Our mission at The Vision Board is to use the power of media to highlight and raise awareness on social issues that are often overlooked or marginalized in mainstream discourse. We believe that the media has the ability to shape public opinion, influence policy decisions, and inspire action towards positive change.
Therefore, we strive to provide media creatives through an international collective, with the tools, resources, and skills necessary to tell stories that are representative, inclusive, and socially responsible. Through our education, mentorship, and community events, we seek to foster a creative ecosystem that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
With our content, we seek to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities and shed light on the systemic injustices that impact their lives. We are committed to producing informative, thought-provoking, and engaging media that encourages critical thinking and empowers individuals to become agents of change in their communities.
Film Producer/Creative Artivist
Cassandra Riddick (Cass) is the co-founder of a nonprofit in the DC Metropolitan area called the Leadership and Arts Coalition (LAC). She is also the co-founder and producing partner at New Emerging Artists Productions. After graduating college, Cass met legendary Hip Hop artist Biz Markie who became a mentor and In 1993, Cassandra began working at the C-SPAN networks as a studio technician and master control operator. In 1997, Cass became the business and tour manager for major recording Hip-Hop artist, Akinyele. Cass handled all aspects of his career via various media channels including negotiating and booking tours and special events throughout the United States and abroad. After spending almost 20 years focused on music, she turned her attention to the film industry full time. Since 2020, Cass has been freelancing as a Casting Associate for Octet Productions and Mega Mind Productions, both located in Washington DC. She has worked on films such as Rich Christmas, The Couch, The Big 50, HUSH I and II, A Wesley Christmas, A Wesley Christmas Wedding, and WAKE produced by Edmonds Entertainment and Octet Productions just to name a few. Cassandra has a B.S. degree in Communications from Bowie State University.
Photographer/Visual Story Teller
Trials and transience mark Saddi Khali's work from writer to producer and image evangelist. His words and images have appeared in books and magazines, and exhibited in unconventional art spaces worldwide. For 11 years Saddi toured his “Decolonizing Beauty” project of therapeutic portrait sessions in the exploration of empowered vulnerability in his PhotoReflective practice. Through this listening lens Khali stokes claim to a healing arts renaissance, which fearlessly intends the restoration of loving communities. Most recently, Saddi’s work was centered in the national storytelling project Survivors Speak and the TimeDone campaign with Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice.
Photographer/Visual Story Teller
International published portrait and branding photographer Robin
Kenyetta has an uncanny propensity of connecting with her clients on a level that goes well beyond the surface, by capturing the very essence of their soul. Robin Kenyetta has consistently been the lead photographer for two publications. She is the founder and lead
photographer for The Reflective Edge, a full service branding agency based in the DC area. Robin Kenyetta has worked on a variety of projects and has photographed clients that range from recording artists to politicians. She has visually told the stories of nonprofits and
organizations throughout the DC area. Robin Kenyetta started her photography journey in street photography, telling stories and
connecting with subjects so that the world and the people she
photographed could see themselves through a different lens, humanizing those society has deemed marginalized or invisible.