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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Devin L. Walker is a Human Rights and Pan-African organizer, musician, author, and Equal Opportunity professional.  His entire adult life has been dedicated to the eradication of the exploitation of human beings by human beings.  He walked in the rich tradition of the Social Gospel and Liberation Theology while as an active member of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, where he held several positions, including the Director of Youth and Young Adults at Contee AME Zion Church in Washington, DC, and Chairperson of the Social/Political Action Committee for the Mid Atlantic II Region Lay Council.

 

In 1990, at the age of 23, Devin protested the church's silence around social and political issues at the AME Zion Church’s Washington District Conference, presided by the late Presiding Prelate J. Clinton Hoggard, whom both commended Devin for speaking out and then challenged him to provide solutions to the problems he so eloquently described.  Devin ultimately submitted a 32-page research document entitled “The Silence That Kills,” which led to his publication, "The Kemit Report," a monthly research newsletter geared toward establishing the reality of world events within the Church. Devin was the sole researcher, writer, and editor for the Kemit Report, which at its height attracted subscribers from throughout the United States and beyond, including a subscription from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 

 

Over 90 pre-internet hours of research went into each newsletter, which produced eight separate publications in two years. Devin has since authored two books, based upon the eight newsletters, to resurrect the true social revolutionary nature of the church: “An Appeal to the African Church in America: Beware of False Profit$” and “The Way of the Gentiles.”

 

Devin’s college experience is where he developed his revolutionary passion and love for Africa and her people, home and abroad. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1988. He was President of the Black Student Union and led a student sit-in as a member of the Coalition Against Injustice to protest acts of racism on the campus.

 

A founding member of the Pan-African Liberation Organization (1990-2006), Devin has traveled to Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico, organizing in solidarity with different oppressed people, as well as working with different organizations in Azania (South Africa), Guinea, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Ireland, El Salvador, India, and the United States. He also has worked in solidarity with the American Indian Movement - International Indian Treaty Council; served as the National Spokesperson for the National Youth Organizing Committee for the Million Man March; was the co-founder of the People Before Profit Community Healthcare Project (www.peoplebeforeprofit.org); and launched the Blood-Stained Banner Campaign - an initiative to raise the awareness within the church of the millions of people killed and injured by the U.S. Military Industrial Intelligence Complex and its European allies.

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In 2017, Devin started a Podcast entitled "Evolved Beyond Christianity," which discusses the research that has taken him beyond the limitations of Christianity to a higher level of spirituality and activism. This Podcast is for the many people with beliefs vastly different from the church or religious institution they currently or formerly attended but are afraid to speak out for fear of isolation from their Church, family, or friends.  Many do not believe in any religion at all.   This discussion will provide you with historical information about the origins of religion that will help the listener understand that there are many paths to truth and enlightenment beyond religion and that choosing your own path toward this quest is perfectly fine.

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Today, this Podcast has transformed into his new YouTube page, "Evolving with Uncle D!" This platform discusses culture, politics, religion, philosophy, and more. It is geared toward those who have grown with Uncle Devin over the last 15 years and for adults who wish to engage in more grown-up conversations outside The Uncle Devin Show children's content. 

 

Professionally, Devin co-owns The Uncle Devin Show LLC - a DC Certified Business Enterprise. It is a multi-media, arts-integrated musical experience for children that cultivates their minds through percussion instruments - a dynamic cross between DC’s Trouble Funk and Schoolhouse Rock.  Uncle Devin also co-owns the children’s online music platform, WEE Nation Radio.  The entire family will experience the rhythm of Uncle Devin’s infectious blend of Jazz, Funk, and DC’s official music, Go-Go.

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Devin also has a 26-year career as a Senior Equal Opportunity Professional.  He has designed successful training programs in Equal Opportunity and Diversity Training, Discrimination in the Workplace Training, and Alternative Dispute Resolution for over 15 Federal government agencies, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Park Service, U.S. Government Printing Office, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice, along with conducting hundreds of investigations of workplace discrimination complaints for both the public and private sectors. 

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