Charisse Carney-Nunes is the award-winning author of the children’s books, I Am Barack Obama, I Dream for You a World: A Covenant for Our Children, and Nappy, as well as Songs of a Sistermom: Motherhood Poems. She is also the founder of a publishing company, Brand Nu Words LLC where she has sold over 10,000 books. Carney-Nunes works as senior vice president for programs for the Jamestown Project, diverse action-oriented think tank of new leaders who reach across boundaries and generations to make democracy real. She is also a founding member of Sistermoms, Inc., a nationwide support group for African-American mothers, and a Diamond Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She has appeared on ABC News Now, CBS’s CW Network, Comcast’s CN-8, Radio One, and American Urban Radio Networks. She resides in Washington, D.C.

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