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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Pay Speak Life to a family. How are we doing?
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Listen, SLT the Talk is back, brand new hosts, brand
new episodes, brand new guests.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Listen.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
When we think about speaking Life, we want to stimulate
your heart and your mind to know that your best
season is still to come.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Whatever may have happened in the past.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
We want this show to stimulate your mind to create
such a sense of urgency withinside yourself to move forward
into the directions of your dreams. We're gonna have performing
artists on this show. We're gonna have business owners on
this show.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
We're gonna have.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Social entrepreneurs aka change agents to be on SLT the Talk.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Listen.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
We are taping in the Baltimore, Maryland area. However, s
OT the Talk will be going on the road and
taping in.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Multiple different cities.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
So if you wanna be a part of SLT the
Talk podcast show, send us an email. Info at speaklifetour
dot org. Again, that's info at speaklifetour dot org.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
We have so many shows that's coming up.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Live shows coming up in the month of April as
well as in the month of June.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
In April, on April.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Seventeenth, we will be in Washington DC four Speak Life DC.
It's all going down at six pm on April seventeenth.
We will be at Signal Financial at City Center on
New York Avenue. You do not want to miss it.
I'm telling you don't want to miss it. Then in June, right,
we have two events. June twenty first is gonna be
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our Juneteenth event, and then on June twenty eighth, we're
gonna be in Columbia, Maryland at Busboys and Poets at
six pm for our event. The Juneteenth event is gonna
take place in Baltimore City. Then the following week we're
gonna be in Columbia, Maryland. Listen, we have some other
states that we're gonna be doing some shows at during
the summer time, and we will be making those announcements
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really really soon.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
But I want.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Everybody to plug in even this month of March, because
in March, on March twentieth, at four pm, we're having an.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
SLT Virtual Mix.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Listen, We're gonna mix, we gonna mingle, we're gonna talk
about how we can collaborate. We're gonna talk about how
we can partner and how we can move forward collectively. Right, So,
on Thursday, March twentieth at four pm Eastern Standard Time.
We're pulling together our different partners in the different states
that we're gonna be growing and expanding Speak Life Tour
in so you are welcome to be a part of that.
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If you need the virtual link to log in, send
us an email info at Speaklifetour dot o RG. Then
on Thursday, April the twenty fourth, at five thirty pm,
We're gonna have an SLT mix in person in Baltimore City.
It's gonna be an in person networking event to network
with other like minded entrepreneurs, other like minded creatives, artists
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in the community. And we we are excited about this
new edition.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Of Speak Life Tour.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
For those of the you that know or may not know,
we started in Baltimore City in twenty thirteen. Yes, in
twenty thirteen, we started in partnership with Codstream homest at
Montebello Community Development Corporation and they open up their doors.
We started having open mic mixers for the youth in
the community and from there the following year, on January
ninth of twenty fourteen, to be specific, we launched a
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Speak Life Tour. We have our trademark that is allowing
us to build in multiple markets, and so we're so
grateful for everyone that has been a part of the
journey from inception to present day of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I tell you we have been able.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
To take the tour over the years to other locations
such as Philly, New York, California, Atlanta. Right, We've done
shows at Morgan State University, Howard University, Old Dominion University
in Virginia. We are about a greater work even in
twenty twenty five, and the connections and the collaborations that
we're gonna make and forward movement.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Right, We're all about forward moving.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Where are we going, what is the next destination of
where we're going, How are we building?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
How are we gonna collaborate together?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
So when we say speak Life, I want you to
speak life to whoever is around you right now. I
want you to speak life to yourself. I want you
to speak life into your nonprofit organization. If you have
a for profit business, I want you to speak life
into your for profit business. Listen, Speak Life Tour is back.
There's been questions about our evolution. We are now entering
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into another chapter of what Speak Life Tour is gonna
look like and I'm so exciting. I can't wait till
everything unfolds itself because it's gonna be something fresh, and
it's gonna be something that's gonna make a huge impact
in the community. Listen if you wanna be a part
of the wave of what we're doing in twenty twenty five.
We're based in Baltimore. However, we are building in multiple cities.
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So if you are in a city and you're saying, listen,
we need this speak Life energy in our city and
our town and our state, send us an email info
at speaklifetour dot org.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
We wanna connect with you. We want to build with you.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Right, it's not only just about the performing arts side. Right,
we have the performing arts, we have the visual arts.
