Village Talk Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Village Talk podcast looks to promote content with an emphasis on faith, family, community, and entrepreneurship. Co-hosts Shauna F. King and Cortland Jones bring their passion, expertise, and experiences as authors, educators, entrepreneurs, and community leaders, along with the views and voices of their guests, to provide insights, information, and inspiration from the community for the community.
TOPIC: A Mother’s Love: Celebrating Motherhood
Join Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King to hear five phenomenal women share their wisdom, stories, and laughter on the subject of motherhood today.
Village Talk is sponsored by Vision and Purpose Lifestyle Magazine and Media,CoOwned by Karen McConnell-Jones and Dr. Sharon Hargro Porter
Dana Blair
Dana Miller
Jamasee Simms
Monica Fortune
Sharonda Ellegood
Hosts: Cotland Jones and Shauna Felton King
Guest: Rev. Allison G. Daniels
Rev. Allison G. Daniels is an International Diversity Trainer, Motivational Speaker, Book Writing Coach, Awarding-winning, 4X Bestselling Author who has written 31+ books, Visionary Author of the Upcoming Book: "Empowered to Win, 2nd Edition & the Host of two Podcasts, The Authors Lab and Authors Chat with Allison. She is a wife, mother of two beautiful queens, and Licensed Minister.
She is the Founder of Allison Daniels Ministries, LLC and AGD Publishing company where she empowers women to write their stories, share their stories, and publish their stories one book at a time as she continues to turn writers into successful authors.
TOPIC: Gound Zero- Coping with the Impact of Misfortune
Join hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King as they discuss content from Shauna’s recent release fearLESS and encouragement from how they each have learned to cope with misfortune and loss, along with the emotions associated with it, while walking by faith.
Village Talk Podcast is sponsored by Vision and Purpose Lifestyle Magazine and Media CoOwned by Karen McConnell-Jones and Dr. Sharon Hargro Porter
Topic:School House Dilemma: The Reality of Teaching In a Pandemic
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King engage in conversation with three classroom teachers regariding returning to in-person learning during the Pandemic
Hosts Shauna King and Cortland Jones celebrate Black history and heritage of black excellence reflecting on the significance of this month and people they have been inspired from the perspective of history.
Topic: Unmute Yourself
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King welcomes guest, Carol Campbell-Fullard.
Carol Campbell-Fullard was born in London, England to Jamaican parents who immigrated to New York City where she grew up. She has served as an educator for over 20 years. Her experience has spanned from teaching in the classroom to being a middle school principal.
Beyond the practical experiences garnered in public education, she is the CEO and Founder of I Am My Pieces LLC. Her company offers personal and professional transformational coaching. She received her Bachelors from Ithaca College and Masters from both CUNY Lehman College in New York and Georgetown University.
She is a co-author of Amazon Best Selling's newly released book, Unmute Yourself, and is currently working on a companion guided journal, Tap to Unmute that will be released in 2021. She is a wife and mom who resides in Maryland. Her favorite quote is "When we are no longer able to change a situation. We are challenged to change ourselves." Viktor Frankl
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King welcomes Jaemellah Kemp as guest.
Jaemellah Kemp is a mother, nonprofit founder, and all things nonprofit management.
Ms. Kemp holds an Associate’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelors in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. She obtained her Masters in Nonprofit & Association Management from University of Maryland University College (now UMGC) in May 2014.
In June 2015, Ms. Kemp was appointed to UMGC’s Board of Directors as the Programming Committee Vice President. She went on to earn the 2015 Achiever’s Award, recorded a marketing campaign for the university’s nonprofit program, and was spotlighted in 2018 as a University System of Maryland (USM) entrepreneur at the USM Chancellor’s home for her leadership through IT TAKES TWO, INC and its impact on communities.
Ms. Kemp’s willingness to help single parents and youth inspired her to found IT TAKES TWO, INC in 2012, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that awards scholarships to students living in single-parent homes and provides youth programming. To date, the organization has awarded 25 scholarships totaling $8,300.
Ms. Kemp extends her love for community through Jaemellah Kemp Consulting, a nonprofit start-up firm that assists aspiring and new nonprofit founders to build successful nonprofits founded on sound principles and relevant information. Ms. Kemp has launched over 35 nonprofit organizations from vision to implementation with 100 percent 501(c)(3) approval rate. Nonprofit startup and board governance are her niche service areas.
Recently in October 2020, Ms. Kemp became a first-time author penning her first published work in the co-authored compilation, The Nonprofit Legacy.
TOPIC: The Journey Towards Healing Pt. 2
GUEST: Tonya Logan, LICSW, LICSW-C, Author, CEO
Guest Tonya Logan join us to share her story of coping with the loss and death of her daughter Kayla at 5 months and how her daughter’s life has aided Tonya in turning her pain into purpose in helping others. Tonya is strength personified. Join us today to hear her talk about coping with loss.
Village Talk Podcast is sponsored by Vision and Purpose Lifestyle Magazine and Media CoOwned by Karen McConnell-Jones and Dr. Sharon Hargro Porter @iamdrsharon
Hosts Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King discuss the rewards and challenges of parenting.
