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This week on "Will It Black" Mike Street and Everett Street discuss the recent Black Panther movie and its importance to the world of diversity.
Yann ilunga is a polyglot speaking Italian, English, French, German and some Finnish. A web entrepreneur originally from Locarno, in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, now living in Helsinki, Finland. After getting his master’s degree in social sciences with a major in Media & Global Communication from the University of Helsinki he decided to take the leap and become a web entrepreneur.
"Simply put, I’m an entrepreneur, podcaster and podcasting consultant who helps coaches, authors, entrepreneurs and marketers with podcasting. Whether you need help with the technical side of podcasting, with planning and launching of your show or its grow and marketing, I’m here to help. And I do so with this website, as well as through coaching services and my membership site and community dedicated to podcasting: the Podcast Success Academy."
Ofo Ezeugwu is the CEO & Chieftain of WhoseYourLandlord. He graduated from Temple University (shout out to N. Philly!), where he was the VP of the student body and also the university's youngest alumni convocation speaker in the school’s history. He's a Techstars' Risingstar, one of BET's #30Under30, a Black Enterprise: Modern Man, and his work has been featured in Newsweek, TechCrunch, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Philadelphia Inquirer MSNBC, and more. Ofo is based in NYC/PHL and is also a professional actor and model who's walked in NYFW, been featured on the Today Show six times, and worked with Nike, ESPN, and Alfani.
Ofo is also very actively plugged into the community and speaks with local high schools and middle schools on leadership, college planning, entrepreneurship, and life skills. He's a Big in the Big Brothers Big Sisters entrepreneurial program. And, he's also spoken on tech – entrepreneurship – and leadership at prestigious universities and institutions such as The White House, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Temple, Villanova, etc. He lives by the motto, "No steps backward; just forward progress."
From Ofo Ezeugwu:
www.seedinvest.com/whoseyourlandlord
I'm reaching out because I'm leaning on my community on this one.
I wanted to let you know, we're launching a SeedInvest campaign on Sep 25 and have aligned a bunch of press and influencers to help us get the word out. This means, thanks to Obama and the JOBS Act, we'll be able to raise investment capital from any and everyone. The only caveat is our minimum investment amount is $500.
In this game, you have to scrap for everything you eat. With that being the case, we've made a ton of progress and would like to invite our friends, our peers, our users, and our supporters to join in on what's to come next. Thanks to Obama and the work he's done with the JOBS Act, now every and anyone can invest in companies &...
Mario Starks is a Design Technologist and Creative Consultant. He has led the development of engaging online media projects for progressive media organizations including The New York Times/T Brand Studios, Washingtonian Magazine, TV One, and the Orlando Sentinel. In 2017, Mario founded and created Soul Sense Box (soulsensebox.com)—a personal care package and e-commerce gift shop that promotes mindfulness and creativity. Additionally, Mario facilitates Mental Magic Mastermind—a group coaching & skills development practice for creative entrepreneurs. In his spare time, he enjoys reciting mantras, biking Central Park, and making it rain.
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soulsensebox.com
gogetsomejoy.com
yomario.com
linkedin.com/in/mariostarks
twitter.com/mariostarks
instagram.com/mindsetmatters
MEDIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6B2Q_mpeiY
Single & Anxious is an up and coming black drama series about five college students in a triangle of love, lies, and crime. It is ‘Girlfriends meets Different World' and adopts ‘The Wire'. Christina Faith is a young black female director, producer, and writer who has built the project from the ground up with fresh talent from Philadelphia, where the city plays a big influence on the drama.
@christinafaith (Twitter/ IG)
@singleandanxious (IG)
facebook.com/singleandanxious
facebook.com/MrsChristinaFaith
S&A stands out with its ability to portray complex real-life issues of African American 20 something college students. Our main initiative is to write and produce stories about people of color and culture, and with S&A, Christina Faith has done just that and holds the best interests for the viewer at all times.
Check out the trailer here:
In this new podcast from SmartBrownVoices, Mike Street and Everett Street go boldly into the world of Black Movies. In the first episode, they explore the cult classic "The Wiz" and ask the question, WILL IT BLACK!
Educated Hustle is dedicated to the people who bring their dreams to fruition. Each week’s show is filled with thought provoking guests who decided to take a leap of faith into living their hustle.
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We chat with Gerard ‘PK' Kersey of That Suits You. TSY is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization That Accepts Gently Worn Professional Attire & Provides Them Free of Charge To Qualified Men For Work & H.S Seniors For Graduation And Prom.
