Episode 124

Why Artists Must Speak Now with Emmy-Winning Storyteller Evita Robinson

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Award-winning stories for BIPOC communities

Evita Turquoise Robinson is an Emmy award-winning storyteller who tells and amplifies stories about the BIPOC communities worldwide. She's also the founder of NOMADNESS Travel Tribe — a community of 40,000 Black and brown travelers worldwide with its own festival, the Nomadness Fest.

Evita has spoken from multiple stages, including TEDx, and she uses the stages she’s built to amplify messaging, use data storytelling, and pass the mic to those doing the work. But right now, Evita is embarking on a new phase in her journey, bringing her back home to herself and her roots as a storyteller, writer, and filmmaker.

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What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • Our journeys to motherhood and love as we both turn 40

  • What we can do to take agency of our fertility

  • Going through a phase of rebirth in Egypt

  • What outliving your dream looks like

  • Why we need insanity to get our creative visions into the world

  • Why we both love the desert

  • Why storytelling is urgently needed now

  • Speaking up for Palestine

“The artists have a responsibility today to stand up. We have a responsibility; when stuff is the worst is almost when we are the most important.”

— Evita Robinson

Creating With Bravery

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NOMADNESS Travel Tribe

In 2011, Evita created NOMADNESS Travel Tribe, an award-winning online social community primarily for travelers of color. NOMADNESS was the first of its kind targeting Black and brown millennials. The group currently surpasses 35,000 international members, with over a dozen regional ambassadors.

In 2018, NOMADNESS Travel Tribe hosted their first annual festival for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) travelers. NOMADNESS Fest is an immersive experience that celebrates and creates safe spaces for leisure travelers, travel influencers, tour operators, and tourism professionals of color.

Learn more about NOMADNESS Travel Tribe and sign up for their newsletter here.

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Evita Robinson

“If I don't create, I'm abandoning myself. I'm abandoning a gift. I'm abandoning a different, bigger calling. And I can't do that.”

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