Luminary Leaders LIVEš“ with my guest - LeRon Barton LIVE from Portland, Oregon - during this deep-level conversation with Writer, Author, 3x TEDx speaker, Lecturer on Race, Equity Consultant, and Story Teller we have a great time & even managed to talk about Voodoo Donuts!
LeRon talks about #race, #tedx, #racism, and #creative -- Welcome ā LeRon Barton! Spoiler alert... My camera shuts off during the show, and LeRon handles it like a champ!
For real - LeRon spoke his Story in this episode and we took a dive into the Speaking arena about Authenticity & being yourself to impact the world š
About LeRon Barton: Imagine a time in life where you wake up and realize that now is the time to change your life and to help change the world. To shed all of your fears, doubts, and thoughts that held you back. To become a person of change. To tell your story, uplift others to tell their truth, and to be 100 % honest... The time is now.
My name is LeRon L. Barton and I am a writer and speaker committed to fighting for social justice and helping you become your most authentic version of yourself. I have written over a hundred essays and articles about racism, mass incarceration, politics, gender, business, and dating. My pieces have appeared in the following publications: ā¢ Black Enterprise ā A Black Manās View: 5 Ways To Be A Better Male Ally In The Workplace ā¢ Salon ā My Reality: 10 Truths About Being Black In America ā¢ Media Diversity ā Why I Donāt Code Switch ā¢ The Good Men Project ā Men and The Need To Be Vulnerable ā¢ Raconteur - Is Silicon Valley Using Culture Fit To Disguise Discrimination ā¢ Elephant Journal - 7 Life Lessons From Great People ā¢ Ravishly ā Using Uber While Black In 2018, I gave my first TEDx speech in Florence, Alabama for TEDxWilsonPark! My talk, āHow I Overcame The Fear of My Stutterā described growing up with a stutter, attending school, going to job interviews, and dating with the stammer, and how I finally defeated my fear of stuttering.
I have received dozens of messages from people telling me that the TEDx has inspired them to not live in fear and to pursue their dreams. To this date, āHow I Overcame The Fear of My Stutterā has been viewed over 150,000 times!
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