As founder, president and chief executive officer of One Love Global, Inc. Angela leads One Love Global with twenty years’ experience in public and community relations, fund development, marketing, special events, corporate sponsorships, program design and management. Angela’s professional positions have included director of women’s and youth services for the YWCA of Greater Lansing and associate director of Eureka Communities Detroit, a leadership development organization. Austin is an experienced media professional who has co-hosted and co-produced public affairs programming for Lansing’s WLAJ-TV53 and developed educational and cultural content for The Michigan Chronicle newspaper.
Angela is a native of Detroit and a 1990 graduate of the University of Michigan, specializing in communications. In 1998, Angela founded DiverseCity Design & Communications, Inc. to help nonprofit organizations build capacity through strategic partnerships with the private and public sector. These partnerships generated millions of dollars in new philanthropy for social change and engaged leaders from grassroots organizations such as Alkebu-lan Village, Children’s Aid Society and Lula Belle Stewart Center and connected them with resources of public and private entities such as Chrysler, Comerica, Heron Foundation, The Skillman Foundation, US Department of Health & Human Services, Wayne County and the City of Detroit. As an advocate for social enterprise Angela has collaborated with various arts and advocacy organizations including the Greater Pontiac Community Coalition, Keeper of the Word Foundation, The Park West Foundation and Pioneers for Peace, to develop strategies and programs to break the cycle of poverty through programs for youth and young adults.
Currently residing in Lansing, Michigan, Angela serves as coordinator of the Ingham Lansing Community Coalition for Youth, Executive Director of the Ingham Change Initiative and is chairperson of the Ingham Change Initiative media and youth work groups. Angela’s most recent accomplishments include coordinating a statewide dialogue and co-authoring a report on policy reform with Community Voices/Morehouse School of Medicine entitled, “Our Youth, Our Future: Advancing Strategies for Change,” as well as founding m.a.d.e., a social enterprise venture promoting education, leadership development, and economic justice through media, arts, design and entertainment partnerships. In 2010, the m.a.d.e. ALLIANCE launched Lansing’s 1st Annual Hip Hop Appreciation Week to honor the legacy of Malcolm X/El Hajj Malik El Shabazz.