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 Professional Biography

Ifalade Ta’Shia Asanti’s work as a success planner, business coach, cultural educator, journalist, non-profit exec and author have been written about in the New York Times, Advocate Magazine, TVguide.com, Denver Post and Entertainment Today.  Ta’Shia has made regular appearances on nationally syndicated news and talk shows including Fox, CBS, NBC, Good Day America and PBS.

Journalist--Ta'Shia has written and published over 1000 articles, essays, poems and short stories in her journalistic career.  She served as editor of Urban Spectrum Newspaper, In the Black Business Journal and GBF Magazine.  Ta’Shia broke ground as the first African-American columnist for the LN where she worked for 8 years. 

 Author--Ta’Shia is the author of 7 books, The Sacred Door: A Spiritual Guide to Power Living, The Master Breakthrough: 24 Hour Spiritual Revolution, The Seer: Legacy of Stone & Spirit, The Bones Do Talk (Glover Lane Press), Sheep & the Wolves, Fluid: Out of Darkness Comes Light (Glover Lane Press).  Ta'Shia also edited two award-winning anthologies, Tapestries of Faith and Letters to My Bully with Azaan Kamau.  Ta’Shia has contributed her original writings to numerous books, anthologies, magazines and journals including Essence Mag and many others.

Television--As a Reality TV star, Ta’Shia took on the issue of religious freedom in her starring role on the Sci-Fi Channel’s hit reality show, “Mad, Mad House,” a show about honoring cultural diversity that aired to millions.  NBC/Universal sent Ta’Shia on an international press tour with guest spots on major broadcast news networks, as well as extensive work on the radio (BBC, XM, KPFK, Blog Talk Radio and Sirius Radio). 

Film--Ta'Shia has appeared in award-winning documentaries including Showtime TV's Sex in the 20th Century, NBC’s Body of a Poet and E! Television's 100 Years of Women’s Evolution.  Ta'Shia has lectured and read poetry at colleges, cultural institutions and religious organizations across the world on a wide variety of topics including racism and diversity, public education, urban health, religion & spirituality, politics, world history, women's and human rights, sex and sexuality, the media, literary arts, film and social justice. 

Filmmaker--Ta’Shia wrote, produced and co-directed two short films which achieved critical acclaim on the international film festival circuit Train Station (USA 18min) and Rashida X: A Day in the Life of a Black Female Revolutionary (USA 21 Min).  Ta’Shia has consulted on various distinguished film and TV projects.

Keynote Speaker (Short List)—Holistic Living Expo, Celebration Metaphysical Fair, Athena Women’s Festival, Black Writers Conference & Reunion, Christian Women’s Diversity Summit, Civil Employees Conference, Black Girls Summit, Outfest Film Festival, Frameline Film Festival, Television Critics Association Conference, Shades Retreat, ULOAH Retreat, UCLA Take Back the Night Conference, Prop 187 Conference, USC, Clairmont University, Denver University, Colorado University, Boulder, Naropa University, Arapahoe Community College Leadership Summit, Southwest Community College, Long Beach Pride, Los Angeles Pride, Atlanta Black Pride, Detroit Black Pride, Kentucky Black Pride, Elements Conference.

Organizer/Event Producer--Ta’Shia founded and produced the World Pride & Power Conference which featured keynote speakers, Bishop Yvette Flunder and New York Times bestselling author, Malidome Some’.  Ta’Shia produced the ATBLA/Los Angeles Black Pride Conference with over 40 speakers on community building, wellness, media activism and HIV/AIDS.  In collaboration with President Clinton’s race relations initiative, Ta’Shia organized a community dialogue uniting 40 non-profit orgs from across Southern California to discuss the impact of racism on America’s social and economic development.  Ta’Shia organized the International Ifa Conference which garnered a front page story in the Denver Post. 

TV Producer--Ta'Shia currently works as a Producer for Your World TV where she is host and producer of The Window, a World View Morning Talk Show and producer of  Inspiration Kitchen, a cooking show dedicated to exploring cultural cuisine.   

A Short List of Ta’Shia Special Achievements, Nominations & Awards Include:

Worldchanger Award From Dr. Marissa TV Show for Work Toward Ending Homelessness

Lifetime Achievement Award from In the Meantime Men Organization for Excellence in Community Leadership & Activism

Lambda Literary Foundation Fellow & Scholarship Award Recipient

Audre Lorde Black Quill Award-For Creating Positive Images of African-American Women in the Media and Arts

Seed Scholarship Award from the International Black Writers and Artists Organization to attend UCLA Writers Program

Kathleen E. Morris Award for Best Contemporary Fiction

Nominated for the Courage in Journalism Award for Exceptional Achievement in the Field of Journalism-International Media Women’s Foundation

African-Americans Who Make a Difference Award-Urban Spectrum Media Co.

History of Publications

Author-Any Heart Open-Rainmaker Pubishing

Author, Sheep & the Wolves-Noble Trinity Media

Author, Fluid: Out of Darkness Comes Light-Noble Trinity Media

Author, The Bones Do Talk-Glover Lane Press

Author, The Master Breakthrough-Glover Lane Press 

Author, The Seer: Legacy of Stone & Spirit-Noble Trinity Media

Author, The Sacred Door: Spiritual Guide to Power Living-Noble Trinity Media

Editor, One Spirit, Forthcoming on Glover Lane Press

Editor, Tapestries of Faith Anthology, Glover Lane Press

Editor, Letters To My Bully Anthology-Glover Lane Press

Various Poems, Black Love Anthology-Beyond Baroque Press

Fiction, Love Shook My Heart 2 (Lambda Award)-Alyson Publications

Poem, Wedding Blessings-Crown Books

Essay, Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number: Black Women Explore Midlife (Blackboard Bestseller)-Beacon Press

Short Story, From Where We Sit: Black Writers Write Black Youth-Tiny Satchel Press

Short Story-BED: An Erotic Anthology-Random House

Essay, The Dynamics of Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality in America-Prentice Books

Essay, Chicken Soup for the African-American Soul-Tyndale Press

Short Fiction, Best Black Women’s Erotica 2-Cleis Press

Essay, Living with Dual Spirits, Columbia University Press

Poetry, Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social & Political Black Literature, Third World Press

Various Poems, Silent No More Anthology, Vanguarde Press

Poems and Essay, Is it Something I Said Anthology, Harmony Matters Press

Short List Journalistic Interviewees

Iyanla Vanzant-Best-selling Author/Award-winning Talk Show Host

Presidential Candidate, Cynthia Mckinney

MOVE Organization Founder, Ramona Africa

Lynn Whitfield-Emmy Award-winning Actress

Former Denver Mayor, Wellington E. Webb

Barbara Smith-Co-founder, Kitchen Table Press

Mandy Carter-Washington D.C. Grassroots Organizer

Dr. Marjorie Hill-Director of Public Health, New York

 Sonia Sanchez-Award-winning Poet

Haki Madhubuti-Founder, Third World Press

Vanessa Bell-Calloway, Actress

Susan Taylor, Editor Emeritus-Essence Magazine

Randall Robinson-Founder TransAfrica Forum

Amiri Baraka-Award-winning Poet