Black Culture Matters: Christian Benjamin

This episode is a conversation with Christian Benjamin who is a Washington, D.C. based cultural tastemaker, thought leader and entrepreneur. Christian is the founder and Creative Director of Story MKTG, a full service creative and marketing agency focused on mission based initiatives with authentic storytelling representing cultures from communities of colour.  Story MKTG's client roster includes brands McDonalds, Ciroc, and Seagram's with a creative portfolio that includes White House Administration initiative My Brother’s Keeper under U.S. President Barack Obama, United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up initiative, San Francisco’s Young Community Developers Organization, and The Made in Africa Experience. Christian is also partner of Eighty5 Cigars, a Black-owned cigar company. Please join us for a conversation discussing the journey of being an entrepreneur, ideas rooted in authentic diversity & inclusion, the importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in America, Black American culture, and Kanye West as a cultural change maker. For more information, please see www.storymktg.com and www.eighty5cigars.com