Brenda Jones Author & Editor

Dr. Sean Kingsley is a marine archaeologist who has explored over 350 wrecks from Israel to America. Off the UK he identified the world’s earliest Royal African Company English ‘slaver’ ship. Sean writes for National Geographic and is the founder of Wreckwatch magazine about the world’s sunken wonders. 

Simcha Jacobovici is a three-time Emmy winning Israeli/Canadian filmmaker, New York Times bestselling author and an internationally acclaimed journalist. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Religion at Huntington University, Ontario, Canada. Jacobovici was Showrunner/Director of the 6-part series Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade for which he has received numerous awards including two NAACP Image Award nominations. Enslaved is his fourth book.  He divides his time between Toronto and Israel. 

 

Brenda Jones is an award-winning political communicator, speechwriter and author who worked in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, DC for nearly 16 years.  She was the primary speechwriter and lead communications strategist for the late Rep. John Lewis. Brenda is the author of a four-book series on American political women called Queens of the Resistance. She collaborated with Rep. John Lewis on the New York Times bestseller, Across That Bridge:  Life Lessons and a Vision for Change, for which she won an NAACP Image Award. In 2022, Brenda joined the White House as Senior Presidential Speechwriter in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.