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Meet Diva Green — Brooklyn-born Afro-Latina, destination storyteller, and founder of I Got Your Black, a platform dedicated to connecting travelers with Afro-Indigenous communities through immersive, culturally respectful experiences. Featured in Essence and awarded Creator of the Year by the Black Travel Summit, Diva is using travel as a tool for protest, preservation, and radical connection.
In this conversation, we discuss:
[00:01:15] How state violence and personal grief fueled her decision to leave the U.S.
[00:03:45] Building I Got Your Black to spotlight Afro-Indigenous communities
[00:06:30] Living for six months in an Afro-Mexican town — what she learned and unlearned
[00:10:15] Re-adjusting to life back in Brooklyn after years abroad
[00:14:30] Traveling and migrating mindfully: how to move without exploiting culture
[00:19:45] Reflections on the Blaxit movement: what excites her and what concerns her
[00:25:30] The beauty and complexity of connecting across the diaspora
[00:30:00] How travel can be activism — if you show up with humility
Ready to start charting your own journey abroad?
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