Meet the Founder

Meet the Team


Kim Anthony
Social Impact Consultant
Urban Ingenuity, LLC


Aldonia Bailey
Art Therapist


Chenarrii Bussey
Yoga and Health & Wellness Coach


Phyllis Caddell-PCPR
Publicist


Nicole Taylor Dixon
Finance & Accounting


Sandra Evers-Manly
Founder & CEO, Black Hollywood
Education & Resource Center


Felicia Ford
Community Partner &

Special Needs Advocate


Marsha Garnett
Celebrity Culinary Expert


Alondrea Hampton
Life & Wellness Coach


Diane Mitchell Henry
Strategist Consultant


Dawn Melody Polk
Reaping Harvest, Inc.


Dr. Ashley Wiley Johnson, Ph.D CCC-SLP 
Autism and Early Childhood Education Expert,
Speaker and Author


Sandra Ross
High School Business Education Teacher
Bachelors and Masters, Business & Information Systems


Sheena Langub
Floral Designer, Rooted Harmony


Valerie Toliver
LOV Olive Branches


Dominique A. Tucker
School Counselor
Educator Advisor

Dr. Ellen Williams
Personal Growth & Wellness Coach


Meet the Founder

Meet the Team

Kim Anthony
Social Impact Consultant

CEO, Urban Ingenuity, LLC

Felicia Ford
Founder & CEO
Leap of Faith Family to Family

Our Mission & Values

At Jazzy Jam for Empowerment, we believe in being the change we want to see in our communities. Born from a deep desire to uplift, heal, and inspire, our mission is to sponsor, support, engage, and empower individuals and families while bringing visibility to the critical issues of mental health, emotional well-being, and social justice.


We accomplish this through creative, culturally relevant, and hands-on educational programming, workshops, and training opportunities that are rooted in real-life experiences. Our initiatives are designed not only to promote awareness but also to cultivate healthy lifestyle habits, emotional resilience, and community connection—especially among underserved populations.

Our  Code of Ethics

We pride ourselves aligning our Code of Ethics with the California Department of Health Care Services to guide our staff in their roles and responsibilities in which they function professionally.


A. HOPE 

1. Inspire hope in those engaging in services by living a life of Recovery and/or Resiliency. 


B. PERSON-DRIVEN 

1. Support individuals receiving services and their support network within the context of the individual’s worldview, to achieve their goals based upon their needs and wants. 

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Core Values

Listen. Learn. Lead.

Listening, learning, and leading is at the core of what we do. Our mission since our inception is formed around listening, summarizing and reflecting what’s being said and most importantly what’s not being said. We do this to promote and provide adequate and impactful social-emotional wellness for all of who we serve.


If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far go together. 

Is an African Proverb we hold near and dear to our mission, vision and organizational core values. We do not do this work alone. With our combined knowledge, lived experience and current societal needs as it pertains to social emotional care and mental health wellness, we have cultivated a dynamic...

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