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June 10, 2024

Strategic Casemaking & Saving Our Ancestors’ Legacy Featuring Dr. Tiffany Manuel and Rachael Keri Williams

Strategic Casemaking & Saving Our Ancestors’ Legacy Featuring Dr. Tiffany Manuel and Rachael Keri Williams

In this episode, Dr. Tiffany Manuel, President/CEO of TheCaseMade, explains the concept of strategic casemaking and its impact on social change. Then, Rachael Keri Williams, Executive Director of SOAL: Saving Our Ancestors’ Legacy, talks about her journey towards preserving Lincoln Cemetery in Harrisburg, PA and the movement toward restoring Black cemeteries nationwide. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erik-fleming1/support

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Dr. Tiffany Manuel (DrT)

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Tiffany Manuel, PhD
Speaker, Author, President & CEO, TheCaseMade

Dr. Tiffany Manuel (DrT) wants to bring joy to your justice seeking. She’s challenged audiences around the country to reimagine how justice wins by adopting leadership principles that pivot around crisis fatigue, bust dominant narratives about the big issues of our day, and reframe the bedtime stories we tell ourselves about why things aren’t getting better. DrT helps everyday leaders listen better, rally more people to their causes, and tap into their community’s aspirations for a better world for all of us.

A Detroit, Michigan native, DrT (as most people affectionately call her) grew up during one of the most turbulent times in the city’s history. During her most formative years, she witnessed many types of inequality and decided to dedicate her future to combating injustice. Now, she champions better policies, programs, investments, and services that can transform our cities and communities for the better. She has also worked to expand opportunity, equity, and inclusion through 25+ years of professional and volunteer experience spanning the private and nonprofit sectors, government, and academia.

DrT is a dynamic speaker who has appeared in news media, journals, and some of the largest international conferences. She is the best-selling author of several books, most recently Case Made!: 10 Powerful Leadership Principles that Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Grow Impact. She founded and is President and CEO of TheCaseMade, a leading organization dedicated to helping leader… Read More

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Rachael Keri Williams

Executive Director Descendant Founder

Rachael Keri Williams is the Executive Director of SOAL, Saving Our Ancestors' Legacy. SOAL was formed in the summer of 2021 by the descendants of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s oldest remaining historically Black Burial Ground: Lincoln Cemetery. SOAL's mission is to work together to save their ancestor's legacy, document and speak their names, rebury the dead, and restore Lincoln Cemetery. SOAL seeks to restore the cemetery through conservation and preservation work onsite, public history research, and the digital humanities.