Media, Justice and Community Leadership with Omari Salisbury

Welcome to unlikely leadership and today we're going to be talking to Omari Salisbury the self proclaimed black Forrest Gump. What? What does that even mean? Listen, there's an article that came out this year. And I'm just going to take in a paragraph from it as an introduction because his actual bio is so long and involves such a beautiful, fascinating, inspiring windy road. It's best served up to you from his own voice, which he shares about in this podcast episode he's the CEO of Converge Media. But, over the past 15 months, he has stubbornly planted himself at the head of protests in during showers of pepper spray and deafening blast balls, interrogated public officials with admirable persistence, bird dog developments across many beats, from gun violence to homelessness to grassroots COVID relief, and generally amplified stories about Seattle's black community he thinks should get more play from other news organizations, all while running his small business. My conversation was just so inspiring just to hear someone just dig down deep in their heart, their gut, their soul, their internal brain trust and just be someone exposed be someone who is surrendered to the direction that the universe is pulling them, and that is their expression of leadership in its boldest form, and in his humblest form. So let's get in and talk to him. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Omari Salisbury is a multi-talented media professional and the driving force behind Converge Media. The “Global Citizen”, Salisbury has travelled to 60 countries and brings a broad perspective and unrivaled dedication to his team.