We also have literary arts. On April seventeenth of next month,
we have a young lady that's in the Virginia area.
She wrote a children's book pertaining to her son that's
artistic and she created this beautiful book right to be
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able to bring awareness to autism but also talk about inclusion,
but in a very creative way. The children book is
impacting so many lives of the children in Virginia or
the DMV.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Should I say so.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
You might be someone out there that's an author and
you want to be a part of the tour. You
might be a visual artist and you want to be
a part of the tour. You may be a performing
artist and you want to be a part of the tour.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Or you're someone that says, listen, I'm just a creative person.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
I'm not really sure where I would fit, but I
just need to be a part of this movement. We
want you to send us an email info at speak
lifetoward dot or check out our website www dot Speaklifetoward
dot o RG.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
We are here to build.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
We are here to move forward into the next chapter
of where we are going. We wanna cultivate with you.
We wanna build with you in the next chapter that
you're growing to in your life and in your business,
in your community.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Right so, I want.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
You to look to your look at yourself, and I
need you to say to yourself, I'm not gonna go
back words. Uh, I'm not going to go backwards. I
am going to move forward. You need to say that
to yourself. I'm not going backward. I'm moving forward. I'm
not going backward. I'm moving forward. Let that rest with you,
because sometimes we get stuck in the past and we're
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worrying about what happened in the past. But I need
everybody to lock in where we are right now, but
also lock into where we're going right I'm so grateful
and thankful for this podcast show because it's going to
highlight many entrepreneurs, many performing artists, many creators in the community,
and we're gonna have these raw, real conversations right bringing
it to our community. If you are a business and
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you wanna connect and collaborate with this podcast show, we
want to talk with you. If you have a topic
or in your mind and you think this is it
will be something that's really great for us to discuss.
Or if you have someone that you want to suggest
to be on our show, a recommendation of someone we
can interview, send us an email info.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
At speaklifetour dot org.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
When we started Speak Life Tour was with one purpose
in mind, and that is to make an impact in
the community. And that's to raise a level of a
consciousness of what we say to ourselves but also what
we say to others. That's why we call it the
speak life to it because we're speaking life. Sometimes we
go through so many things in our life and we
don't know what to do with it.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Right I'm Catherine Trotter.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
I am the originator of Speak Life Tour back in
twenty thirteen. It comes from the umbrella organization of House
of New Beginnings, that is our parent organization where we
hold our five o' one C three tax ezem status,
and Speak Life Tour is Aba was born out of it.
And we're so fortunate that, like I stated, we got
the trademark forward. So we're building in multiple cities and states,
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and so we're we're just continuing the wave of what
we started in the beginning and where we're going it's gonna.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Be something we've never seen before.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
So I even though I'm the founder of the organization,
I sit on the edge of my seat waiting with
great anticipation, knowing that something great is gonna evolve and
something beautiful is gonna manifest. And that's how you have
to look at your business, whether you got a nonprofit
or for profit, or if you're just a change agent
in the community.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
You gotta look at right now.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
We're in the month of March, look at where we
are right now, and think about where we're going think collectively,
but also think about where you're going as an individual,
where you're going as a leader, where you're taking your
family to write. Speak life over any dead situation. Speak
life over those things that seem like it is just
not gonna manifest. It seems like it's just not gonna
turn around. I've been there personally myself.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Again.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
You can follow me and learn more about me Catherine
Trotter on my website again. And my website is www
dot Katherine Trotter dot com. It's with the c c
A t h e r I n e t r
O t t e r dot com. I'm also a
business consultant. I work with other businesses around creating their strategy,
tips and tools on how to cultivate their business to
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bring their business to fruition right. So as we are
building together, know that we're we're always conscious of making
sure that everything we do is gonna make an impact.
We're not just throwing shows or events just for the
sake of doing it. We're not just doing this podcast
for the sake of doing it. We're doing it because
we want to create change. We want to be a
part of being changed. Agents in our community. Right There's
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so many things that go on our community. We could
talk about that all day, but I prefer to talk
about the change that we can create, the change that
we can make. So what I say to you on today,
speak life to yourself. Speak life into your business, Speak
life into your family, Speak life into your community. Don't
let nothing stop you, don't let nothing hinder you. This
is gonna be the greatest season your life. This is
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gonna be the best season.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Of your life.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
I speak life into you right now, and I'm gonna
see everybody.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Now. We want you to listen to this throwback.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
We went to the studio in our third year and
we recorded together. We got a new piece that's dropping
in twenty twenty five, but check out this throwback from
year number three weeks.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
That's lt yeah three yeah three.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
We hitting these streets set.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Y'all heard, we got a message.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Well, listen up, Listen up, Listen up.
