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Milan Harris is a writer, educator, and creative from Baltimore, Maryland. She studied psychology at Howard University, also working as a freelance writer. In 2022, Milan graduated with her master's in Social Justice and Human Rights with a particular focus on the Americas, the Black Radical Tradition, Marxism, and agriculture. She is an organizer in the Black Alliance for Peace, an anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, and anti-patriarchal organization rooted in the Black Radical Peace tradition, where she is also on the Haiti/Americas team. Currently, she is the co-founder and co-editor of Amani Sol Magazine, an online creative arts magazine elevating marginalized and oppressed artists, as well as the director of an afterschool program in Baltimore. She's worked in this role for almost 6 years, serving 4th-8th grade students and continuing to support them even after they graduate from the program.

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This week BD is joined by the one and only Maurice Valentino.

Michaelangelo Maurice “Valentino” Hayes, creatively known as Maurice Valentino, is a Baltimore native poised and motivated to change the world through entrepreneurship, community programming, anime, Hip Hop and gaming. Graduating salutatorian of his class in 2012 after facing multiple obstacles, Michaelangelo attended and graduated from the historic 150th class
of Morehouse College in 2017. After achieving a plethora of lifetime accomplishments at Morehouse, Michaelangelo would go on to attend Bowie State University, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard University for post-graduate schooling. His domestic abuse he incurred in his home life post-graduation of Morehouse spurred him to create global impact with his
platform and initiatives, and he has spent the last 8 years doing so with his businesses, non-profit programs, and versatile skillset.

In addition to conducting lectures and seminars at various conventions and institutions like Harvard, Princeton and Dreamcon, he spends his time running 3 organizations nationally:

• Valentino's Workshop LLC: A company specializing in high grade tutoring for Black, Brown, disabled and disadvantaged students worldwide, as well as Esports tournaments and workshops for various contractors.
• Valentino's Requiem Inc: A non-profit bridging equity in esports across the nation.
• The Tajiri Region: A subsidiary under Valentino's Requiem, this is the largest, most active Pokémon League in the world exclusively for those in the Black Diaspora complete with competitive training seminars, financial opportunities, job training and high octane competitive Pokémon battling.

Valentino’s Workshop, Valentino’s Requiem, The Tajiri Region and all of Michaelangelo’s assets have brought in over $400,000 in profit and have fundraised scholarships and business funding of over $4 million for all businesses, individuals and other entities as their clientele since their inception. He hopes to continue to change the world.

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BDJ is joined by frequent voicemail terrorist Dr. Devin Butler. Devin graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a PhD in Cognitive and Neural Systems. After completing his doctoral training, he began his doctoral research at the University of Iowa, continuing his research in translational neuroscience. He is interested in cognitive-affective processes related to substance use, psychopathology, as well as racial and ethnic health disparities. In his free time, he is very into TV and movies, enjoys being active (including pretending to be good at pickleball), and exploring new food spots.

The pair discuss Devin's journey, Pooh Shiesty, brainstorm Michael Jackson II, Spider-Man Brand New Day, and a gang of other topics.

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The Big Dreams show is a creation of Big Dreams Media. It is hosted, produced, and engineered by Jordan "BDJ" Taylor