Gerard ‘PK’ Kersey Jr. Bio:
I have been married for over 20 years and have twin boys. I also have been an employee in NYS for over 20 years.
I founded a nonprofit organization called www.THATSUITSYOU.org, where we accept new and gently worn professional attire and provide them to qualified job trained men entering the workforce. We also work with HS seniors for prom and graduation. TSY also provides training, presentations and overall assistance with several certified job programs throughout NYC and beyond. We also work with NYC schools where we teach, train and motivate young people to prepare them for their future.
I also have founded www.PKsPitch.com, a blog and a social media business that handles all the social media activity for businesses all over the USA to help expand their brand. Every company has been very pleased with our efforts as some have landed interviews, TV appearances and gained substantial followers as a result.
I am available for speaking engagements for churches, schools, and businesses, panel appearances, TSY presentations, and workshops. Please contact me at PK@thatsuitsyou.org.
You can also visit our website at www.thatsuitsyou.org
I am also on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at @thatsuitsyou @pkspitch
You can view some media exposure here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerard-kersey-/saggin-or-suiting_b_4460726.html http://7online.com/uncategorized/here-and-now-on-october-5-2014-part-5/335859/
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to a proud Nigerian family, Muoyo Okome has started, grown, and sold app businesses achieving 11M+ downloads across 100+ countries worldwide.
Through the Daily Spark Podcast and the Daily Spark Entrepreneur Community, founded in 2016, he reaches a growing audience of over 75,000 entrepreneurs & aspiring entrepreneurs each day, empowering them through education, inspiration & support.
Website
http://dailyspark.co
Itunes
http://dailyspark.co/itunes
Stitcher
http://dailyspark.co/stitcher
http://dailyspark.co/fb
http://twitter.com/DailySparkTV
Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/dailysparkpodcast
http://instagram.com/DailySparkTV
Tunein
http://tunein.com/topic/?topicId=107658943
Yann ilunga is a polyglot speaking Italian, English, French, German and some Finnish. A web entrepreneur originally from Locarno, in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, now living in Helsinki, Finland. After getting his master’s degree in social sciences with a major in Media & Global Communication from the University of Helsinki he decided to take the leap and become a web entrepreneur.
"Simply put, I’m an entrepreneur, podcaster and podcasting consultant who helps coaches, authors, entrepreneurs and marketers with podcasting. Whether you need help with the technical side of podcasting, with planning and launching of your show or its grow and marketing, I’m here to help. And I do so with this website, as well as through coaching services and my membership site and community dedicated to podcasting: the Podcast Success Academy."
Daria Fennell
CEO, Senior Entertainment Publicist, Celebrity Entertainment Journalist, & Entertainment Branding Strategist
The Daria Fennell Media Group
(E-Mail) dariafpr2017@gmail.com
(Website)
www.TheDFMediaGroup.com
The Daria Fennell Media Group is an Entertainment Branding, Celebrity Editorial Content, Public Relations, Publicity, and Special Event Design Company with over 20 years of experience. A graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park, Daria Fennell and The Daria Fennell Media Group have secured clients exposure in the following media outlets, among others:FOX 5 Morning News (Washington, D.C.), The Washington Post, XM Satellite Radio, Black Entertainment Television's "106& Park", The Washington Afro-American, The New York Amsterdam News, and The Diamondback (the daily student newspaper at the University of Maryland at College Park). She is currently writing for Uptown Magazine Online (TV ONE's Media; Musiq Soulchild; Towanda Braxton of WE TV's Braxton Family Values; Angela Robinson, as "Veronica Harrington", on OWN's The Haves and the Have Nots).
With over a decade of experience in executive roles at personal care giants Revlon and L’Oreal, founder Michael James experienced firsthand the lack of diversity among those product lines and the need for natural solutions that were not only prescriptive but enjoyable.
He launched Frederick Benjamin Grooming to create a line specifically for men like him, in need of quality products and a great experience.
Sean McKenzie is a seasoned advertising and start-up professional. Sean has several years of experience in branding, industry forecasting and team leadership. He has contributed creative insights working with companies like Nielsen, Nike, P&G and LVMH. He's currently Director of Business Development at real estate start-up, Zera and Founder of digital creative agency, Pink Honey,
Recent reports about tax hikes, black land loss, and the near extinction of Gullah culture in the Lowcountry of regions of Georgia and South Carolina have made headlines in the New York Times, and featured on national TV networks like CNN. Missing from these reports is an account of how these unique African Americans emerged in the national imagination as distinct populations whose traditions should be documented and examined.
