Agunda Okeyo is a writer, producer, and advocate born in Nairobi and raised between New York City and the Kenyan capital. Okeyo understands and writes from a global perspective about race, gender, politics, and culture. She is published in outlets such as Salon, The Daily Beast, Women and Hollywood, For Harriet, Oprah Magazine, OkayAfrica, The Progressive, NBC and Women’s Media Center (WMC). A panoramic awareness has shaped her professional experience with organizations such as Women’s March, Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action, Re:Gender and Cultural Survival. She is lauded for her ongoing production called Sisters of Comedy started at Gotham Comedy Club then Carolines on Broadway in NYC. Sisters of Comedy has been in the New York Comedy Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and Afropunk Festival. Okeyo has also produced comedy events at Ginny’s Supper Club and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
In February 2016 she produced a benefit to support an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the U.S. Constitution with the ERA Coalition, hosted by Jane Fonda with Gloria Steinem, Sarah Jones, Judah Friedlander, Wyatt Cenac and Sasheer Zamata. In 2016 and 2017 Okeyo produced sold out, star studded showcases with Black Lives Matter NYC. She is featured as a rising producer in Essence, Black Enterprise, Time Out New York, Forbes Magazine, Crain's New York, Huffington Post, NBC and The New York Times. Also in 2016, she was named a Progressive Women’s Voices Fellow with WMC and joined the NYC board of Women, Action and the Media (WAM!NYC) as treasurer concluding in 2019. In 2017 Okeyo was Comms Chair for the March for Racial Justice (M4RJ) in Washington, D.C. & Nationwide plus NYC Co-Chair. And in 2019 she served as a juror at the famed Tribeca Film Festival.
Okeyo is currently Founder and CEO of Africa Underground Productions, as well as, an advocate for #WeAsOurselves Campaign supporting black sexual assault survivors led by Me Too Movement, National Women's Law Center and Time's Up Foundation.
Website: https://www.agundaokeyo.com/
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Why ‘Karens’ Are a Threat to Racial Progress
The Progressive [April 16, 2021] -
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The Hollywood Reporter [April 16, 2019] -
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Observer [August 10, 2017] -
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HuffPost [August 8, 2017] -
MetroFocus: Behind the Scenes of Sisters Of Comedy
PBS [May 24, 2017] -
Special Report: The Day After The Election
The Laura Flanders Show [November 8, 2016] -
Women protest at Trump buildings across the US
BBC [October 18, 2016] -
All Black Female Comedy Show To Fundraise For Black Lives Matter
Huffington Post [July 1, 2016] -
American Dictator: Why the USA Has No Right to Lecture Africa on Democracy
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NBC [June 12, 2016] -
The 'Sisters of Comedy' Showcase Brings Humor & Humanity to Broadway
NBC News [October 6, 2015] -
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Salon [September 3, 2014]
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