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Video: The Body is Not an Apology

 

Watch Sonya Renee Taylor's keynote message, The Body Is Not An Apology, and burn community Q&A with Phoenix Society CEO, Amy Acton.

Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Her work has been seen, heard, and read on The New York Times, NPR, HBO, The Huffington Post, MTV, and many more. Sonya’s work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. She was named one of the 12 Women Who Paved the Way for Body Positivity by Bustle Magazine and was honored as a YBCA 100, an annual compilation of creative minds, makers, and pioneers who are asking the questions and making the provocations that will shape the future of American culture.

This is a recorded session from Phoenix World Burn Congress: Engage 2021.

 

 

BURN COMMUNITY Q&A

HOSTED BY AMY ACTON, PHOENIX SOCIETY CEO

 

 

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