The Producers: Gleaux & Tell Series With Queen Jade

Mide Akerewusi • November 18, 2025

The Producers:

Gleaux & Tell Series With Queen Jade

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It's the time of year when I find myself listening moe intently to my body and my mind. Both of which are telling me it is time to take a break. 

It has been a long and arduous six months that I have devoted to producing Series Two of The Giving Black Podcast, planning and delivering The Giving Conference, organizing The Giving Black Soirée, and researching and releasing the Fundraising While Black report.


I am taking time to replenish. Rather than put away the podcast mic, as I have done in the past, I am passing it on. The very first person who came to my mind to receive the mic was, Queen Jade - a dear Sister-Friend, a dynamic social-entrepreneur, and an incredible advocate for Afrocentric philanthropy. Queen Jade first joined us in Series One, Episode 11 of The Giving Black Podcast and also co-hosted The Giving Black Conference in 2025. She's not a stranger to Giving Black and most importantly, she has a lot to share about Black philanthropy.


In this Episode of the Giving Black Podcast, Queen Jade speaks about coalescing within Black community, reminding us to value ourselves and each as a form of honouring our ancestors and their work in resisting oppression and seeking freedom. 


Queen Jade and her guests will Gleaux & Tell about Black Philanthropy for the next three episodes of The Giving Black Podcast.

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