Speaker 5 (10:31):
Listen.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Y'all focused on competing, and I'm focused on competing.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
People live life obsolete because they're still such.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
And for that reason, the purpose was.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Done on purpose, everybody would find purpose. Since reason is
linked to purpose, then nobody should feel wealth.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
It's only problem.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
There's nobody ever told them what they worked.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
It's on value is only found the profession that they're working.
These ninefessis dead in job slavin just to stay alive.
But we got a message that's gonna help you open.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
Up your eyes.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
It's lt you okay, r Shelty. Were rapping three Celty.
We're repping mere, rapping your three. We're repping your three, Celtake,
We're repping your three.
Speaker 7 (11:13):
C take.
Speaker 6 (11:14):
We're rapping your answer take reprehend were rapping now right now.
Speaker 7 (11:21):
You're not doing that.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
When I say speak life, you say to speak life.
Speak life. When I say speak life, you say to
speak life, speak life.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
When I'm alone in my room, sometimes I stay at
the wall and in the back of my mouth, I
had my cautions called telling me that there was something
that needs to be done to save all of the
lives of your daughter. As a sun see as violence
and shootings almost come to with sea, let's come together
as well and take back all the streets. We need
the song we need peace, song, we need peace, We
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need peace.
Speaker 6 (12:08):
Through a clay.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Celtic.
Speaker 6 (12:13):
Were rapping through, wrapping yourr through rapping ethers.
Speaker 5 (12:18):
Normal ain't normal.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
No more it.
Speaker 8 (12:19):
There's a level of stress that plays a factor in society.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
Will break you down if you let it.
Speaker 8 (12:25):
More street coast code switching. It's just like lame switching.
Speaker 9 (12:29):
So whenever sat your sober for these fake dollar figures.
Speaker 7 (12:32):
Only material things turn people to materialistic given.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
Lectures teaching children, it's the.
Speaker 8 (12:37):
Mission Speak Life mixtape.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (12:39):
We in the building, the building.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
When our say speak life, you say to speak life,
Speak life. When I say speak life, you say to
speak life, speak life.
Speaker 7 (12:54):
Don't want the flow to me the same time. I'm
on on the beat, but I'm guaranteed to bring me
he that you got the metal simulation and make you
move your feet, melling the rings on the truck, rocking
with cels. We are our own teams, never checking the sea.
Who's grossip he is more green over its global boue
green maneuver unseen, not to speed light Christ consciousness within
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each get gets.
Speaker 6 (13:22):
Cutic cet rapping yes, rapping, Yes.
Speaker 9 (13:30):
Rappiness selten. We started in twenty thirteen. We speak life
to the community. We started in Baltimore City. When there
we go in nationwide. We are about the people helping
there for the people who we speak life to the
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hearts of our young people in the community.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Can make a difference.
Speaker 6 (13:56):
So day we're rapping yet three.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
Bring the fire. You can call me Kaya. I'm gonna liar.
Been the hottest, Been the hottest. That's up team my family. Yeah,
we raping year three. Been the creativit tea. Bring the
creative to the tea. You know we had a down
pack and you always see that pack. That's slt You
know we raping yet three best what leaves me me?
Speaker 10 (14:21):
We are the Celti and we get together like one
two three can We are the Celti.
Speaker 5 (14:30):
And we come together like a family. Fight tend this south.
Speaker 10 (14:34):
We gonna win like me weather, pray, tenill the Lord
gavering tea.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
He gonna bless you.
Speaker 10 (14:39):
Seeking forfet your success on my schedule. Fight in temptation,
not no way can tempt you hungry for more. I'm
expending my main you. Hey, this can't talk that just
show that I'm special. Fall You'll drink them forget while
they tell you. Never forgive out, because your family gonna
let you. Just slee your mock on the game like
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a pencil.
Speaker 5 (15:01):
Never be gain up.
Speaker 10 (15:02):
We got drive back a Rentel sl.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
Take, we're repping your two, we're rapping it.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
We repreate