“Various charities in and around Johannesburg will add impetus to their fundraising drive if Spectra has anything to do with it.”
I just received a scanned image of an article that was printed in a local Johannesburg paper about my Social Media and Online Fundraising training for African NGOs, hosted by REEA Foundation and GlobalGiving! Read the full article here, along with overwhelmingly positive feedback from the attendees! #geeked
BEEcome BUZZworthy is a workshop geared towards activists, artists, change makers, and/or anyone who is interestd in learning how to use social media to impact influence and/or get access to resources beyond their immediate networks. Are you a passionate person who is interested in learning how to use social media more effectively? What issues do you struggle with the most?
About Me

Meet Spectra: Queer Nigerian Afrofeminist Writer and Media Activist. Social Entrepreneur Nurturing Principled Diaspora and Women's Philanthropy in Media and Tech. Self-Care and Self-Love Evangelist. Idealist Warrior Woman. Big Dreamer. Big Thinker. Big Doer, Too.
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I love not only your thoughts, but also how you express them… Your love-centered, hopeful, positive and proactive voice is incredibly refreshing and exactly what I’ve been looking for recently in the feminist blogosphere.
SaraSpectra has allowed myself, and many I know, access safer spaces to have much needed, challenging and powerful conversations that would otherwise not occur in our communities.
ShakiraThe Network/La Red… a flexible and effective communicator with youth across various social, class and cultural strata.
AyariGirl Scouts Program CoordinatorSpectra is a talented speaker and facilitator and is especially adept at working with groups of students in ways that both challenge and support individual viewpoints.
http://Eva, Harvard Women's Center… a force to be reckoned with–in a very positive way. Spectra has the “gift” of envisioning the greatness we can achieve and uniting the folks who will make that happen. I adore her.
TimFenway Health… [an] articulate weaving of personal experience and analysis.
BeckyBy sharing your story, you allow people like me to relate, to experience, to learn and to share with others as well. thank you, thank you, thank you.
JTThank you so much for sharing your story and for being an inspiration to so many people.
WayoftheLizWe love it when Spectra Speaks!
The Theater OffensiveI can always count on Spectra to challenge an audience, to nudge us in new directions and connect us with new ideas.
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New Narratives, New Voices: Why I Hate the Word Diversity
But in my fight for “diversity”, I’ve often found myself pigeon-holed into choosing on one fight — the “people of color” fight — over others (sexism, immigration etc), and losing critical ground on those other fronts as a result.