For Emmy Award-winning journalist Tamara Banks, the statement "One Person Can Make a Difference" is more than just words. Her life experiences, connect-ability, and sense of humor have made her a sought-after keynote speaker and emcee. Tamara is a freelance journalist, talk show host, and documentary filmmaker dedicated to creating transformative social change through excellence in journalism.

Her areas of expertise include social justice and political issues — nationally and internationally — particularly in South Sudan and Darfur, and other parts of the globe where there is little or no news coverage about crimes against humanity and genocide. Her documentary short film "The Long Journey Home" was accepted into the 2009 Hollywood Film Festival, HollyShorts. Banks is currently the host of From Moment to Movement: with Tamara Banks on PBS12 — a platform for Black voices to be heard, uncensored and unfiltered.

Banks has covered some of the biggest stories in recent U.S. history: from the Columbine High School and Aurora Movie Theater shootings, to the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver, the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and the war in Iraq. Most recently, she covered the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial in Georgia and worked on a documentary on how Black women have caused a seismic shift in American politics. She also continues to travel to Uganda to interview child soldiers and to Rwanda, where she reports on that country's post-genocide challenges and successes.

She is also the Executive Producer for the independent film Runnin' with My Girls, which examines the number of women of color running for public office since the 2016 election. Banks' work has been featured on PBS, CNN, ABC News, HDNet's World Report, BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera America, Al Jazeera, WB 2 News, FOX News, and numerous radio stations and newspapers over more than 20 years.