Please join Kamilah and Johnny on September 2, 2018 as we celebrate our wedding in Oakland.
Kamilah's Story
Kamilah was born and raised in Oakland. She is the owner of Rich & Riot an apparel line that contains the essence of high fashion while maintaining practicality and functionality for daily life. With experience in retail, fashion design, screen printing, business management, and modeling, Kamilah is a master of all aspects of fashion and design. She also runs Just Be, an entrepreneurship community for Black women to grow their businesses through learning opportunities, networking, and media. When not hustling for one of her two businesses, she can be found listening to one of her favorite true crime podcasts.
Johnny's Story
Johnny Mathias grew up in Frederick, Maryland. After several years managing various Democratic political campaigns, he moved from DC to Oakland to work for Color Of Change. He didn't know anyone in the Bay Area and had never been to Oakland when he relocated but he heard the area had great food and weather so he packed up all his possessions in a rental car and drove across the country. Six years later he's still working for racial justice at Color Of Change and has built a wonderful life full of good friends, great food and enjoyment of everything the Bay has to offer.
Our Story
In the summer of 2012, Johnny's cousins Clare and Owen were visiting Oakland for a music festival. One night during the trip they went out to Make Westing, a downtown Oakland bar that has a bocce ball court. Scanning the room for a fourth player to join them for bocce ball, Johnny spotted a beautiful woman with gorgeous dimples. Clare will tell you she encouraged Johnny to ask Kamilah to join. Kamilah and Johnny whooped Owen and Clare in bocce ball and we've been a great team ever since.