Enter Melissa L. Cooper, an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University-Newark. Her groundbreaking book, Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race and the American Imagination (University of North Carolina Press), is set to be released on April 17, 2017. It is the first book to trace the construction of the Gullah identity. Using Sapelo Island as a case study, Cooper unearths the intellectual and cultural trends that inspired, and continues to inspire, fascination with Gullah culture and their African roots. In addition, Making Gullah tells a larger story about race and the American imagination; offering readers an opportunity to discover the complexity of an identity famous for its simplicity and timelessness.
About Melissa L. Cooper
An emerging expert in Gullah history and the history of race in the American imagination, Cooper’s research has attracted interest outside of the academe, and has resulted in several public appearances. She is a featured scholar in the new digital documentary, "Between the Waters: Hobcaw Barony," sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and produced by South Carolina Educational Television. She was also a featured scholar at a “talk-back” that followed Trutus Theatre's Presentation of "Appropriate" in Columbia, South Carolina in February 2016. Cooper has delivered dozens of talks exploring Gullah history, which include presentations at Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina and at Avery Research Center, Charleston, South Carolina.
Cooper’s professional background extends beyond her current work as a professor and historian. She spent more than a decade teaching history in New Jersey’s public schools, and as a result was featured in two radio documentaries: the first, “Probing the Minority Achievement Gap,” aired on National Public Radio in May 2004, and the second, a 2008 Peabody Award-winning documentary, “Minding the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students.” Cooper has engaged public audiences for years: in 2006, Cooper was a cohost on the PBS show, Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy.
Cam Awesome
Keynote Speaker | Emcee | Comedian
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www.CelebritySportsSpeaker.com
Cam was overweight and bullied in school. After being cut off of every team in school and never playing a single organized sport, in 2006, he decided to join a boxing gym in his neighborhood to lose weight and build a little bit of confidence. Little did he know that on top of accomplishing those two personal goals rather quickly, he had just taken the first step on the road of becoming a champion.
Cam quickly moved through the ranks and qualified for the 2008 Olympic trials. While falling short of an Olympic goal would discourage and dishearten most, when Cam was told that he would not be making his Olympic debut at that time, it only fueled his fire all the more. Mr. Awesome continued boxing and won nationals in ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, and won the Olympic trials in 2012, only to be kicked off the Olympic Team and suspended for an entire year for a rule violation discrepancy.
After the smoke cleared and disappointment set in of being removed from the team and losing his housing, Cam realized he was homeless and had never made any plans after sports. Cam slept on a friends couch for a year, all the while battling depression,
substance abuse, and weight gain. Towards the end of that year, he lost a bet and had to become a sober vegan for 28 days, and that changed his life. Cam decided to legally change his name and killed off the old to make room for the new Awesome attitude and stepped back into the ring with a renewed and strengthened
determination.
He began boxing again, lost 70 pounds and regained his spot as the #1 Heavyweight in the country in 2013, and also began doing stand- up comedy and public speaking. Cam had seen where not having a Plan B would leave him and he knew that that was nowhere if sports were to not work out again. He went on to winning Nationals in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. In 2015, Cam had a post- fight interview with ESPN, where he dubbed himself “Not, not the Taylor Swift of Boxing” that went viral and truly pushed his
comedy and speaking career to new heights.
Cam went on to win the 2016 Olympic trials before losing in international completion and was unabl...
Rodney Kellum is a recovered Workaholic. He works smarter instead of harder.
Mr. Kellum went to college, worked hard and achieved several of his career goals. He never found himself feeling truly fulfilled. He was always tired, wasn’t meeting his financial goals, and he rarely got to spend any quality time with his family and loved ones.
That is until he reached complete exhaustion and financial depletion. Also known as rock bottom and finally decided to change his life.
Now, Mr. Kellum is an online entrepreneur who has a real work/life balance. He also have a passion to help other overworked Dads break free from the dream killing “employee mindset” that used to keep them trapped in a cycle of unemployment, broke, and unfulfilled.
http://www.speaklife.online/
http://www.fatherpreneurship.com/
Author & Illustrator Israel Cook crafted “The Princess Planet” series inspired by his daughter. The brand hopes to showcase cultural diversity and instill that all people have inner beauty, strength and self worth. In this episode of SmartBrownVoices learn more about Israel's story and starting your own children's book empire.
