Malynda Hale is an award-winning Singer/Songwriter, Actress and Activist based in Los Angeles. She is the host of the #WeNeedToTalk podcast and owner of JMV Entertainment. Malynda uses her voice through her music and social media presence as an educating activist to effect change within social justice, mental health, female empowerment, LGBTQ+ rights, veganism, the Black Lives Matter movement, Antisemitism, and Progressive Christianity. Malynda has partnered with many organizations such as ACE For Change, Vocal Media, American Federation for Suicide Prevention, at Advocacy and Yahoo to spread messaging on voting rights, climate change and world hunger. She has also been a featured commentator on CNN, ABC News Live, and Good Morning America and a featured writer for Blavity and The Female Lead. She is a former worship leader, and extremely passionate about work that is centered around Jesus’s number teaching: Loving others.