LILMOD delegation on the steps at the United Nations

Team & Bios

People Behind the Readiness System

LILMOD's work is anchored by field experience, public scholarship, diplomacy exposure, media practice, and institutional program design.

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James Height Jr.

Founder & Principal StrategistInstitutional StrategyPublic AffairsSystems Integration

James D. Height Jr. is the founder of LILMOD and a public historian, government affairs professional, cultural strategist, and hip-hop artist known as Blackout Taedoe. His fieldwork through Morehouse Movement, Memory and Justice, Johns Island Preservation Field School, Gullah-Geechee research, PEAC Institute, Students for Nuclear Disarmament, and Back from the Brink informs LILMOD's international advocacy model. In 2025, he became the first documented rapper to perform at a global disarmament meeting during the TPNW gathering at the United Nations. In 2026, he advised the PEAC Youth Delegation connected to the NPT Review Conference.

As a PEAC Fellow, James served as Pause for Peace Outreach & Recruitment Coordinator and MC for the South Carolina segment of Global Pause for Peace, connecting music, spoken word, Gullah-Geechee cultural presence, youth engagement, and international peace activism.

Inaugural team members.

Team members with public photographs are listed first for easier review, followed by members whose photos are not yet published. Each bio highlights two background strengths and the responsibilities partners should understand.

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Jahrik Browner

Executive Director of International Strategy & Diplomatic AffairsDiplomacy SystemsCoalition Development

Jahrik Browner serves as a LILMOD team member focused on international strategy, program development, peacebuilding, and diplomatic affairs. His work with PEAC Institute, Students for Nuclear Disarmament, Back from the Brink, and Morehouse Movement, Memory and Justice helped prepare him for international advocacy spaces. As a PEAC Fellow, Jahrik served as Global Peace Initiative Coordinator for PEAC Institute's 24 Hours for Peace / Global Pause for Peace work, supporting international logistics, cross-cultural coordination, technical infrastructure, content development, and partnership-building across six continents. In 2026, he represented PEAC Institute, co-delivered the International Youth Statement at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference alongside Rooj Ali, served as a primary liaison between the PEAC Youth Delegation and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation / Reverse the Trend, and played a central role in editing and refining the statement.

Public record milestone: 2026 NPT International Youth Statement - Co-delivered by Jahrik Browner and Rooj Ali.

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Kyler Henderson

Editor-in-ChiefCultural Interpretation LeadEditorial Strategy

Kyler Henderson brings editorial leadership and cultural interpretation capacity to LILMOD's newsroom work. He is responsible for publication standards, documentary storytelling, contributor coordination, editorial planning, and long-term narrative consistency.

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Solomon Height

Governance & Public Affairs CorrespondentPublic AffairsCivic Analysis

Solomon Height brings governance attention and civic systems interpretation to LILMOD's media work. He is responsible for institutional context, public accountability research, and governance reporting.

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Clarence Sanders

Gullah-Geechee & Diasporic Affairs CorrespondentCultural ReportingHistorical Continuity

Clarence Sanders is a LILMOD team member focused on media, cultural reporting, public narrative, and international advocacy support. In 2026, he participated in the PEAC Youth Delegation connected to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and helped write the International Youth Statement delivered by Jahrik Browner and Rooj Ali.

Tendaji Bailey at a Gullah-Geechee cultural heritage engagement

Tendaji Bailey

Senior AdvisorCultural MemoryCommunity Strategy

Tendaji Bailey brings respected Gullah-Geechee historical knowledge and community strategy experience to LILMOD's cultural work. He advises cultural memory, historical consciousness, community relationships, and the integrity of heritage-centered programming.

Calvin Anderson Jr.

Executive Director of Human Development & Leadership SystemsLeadership AssessmentParticipant Readiness

Calvin Anderson Jr. contributes a human-development lens and leadership systems focus to LILMOD's training model. He is responsible for participant readiness, resilience mapping, ethical leadership development, wellness integration, and assessment infrastructure.

Zachary Heneden

Chief Growth, Capital & Strategic Communications OfficerCapital StrategyStrategic Communications

Zachary Heneden brings capital strategy and communications alignment to LILMOD's growth work. He is responsible for sponsorship development, partnership expansion, revenue infrastructure, and the messaging systems that support long-term organizational scale.

Robert Kofi Baafi

Director of SalesPartner IntakeEngagement Strategy

Robert Kofi Baafi brings a sales and engagement focus to LILMOD's partner pipeline. He is responsible for partner intake, needs matching, program-fit conversations, capabilities language, and activation pathways.

What the team supports.

The team pathway gives partners a clearer way to evaluate leadership experience, role fit, documentation needs, and public examples before starting a program conversation.

Public history fieldwork

Research & Public History

Field research, interpretation, digital humanities, oral history, and place-based documentation used as curriculum material.

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Program planning and curriculum work session

Curriculum & Readiness Design

Education frameworks, leadership labs, simulations, media literacy, and civic systems training shaped for schools, agencies, and partner cohorts.

AcademySimulations
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Team members during partnership-facing diplomacy work

Development & Partner Activation

Grant alignment, outreach, sales readiness, partnership intake, and credential review support for organizations evaluating LILMOD's fit.

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Credentials

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