Buy a box of popsicles. Wear your Sidewalk Talk shirt. Print out the Back Together Better Stickers to put on each popsicle. Hit the streets and spread the goodwill and good intentions for finally HEARing Each Other Again. Download the graphic from the Back Together Page.

http://bit.ly/BackTogetherBetter

All day and LIVE at 10am PT

In 2004, as a first year teacher, Ashanti started The Ever Forward Club to provide a support group for African American and Latino males, who were not achieving to the level of their potential. The Ever Forward Club has helped 100% of its members graduate high school.

After being featured in The Mask You Live In documentary, and Fellowships at the Stanford d.school, Campaign for Black Male Achievement, and The Gratitude Network, Ashanti has launched the #MillionMaskMovement to connect people all over the world in a self-reflective experience that helps people visualize and realize, “You are not alone."" Take the Challenge at www.100kmasks.com"

LIVE at 2:00pm PT

Co-authors of Fighting Time published by Regal House Publishing and PACT Press

In Fighting Time Isaac Knapper and Dr. Amy Banks narrate the story of their thirty-six-year journey from murder to meeting with clarity, humility, and vulnerability. This book and their story is one of the most profoundly humane you will hear and model for the whole US on what is possible. Amy has been a Sidewalk Talk guest in the past. Her book, Wired to Connect is a favorite.

Listen in LIVE on the Sidewalk Talk YouTube Channel or Facebook Page.

LIVE at 11:45am PT

Joe Keohane is the author of forthcoming book, The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World.

In it he looks at why we don't talk to strangers, what happens when we do, and how we can get better at it. He finds that talking to strangers can do everything from helping us feel happier, healthier, and wiser, to alleviating some of our thorniest social problems, from loneliness to political polarization. He is a veteran journalist who has held high-level editing positions at Medium, Esquire, Entrepreneur, and Hemispheres. And his writing on everything from politics, to travel, to social science, business, and technology has appeared in New York magazine, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Wired, Boston magazine, and The New Republic.

Listen in LIVE on the Sidewalk Talk YouTube Channel or Facebook Page.

All day and LIVE at 10am PT

When he’s not authoring, speakering, making creative waves in the corporate world or improvising operas (Impropera) David is out on the street asking questions to see how much further Street Wisdom can go. And the answers keep coming!

LIVE at 12:00am PT

Dr. Stan Steindl is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice at Psychology Consultants Pty Ltd, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

He is co-director of the UQ Compassionate Mind Research Group. He has over 20 years experience as a therapist, supervisor and trainer, and works with clients from a compassion focused therapy perspectives. His PhD examined combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid alcohol dependency, and he continues to work in the areas of trauma and addiction, as well as having a general clinical practice. His research interests are in the areas of motivation, compassion and compassion-based interventions, and especially the role of cultivating compassion and self-compassion in the context of trauma, shame, self-criticism and clinical disorders, as well as promoting psychological wellbeing. He is the author of The Gifts of Compassion: How to Understand and Overcome Suffering

Listen in LIVE on the Sidewalk Talk YouTube Channel or Facebook Page.

LIVE at 7:30am PT

Head of Culture at Celcom, Kindness Advocate, and Intentional Weirdo

If you want to be plugged in to joy and purpose meet Aziph. He is changing the world just by showing up and being different.

Listen in LIVE on the Sidewalk Talk YouTube Channel or Facebook Page.

All day and LIVE at 6am PT

Kerrie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and founder of A Good Place Therapy, a bicoastal group psychotherapy practice with offices located in downtown Manhattan NYC and San Francisco. Kerrie is also a Sidewalk Talk Volunteer and leader of the NYC Chapter.

All day and LIVE at 6am PT

Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach for smart, sensitive high-achievers and author of TRUST YOURSELF: STOP OVERTHINKING AND CHANNEL YOUR EMOTIONS FOR SUCCESS AT WORK. Recently named one of Business Insider’s Most Innovative Coaches for her groundbreaking work on “Sensitive Strivers”, her clients include CEOs, C-level executives, and managers at top Fortune 500 companies such as Google, HP, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, IBM, Citibank, JP Morgan, and others. Melody has been featured on The New York Times, The Oprah Magazine, NBC News, and spoken at Stanford University, Walmart, Adweek, Burberry and more. She’s here to help you break free from self-doubt and imposter syndrome so you can .

Learn more at melodywilding.com

All day and LIVE at 10am PT to talk about Millennial Workplace

Smiley Poswolsky is an Author of "Friendship in the Age of Loneliness," Speaker on Belonging in the Remote Workplace, Millennial Workplace Expert. Learn about Smiley Poswolsky's book www.smileyposwolsky.com/friendship ; You can learn more at www.smileyposwolsky.com/.

Dr. Gillian Sandstrom hails from the UK and has done research on strong and weak ties. She also is interested in decolonizing psychological practices. Listen in LIVE on the Sidewalk Talk YouTube Channel or Facebook Page.

All day and LIVE at 11am PT to talk about Kids’ Mental Health

Dr. Earl Turner is a psychologist, professor, and founder of Therapy for Black Kids. He is also the author of Mental Health among African Americans and past-president of the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Division 37 of the American Psychological Association). Learn about my book www.drerlangerturner.com/book; You can learn more about Therapy for Black Kids at www.therapyforblackkids.org

Daren Todd will be painting LIVE on Sidewalk Talk Instagram at 11am PT for our Back Together Better Birthday Celebration!

Daren Todd is a Portland based creative whose artistic practice focuses on painting, murals and digital design. Daren owns Art Larger Than Me, a fine-art and art merchandise business that supports his creative practice, and works as the curator for The Downstairs Gallery, an art gallery in downtown Portland, Oregon that seeks to provide support for BIPOC, LGBTQ+ artists, and artists with disabilities, and their creative practices. Daren’s work currently focuses on abstract expressionism and graphic portraiture, and the juxtaposition of both styles into cohesive paintings and designs.

Website: Art Larger Than Me

Esther Boykin, CEO and Therapist leads a clinic in DC and founded Therapy is Not A Dirty Word will be taking over the Sidewalk Talk Instagram Stories all day.

Jo Aggarwal is a CEO of a massive, and frankly one of our favorite, mental health tech companies called Wysa. Listen in LIVE on the Sidewalk Talk YouTube Channel or Facebook Page.

Join Amanda Ripley, Journalist & Author, HIGH CONFLICT: Why We Get Trapped & How We Get Out. LIVE on Sidewalk Talk’s Facebook Page and YouTube Channel to learn how