Episode 132: Dakarai Larriett, Alabama U.S. Senate Candidate

United States
Written By Erick Taylor Woodby
 

Dakarai Larriett is an Alabama U.S. Senate candidate and the founder of Gerrard Larriett Aromatherapy Pet. With over 20 years of experience in team management across diverse industries, Larriett is the son of a U.S. Army veteran, a successful entrepreneur, and a longtime community volunteer. He is the author of DON’T FLUSH!: From a False Arrest to a Political Awakening: My Journey to Making a Difference (2025). It recounts the night in April 2024, when he was wrongfully arrested in Michigan for suspected DUI.

 
Erick Taylor Woodby

Erick Taylor Woodby is a Los Angeles–based writer and podcast producer named to the National Black Justice Collective’s 2025 “Cohort of 100 Black LGBTQ+/SGL Emerging Leaders to Watch.” He is the creator, host, and producer of the top-ranked Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast, recording more than 130 episodes that feature changemakers from 28 countries and 45 professions across the African diaspora.

https://www.ericktaylorwoodby.com/
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