022: Step Away from the Pack and Create a Purpose Driven Business with Dr. Jon Higgins, QPOC Media Curator

Written By Rhodes Perry

Dr. Jonathan Higgins is a speaker, educator, and social media influencer proudly hailing from Southern California. He serves as a LGBTQ media curator focusing on the needs of queer people of color (QPOC), and his work has been featured in Mused Magazine, Contrast Magazine, and on sites like Blavity, TheRoot, and Attn. Dr. Jon just recently completed a TEDx talk on the process of unlearning fear and embracing person power, and is a faculty member of this year’s Campus Pride Summer Campus.

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Questions Answered in this Episode

·      Who is Dr. Jonathan Higgins?

·      What does his business do?

·      What does the quote, “my existence is resistance,” mean to Dr. Jon?

·      How can you get in touch with Dr. Jon to learn more?

Resources Shared in this Episode

·      Visit Dr. Jon’s Website Here

·      Connect with Dr. Jon on Facebook: DoctorJonPaul

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Rhodes Perry

Rhodes Perry, MPA is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. He helps leaders build belonging at work to achieve industry breakthroughs. His firm offers transformative leadership development, change management, and capacity building solutions for senior executives focused on advancing their organizations’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Nationally recognized as a LGBTQ+ thought leader, he has two decades of government and nonprofit experience having worked at the White House, PFLAG National, and the City of New York. Media outlets like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press have featured his powerful work as a (DEI) influencer.

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