Website: http://www.princessplanet.com/
Video: http://www.princessplanet.com/princess-planet-video/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYypOJBoK1w
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrincessPlanetPlace
Check out our kids book, "Jonn's Fabulous Fashion Day" on Amazon.
On today’s episode of Woke Podcasts, I made my way over to the Dr. Vibe Show. During the show, we discussed several different things that are going on within the Black community over the past week. I was on the panel with three other distinguished gentlemen and we shared our various perspectives on the world around us. If you’re feeling anything that other gentlemen are saying you can find their contact information below.Enjoy the podcasts!
Lillian Okoye is a business strategist for visionary entrepreneurs and experts who want to build their global empire and promote their products and services at home and abroad. Fluent in Mandarin and with a long-time interest in Asia, she started learning Mandarin while in college over a decade ago. Her entrepreneurial journey started when she wrote a business plan on a napkin in New York City's Chinatown and decided to jumpship and start a business on the streets of Beijing. In 2014, she started her own Beijing-based English training center servicing a 100% Chinese clientele. Through her Chinapreneur program and The Great Wall Mastermind, she helps train the next generation of global-minded entrepreneurs on how they too can also successfully tap into China's booming market. SmartBrown Voices podcast listeners can get her free weekly tips and strategies for tapping into business opportunities behind the Great Wall at:
This week we chat with Tresa Chambers from Florida about her Bo$ podcast and Style Chambers: We produce live events, broadcast and digital content that reaches affluent taste makers passionate in fashion, art and culture.
In this episode of #Wokepodcast, I chop it up with my good friend BKE.We discussed the importance of controlling your own narrative.In a society that loves the place individuals in boxes, it is very important we craft our thoughts, speech, actions, emotional responses, and perceptions in the most constructive ways as possible. When we do not do this, it gives other people the ability to do it for us. So, enjoy this discussion between me and my good friend. Be sure to think about how you craft your own narrative.
As always…
~Be safe
~Be constructive
~Be Woke
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Harlem1Miler – Sunday, June 18th, 2017 – Sign up!
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ALISON MARIELLA DÉSIR Passionate about community, mental health and fitness, Alison is an endurance athlete and believer that sport has the power to change lives. Alison started running after a period of depression, and, over the past 4 years, has been able to Find Meaning on the Run. Named by Women's Running as one of twenty women who are changing the sport and the world, Alison's running journey started with a blog, powderedfeet.com, and eventually expanded into a transformative movement known as Harlem Run. When she's not running, she's working to resolve and speaking passionately about issues related to women and girls. Alison has her B.A., and two M.A.s, all from Columbia University.
AMIR MUHAMMAD FIGUEROA is a captain of Harlem Run, an ultra-marathoner, and a powerful change agent. After running the 2010 NYC Marathon and pushing beyond his limits, Amir discovered just how meaningful his connection to running could be. Armed with a firm commitment to community-building and creating movements, Amir proudly leads the walking group at Harlem Run to ensure that people of all abilities feel welcomed.
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Valerie Robinson is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Unapologetically Us. Not seeing many safe havens geared towards Black women, she decided to create one that is not only reliable but relatable and genuine. Unapologetically Us, launched in 2014, is a lifestyle brand and online community designed for Black women. In this digital space, our platform is to responsibly inform, foster creativity and engage in thoughtful dialogue. Valerie is an award-winning photojournalist and writer, whose work spans multi-generational platforms.
She describes Unapologetically Us as a "labor of love".
www.unapologeticallyus.com
FB: @unapologeticallyus
IG, Twitter, Pinterest: @unapologetic_us
Mohammed S. Luwemba is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan where he attained his bachelors in Political Science. In 2013 Mr. Luwemba graduated from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta Georgia. Over the past fifteen years Mohammed has used his education & organizing ability to attack the socioeconomic issues effecting Black male youth via starting several leadership programs in juvenile facilities, and the community.
Currently Mohammed is a Criminal Defense Attorney in Atlanta, the chairman of the National Black Operations Business Association which is the parent company (Elite Brother™ /Elite Sister™ brand, Our Law Media, and the executive director of Elite Brother Inc. Mohammed is also currently working on a documentary/initiative titled “Don’t Go to Prison” & an initiative by the same name which will act as a deterrent for male and female youth within the urban community to steer them away from the prison system.
Check out more of his work!
MohammedLuwemba.com
http://www.elitebrothersister.com/
Soundcloud – Mohammed Speaks!
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