The Jury Selection: Sadé Council

Sadé Council

Strategy Director at Xfinity Creative

Sadé Council is a brand marketing strategist, DEIB champion, and change agent on a mission to push the culture forward through thoughtful, creative, inspired storytelling. She’s spent over 15 years helping global brands like American Express, L’Oréal, NBCU, & Coca-Cola strategically engage their audiences in authentic ways that resonate.

She is a passionate truth-teller and a curious, perseverant problem solver that asks questions and uses real insights to craft creative solutions. She cares deeply about diversity & representation, never shrinks herself, and is unafraid to challenge the status quo in the name of growth. Sadé is currently working as a Strategy Director at Xfinity Creative, an in-house agency backed by Comcast.

My Selections This Year

Best Books

Best Social

Best Shows

- Patriarchy Blues, Fred T. Joseph
- Plantation Theory, John Graham Jr.
- The Waymakers, Tara Jaye Frank
- Rest Is Resistance, Tricia Hersey
- Caste, Isabel Wilkerson
- Untamed, Glennon Doyle

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Sex Lives Of College Girls (HBO Max)
Atlanta (FX)
Amend (Netflix, 6 part docu-series)

Best Cultural Institutions

Best Writers, Speakers, Intellectuals

Brooklyn Museum
Somewhere Good
Urban Asanas
92nd Street Y

Danté Stewart (@StewartDanteC)
Alex Wolf (https://www.youtube.com/@AlexWolfChannel)
Joél Leon (@JoelakaMaG)
Bo Burnham (specifically his commentary on
internet and society, playlist here)
Jamilah Lemieux (@jamilahlemieux)