"Journey Agent: an intuitive guide, pathfinder and
facilitator of empowerment and insight for the journey
from where you are to where you would like to be."
— Isisara Bey —
Writing
Notes from
the Journey Agent.
Film · Culture
Sinners and the Kongo Cosmogram
Ryan Coogler's film is the topic of the moment — an aesthetic roadmap for enduring these trying times. One of the many things I love about this film is its perfect timing. What's happening to the country has us on an emotional knife edge. Now here comes something ancient and powerful to remind us who we are.
MAY 2025
Travel · Becoming
Thinking of Becoming an Expat?
Notable African American expats include Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, W.E.B. Du Bois and Barbara Chase-Riboud. The tradition of leaving in order to fully arrive is long and worthy.
July 2025
Aging · Grace
Going with Grace
Years ago, I experienced a bout of depression that sent me on the hunt for a therapist. I found one — but I was not telling her the real truth. Something prevented me from opening up.
MAY 2025
What Isisara
finds noteworthy.
Culture & Perspective
Short Films
Films Worth Your Time
Curated by the Artistic Director of the March on Washington Film Festival — short films that illuminate the human condition in under 30 minutes.
BOOKS
Books That Changed Me
From James Baldwin to contemporary memoir — the books Isisara reads, returns to, and presses into the hands of everyone she meets.
Theatre & Plays
The Stage Endures
On live performance, why theatre is one of the last communal acts, and the plays she believes everyone should experience at least once.
Couture & Style
Dressed with Intention
Style as a spiritual practice — what we choose to wear, why it matters, and the designers, makers, and movements building a more intentional relationship between clothing and identity.
The Journey
Standing at
a threshold.
"I am at some kind of crossroads, and I don't know but can sense what is on the other side."
A woman at a threshold. Former VP at Sony Music. Artistic Director of the March on Washington Film Festival. TEDx speaker. And now, somewhere between what was and what is becoming — writing honestly about aging, departure, and what comes next.
Decades of
presence.
The arc
From the halls of Congress to the stages of TEDx, from the film festival circuit to the streets of Marrakech — Isisara Bey has spent a lifetime at the intersection of culture, power, and people.
The work has always been about the same thing: helping people see where they are, and find their way to where they're meant to be.
Now
Artistic Director, March On! Festival
Championing film as a tool for justice and cultural memory.
2025
Marrakech — The Leap
A season of immersion, reflection, and becoming.
2012
TEDx Barnard College
"In order to harvest, you have to plant." — On vision, seeds, and the life we're building.
VP, Corporate Affairs — Sony Music
Congressional Tri-Caucus. National Book Foundation. Rhythm & Blues Foundation.
Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence
VP Programs & Education · Make Mine a Million $ Business · Leadership Institute.
The Archive
Everything she has
written, said, made.
A searchable, living archive of essays, talks, appearances, and ideas — organized so the work endures long after the moment passes.
90+
ESSAYS
15+
Years
1
Voice
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