Photo Credit: Ashley McCabe, Museum of Science, Boston
WHY CHOOSE KIDOGO?
Kidogo Productions offers phenomenal and diverse content for children. Our Black characters for kids wholeheartedly honors the African Diaspora. For parents, educators, community organizations, and professional caregivers, Kidogo is a community, which nurtures your child(ren) mentally and emotionally. Our goal is to connect with and have a positive impact on children from all across the world while affirming Black people and their cultures. For a monthly or yearly subscription, you will gain:
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Access to all our uniquely curated and exclusive content, interactive activities, and live events
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An authentic reflection of Black people and Black cultures to increase self-esteem and decrease biases in your child(ren)
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Thoughtfully chosen content by a caring Mom
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A chance for your child(ren) to enjoy curiosity-sparking content independently and safely
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Extra-curricular content to engage your children meaningfully.
Photo Credit: Keeana Saxon, Juneteenth Festival in Hyde Park
OUR VALUES
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At Kidogo, WE BELIEVE in the power of authentic, consistent, and 360-degree representation of Black children of the African Diaspora. WE BELIEVE in safe, wholesome, educational, entertaining, Black-centered, and love forward content. WE BELIEVE in recognizing and embracing all differences, and welcoming all of our allies. WE BELIEVE our content should be accessible to all.
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Kidogo does not promote one-dimensional characters, intolerant behavior, stereotypes, marginalization of Black people, derogatory content, sexual content, foul language, bad behavior, or content that has no educational value.
Founder's Bio
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Keeana S. Saxon, Esq. is a mom, wife, attorney, piano teacher, and entrepreneur. After graduating from Newton South in 1995, she attended Spelman College as a Presidential Scholar, majoring in Classical Piano Performance and minoring in French. She earned a certificate to teach classical piano at L’École Normale de Musique, a private conservatory in Paris, France in 1998. She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She then graduated from Western New England University School of Law. After practicing law for over ten years in the private and public sectors, she was appointed as a Commissioner to the Boston Licensing Board, where she still serves.
In addition to teaching beginner and intermediate Classical piano to 17 students weekly, she serves on non-profit boards of youth organizations. She lives in Jamaica Plain with her husband and their 7 year-old daughter.
Along her entrepreneurial journey, Ms. Saxon has graduated from three accelerators: Innovation Studios and EForall Roxbury (landing her a spot in the winner’s circle of their pitch competitions), and MassChallenge. Her EforAll classmates chose her as their class speaker.
Ms. Saxon also graduated from the Black Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program at Babson College (BWEL), completed a Facilitative Leadership training at the Interactive Institute for Social Change, and finished The Capital Network's Fellowship for Female Founders. She won a grant from the ParentPreneur Foundation in March 2022, and the MassChallenge Community Choice Award in November 2022.
Ms. Saxon gave her first TEDx Talk entitled, "A Mother's Mission Against Anti-Black Bias in Children's Media" in May 2023. In it, she criticizes mainstream children's media for its underrepresentation of Black people, misrepresentation of Black people, and color tropes, which undergird anti-blackness.
Ms. Saxon enjoys walking, running, listening to all kinds of music and books, traveling the world,
spending quality time with her family, and entering into passionate discussions about politics and social justice matters. One of her stories was published in the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, 25th Anniversary Edition. She completed the 2018 (raising money for the Boston Children’s Museum) and 2021 (virtual) Boston Marathons.
