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This week we’re joined by Dr. Monica Blied, Porcha Chambers and dear friends of the foundation Keisean Raines and Melody Gutierrez to discuss the ins and outs of apologies on the giving and receiving side and we drew a distinction between forgiveness and reconciliation. 

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This week we’re joined by Iris Nevins, Co-Founder and CEO of Umba Daima. We discuss her career journey from education to tech transitioning from teaching to a coding bootcamp that led her to where she is today, building community in the web3 and NFT space, highlighting black and diverse artists.   

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Season 4 Premiere of our Inspire. Uplift. Engage. Podcast is here! In this episode, we discuss not only forgiveness for others but for ourselves too. We examine what it looks like and how it makes us feel. Panelists include friends of the foundation: Rondell Anderson, Sonia Iris Lozada, and Nefertiti Warren.

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This week we’re joined by Diego Alamir, Supervisor, Customer Support and Experience at Dapper Labs. He is a sociologist who entered tech. We discuss his seasoned career spending over 12 years in the tech space. We explore why it's important for him to leave the door open for underrepresented people to get opportunities too, the importance of cryptocurrencies and NFTs for artists and marginalized people to essentially buy their free...

This week we’re discussing #fear and #doubt with James Robinson and friends of the foundation Lupe Tejada Diaz, Natasha Lynn Tucker, and Nefertiti Warren. We take a deep dive into how fears and doubts are related, how we can face fears and talk back to our doubt. We also discuss times where doubts are actually valid. Lastly, we discuss regrets as a result of fears and doubts and how they can propel you into passions to help others....

This week we're joined by Robert Cabral, who is the VP of Business Development and Support for Data Camp, an Ed-Tech company that is on a mission to help teams, businesses, and individuals unlock the power of data. After a little shout out to City College of New York and the Theatre Department, we learn about his career, how he got into tech and what drives his passion to help people.

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This week we're discussing hair in our communities of color and how it impacts everyone in terms of community, school, and the workplace. We're joined by a panel full of friends of the foundation including Cleo "CJ" Ware, Dr. Sarah L. Webb, D. Ajané Carlton, Tatiana Scott, and Alexis Shellow to share stores and perspectives.

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This week we're joined by Noel McKenzie, Board Director, Founder, and Executive Director of Represented Foundation. He has worked in leadership development and human resources for ten years, developing operating procedures and building community networks at New York’s top mission-driven nonprofits. We discuss his career and what drove him into this line of work closing the diversity gap in social impact leadership. A super insightf...

You've heard of Diversity, Inclusion, and maybe even Equity in corporate and academic spaces but have you heard of the concept of belonging? This week we’re joined by Jack Brickhouse and a dear friend of the foundation Dr. Heather Sanders to discuss the B in DIEB, Belonging. We examine how Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging are interconnected and where the responsibilities lie on how people feel as though they belong in th...

This week we're joined by Stacy Milner. Stacy is an entertainment industry veteran who began her career working as the executive assistant to the chairmen of NBC and Paramount Pictures. We were introduced through 

She is the Founder and CEO of Executive Temps, a premiere employment agency that has exclusively served the entertainment industry for over 30 years. We discuss her latest venture, the Entertainment Industry College ...

This week we're joined by Taryell Simmons and Rondell Anderson to discuss the School-to-Prison pipeline. We examine the origins, how it impacts students in terms of different demographics. We reflect on what walking into school looked like for some students, families, and educators in different parts of the country and in specific neighborhoods. This is definitely a multi-layered issue but we do find a silver lining at the end that...

It's another Modern Vascular takeover for September's Peripheral Artery Disease or PAD awareness month! We're joined by friend of the foundation, Dr. Wande Pratt, Managing Physician of Modern Vascular of St. Louis is a fellowship-trained, and board-certified vascular and endovascular surgeon to discuss his journey into medicine, including his many mentors along the way, his path public health and the challenges and rewarding moment...

This week we're joined by D. E. Patterson, and friends of the foundation, John A. Cheatwood, Kalif Fuller, Gary McKethan, and KJ Jones to discuss their perspectives on their PWI experiences. We learn that for many of our guests, the environment dictated how they showed up in the world, what academic paths and their careers. Very interesting conversation on how your identity can be impacted when you don't have the same level of repr...

This week we're joined by Dr. Ryan Jean-Baptiste to discuss his career, his mentors along the way, plus more details on Peripheral Artery Disease, (PAD). September is PAD Awareness Month, so we've joined forces with Modern Vascular doctors to highlight the importance of awareness for this vascular disease that impacts communities of color with the risk factors related to diabetes, hypertension, smoking, and symptoms related to leg ...

This week we're joining by Azizull Kaur, Cindy Alamillo, Christine Mathewson Coronado, Kayla King Scott, Crystal Jones, and Natasha Ashe to discuss PWI's. We discuss the impact of a lack of representation in terms of the student body, administration, and educators. We explore K-12 and Higher Ed and how this affects people from their formative years and beyond. We touch on the importance of representation and the positives that come...

This week we're joined by dear friend of the foundation, Keisean Raines to discuss her career, calling, her why and purpose. Keisean works collaboratively with creative freelancers, consultants, and “soulpreneurs” to develop habits and rituals that support sustained personal and professional fulfillment. As a result of her Wellness Business Coaching/Consulting, her clients improve their mindset, embrace a sense of peace while incre...

This week Monique Fennoy, Kerra Strum, Kellee Bassaragh, and friend of the foundation, Frenda Rodgers join us to discuss their unique perspectives on how they navigated undergrad at an HBCU. We've got #howarduniversity, #spelmancollege and #FAMU all represented in the room to reflect on their academic careers and how it prepared them for the real world. We also touch on #greek culture and explore the benefits in terms of networking...

This week we're joined by friend of the foundation, Alexis Shellow an IT contract Specialist for the federal government, who has roughly a decade of experience in marketing and business development. We discuss her background, her passion for music, her approach to mentorship, and perspective on sharing challenges with people. If you exist in the gray area between the Arts & STEM or dabble in many things, this episode is for you...

This week we're exploring the college experience at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). HBCUs were established in the United States early in the 19th century, to provide undergrad and graduate-level educational opportunities to people of African descent because these students were unwelcome elsewhere, even after the passing of specific legislation, which resulted in a lack of higher education on opportunities. We di...