Monique Linder
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2023: A Year of Enlightenment!
Update
December 31, 2022 kicked off the 2023 Year of Enlightenment. OMG! What an amazing journey it has been thus far.
Since 2016, after the passing of our beloved Prince, I embarked on a journey to celebrate his philanthropic and humanitarianism by continuing his legacy of developing youth in music and art and teaching youth to code. My work with Bryan Stevenson CEO of the Equal Justice Initiative and Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of The King Center deepened my mission to advocate for change in the criminal justice system and promote the Beloved Community and Dr. Martin Luther King’s methodology on disrupting all forms of violence (Nonviolence 365). My community work took me to the deep south (Ujamaanonics Civil Rights Tours) and prior to that my work on the release of “The Rape of Recy Taylor” film, deepened my connection to community and my mission to strengthen and create prosperous communities for youth and families.
At OMG Studios, our work is center around cultural sustainability in which music and art are essential to human survival and development. Teaching Ujamaa Men and youth in Montgomery, AL to code delivered results beyond what I ever imagined when I started this journey. Sixty percent of the Black boys in Montgomery, AL were illiterate, and the public schools had gone into conservatorship. I felt coding was the way to reach youth and close the inequality gap. Today, I have taught hundreds of youth coding classes in Montgomery, Alabama. In December 2022, I accepted the Rosa Parks Leadership Award along with the legendary Mavis Staples in a ceremony at the Rosa Parks Museum.
2023 Year of Enlightenment highlights
OMG Studios Innovation Lab
“It Starts With Me” Be Love Community
Juneteenth Brunch
Juneteenth Story: From Galveston, TX to Minnesota
Women’s History Month Spotlight
Dr. Josie Robinson Johnson (born October 7, 1930)
is an American community organizer and activist for African American rights. Described by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as the “First Lady of Minnesota Civil Rights,” she was instrumental in the success of a fair housing bill in Minnesota in 1962. The first Black person appointed to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, Johnson has been a lifelong advocate for equity in housing, education, and voting rights. Author: “Hope In The Struggle”
Chaka Khan: Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Activist
Chaka Khan is one of the world’s most gifted and celebrated musicians, with a rich musical legacy, the 10-time GRAMMY® Award-winner is looking forward to a celebration of a lifetime. A songwriter, actor, author, philanthropist, entrepreneur and activist, Chaka Khan has influenced generations of recording artists. She has the rare ability to sing in seven music genres, including R&B, pop, rock, gospel, country, world music and classical. Affectionately known around the world as Chaka, she is revered by millions of fans as well as her peers for her timeless, classic and unmatched signature music style and ability. The late, great Miles Davis often said, “She [Chaka] sings like my horn.” And the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin says, “[Chaka] is a one- of- a -kind, premier vocalist.”
Mrs. Rosa Parks (born October 7, 1930)
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement.” She was never a tired seamstress, quite the contrary, she was a fierce activist.
Dr. Bernice A King, CEO The King Center
Dr. Bernice A. King is a global thought leader, strategist, solutionist, orator, peace advocate, and CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center For Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center), which was founded by her mother as the official living memorial to the life, work, and legacy of her father. In this position, Bernice continues to advance her parents’ legacy of nonviolent social change through policy, advocacy, research, as well as education & training through the Kingian philosophy of nonviolence, which she re-branded Nonviolence365™️ (NV365).
Welcome to OMG Media!
OMG Studios
Our vision for OMG Studios is a state-of-art digital livestream broadcast studio, where we will continue to produce original cultural content that can be accessed anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This unique creative space will be used to launch new digital innovations such as our KZMO HD radio and social network for OMG Studio’s original cultural content and entertainment.
KZMO
KZMO is a cultural media platform with global reach. The KZMOVERSE feeds their soul with great music and art, are creatively and environmentally responsible, and vibrate positive energy by visualizing sound.
Cultural Sustainability Statement
At OMG Studios, our work is centered around building cultural sustainability, in which music and art are essential to human survival and development. We strive to empower communities through our OMGisms – social constructs rooted in the arts that nurture and improve the health and wellness of youth and families.