Why I Founded “I Have a Dream Ltd” on August 28th 2024
August 28th is an important date in history.
August 28th - 1955 – Emmett Till.
On August 28th, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made a choice that changed history:“I want the world to see what they did to my baby.”She held an open-casket funeral. The image of her son’s body shocked the world and ignited the Civil Rights Movement. A mother’s courage sparked a movement.
August 28th- 1963 – Dr. King’s Dream. Exactly 8 years later, on August 28th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial and declared his dream. Over 250,000 people gathered to hear it.
August 28th- 2005 – Hurricane Katrina. The eve of devastation. Katrina hit New Orleans, and the world watched as the most vulnerable were left behind. The storm exposed the broken systems for people of colour.
August 28th- 2020 – Chadwick Boseman
The word cried as we lost our Black Panther, the actor who brought so many characters to life while privately battling cancer. That same year, we also witnessed the murder of George Floyd.
I was interviewed on BBC Radio as a Black British mother of two sons. I described racism as paper cuts, tiny, daily stings that pile up. But 2020 felt like a gash the tearing of many wounds. One that couldn’t be covered by a plaster, it was a deep wound that demanded deeper healing.
And so, in 2020, I made a decision. I wanted my sons and every child to grow up in a world with more light than darkness. I didn’t know what that would look like. So I listened. I prayed. I searched. In August 2021, I sat in a church where Bishop T.D. Jakes was preaching. He asked: “How will you use your platform?” He spoke about Noah removing the door from the ark and laying it down as a platform for the animals to walk on. That message resonated in my soul like thunder. From that moment until now, I’ve been answering that question.
And on August 28th 2024
I Have a Dream Ltd was born.
I started by working with leaders to share their testimony on a platform I called GODx, our first live event was held August 28th 2025. Think TEDx, but for testimonies.
August 28th 2026 will be our next Global Impact Speaker event. Where you can hear powerful keynotes from 8 women who are spreading ideas and inspiring the community and the corporate world.
