• A Moment of Pause with Joshua Kissi 

followed by

with
Joshua Kissi
Filmmaker/Lincoln Brand Ambassador

TV One

presents

• Savor The City

followed by

presents

• Pieces of the Puzzle

followed by

presents

• A Portrait of the American Dream: Telling the Story of Oak Bluffs

followed by

presents

• Flipping the Script: Why Voting Belongs on the Silver Screen

followed by

presents

• From Voice to Venture: How Rachel Rodgers is Rewriting the Wealth Narrative

followed by

with 
Rachel Rodgers
Attorney and Business Coach
Aisha Glover
Audible’s Global Head of Urban Innovation