Topic: Parenting Chronicles Part I
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King welcome pastors, Rev. Howard K. Hammond and Rev Dr. Albert P. Jackson
Rev. Howard K. Hammond currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Springdale Community Church in Springdale, Maryland. He has been in ministry for 34 years and is a wonderful leader and a powerful preacher and teacher. Pastor Hammond is blessed to be married to a lovely and gifted woman of God, Lady Lakeesha Linning Hammond of Summerville, South Carolina. They are the proud parents of an adult daughter, Brittanie Jordon. Reverend Hammond is a committed spokesman for the Lord and it is his firm belief that: The Gospel must be preached in season and out of season…
“NO MATTER WHAT”
Rev. Dr. Albert P. Jackson is the Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church located in Alexandria, Virginia. Over the past 7 years, during his tenure he has provided ministerial and strategic pastoral leadership to a thriving metropolitan community by discipling and promoting dynamic preaching and teaching series, engaging small groups, and creating partnerships with local and national organizations that encourage equity in housing, jobs, and spiritual awareness of Jesus Christ in the earth.
Hosts Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King welcome guest Eugene Jones.
Mr. Jones is rooted in Fire/EMS and Emergency Services and is a
volunteer for several organizations (Silver Hill VFD, PGCVFRA, Residents for a Better Beltsville).
He currently works for District 1 Council Member Tom Dernoga in Prince George’s County, MD.
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King will welcome Alisha T. Styles, as guest.
Alisha T. Styles is an independent artist and middle school art educator within the Prince George's County Public Schools system.
As a working artist, she is able to bring real-world experiences into the classroom and introduce her students to the vast opportunities within the visual art sector.
Approaching her third year of teaching, she looks forward to exploring creative ways to challenge and push students' artistic skills within the new distance learning school model.
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King welcome guest, Linnita Holston.
Student Success Strategist-- Linnita Hosten coaches students to identify and go-after their DREAM career.
The high-energy edutainer provides content-packed and research-based programming for organizations, universities, and community groups; and group coaching to students.
Linnita has been honored with various awards including Excellence in Education; Youth Speaker of the Year; 40 Under 40 in Education; Education Book of the Year; and Alumni of the Year.
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King, welcome guest, Kathleen Arban.
Kathleen Arban, LCSW-C, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Clinical Associate Professor at Salisbury University. She has been in practice for over twenty-five years ina variety of settings including, child welfare, community-based practice, and child
maltreatment prevention. She joined Salisbury University in 2013 as Site Coordinator for Salisbury’s site in Southern Maryland. In addition to managing the site, she teaches primarily Advanced Practice with Individuals, Practice with Individuals, Practice with
Communities and Organizations, Child Welfare, Social Work Practice with Children and Families, and field education. She also maintains a small private practice, specializing in assisting children and adults deal with trauma, transition, anxiety, grief, and loss.
Kathleen has an Advanced Certification in Trauma Treatment and is currently working towards her certification in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing). In 2017, she served on a task force sponsored by CSWE in collaboration with the National
Center for Social Work Trauma Education and Workforce Development at Fordham University to focus on developing trauma competencies for the MSW specialization.
Currently, she is facilitating a task force on exploring how to create a trauma-informed organization within the School of Social Work.
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King, welcome Dr. Mark E. King.
Dr. Mark King has over 20 years of experience in public education serving as a middle and high school principal in Prince George's County, Maryland for several years before joining DCPS in 2010. In his position as Instructional Superintendent, he supervised the public middle schools across Washington, DC, for 5 years. During his tenure, the middle schools outpaced every other urban district in NAEP scores and in TUDA scores. In 2015, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Chief of Operations and Programs. He led the overall operations of the system, which included security, food services, facilities, and after school programs. He has served as an adjunct professor at Bowie State University, teaching graduate and doctoral classes.
He is adept in administrative collaboration, data analysis, RFP development, implementation of after school programs, administrator mentoring, school culture and climate, and school improvement. As an instructional superintendent, he led schools to implement a data utilization protocol which resulted in significant academic gains. He has presented across the country at several conferences including the Council of Great City Schools.
As a high school principal at a school with over 2800 children, he used data analysis to lead a school to make Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) for consecutive years, and as a middle school principal, he led his school to become the first middle school in his county’s history to have his school removed from the state’s reconstitution list.
He has a solid educational foundation and passion for student success. He is also extremely focused on removing barriers, the achievement gap, and creating pathways for all students to receive an excellent educational foundation. He currently serves as the Instructional Leadership Executive Director in Baltimore City Public Schools for 4 Pre-K-8 schools, 5 Pre-K-5 schools, 1 Pre-K-2 school, and 1, 3rd-8th grade campus.
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King, welcome guest Robin Pope-Brown.
Robin Pope-Brown graduated from
Bowie State University with a Master's Degree in Education and earned her admin certification from Trinity University, Washington, D.C.
Robin began her career in education in 1994 as a substitute teacher. She’s held various positions in the school system which include, Media Aide, Science Teacher, Assistant Principal and now Principal.
Robin was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and Prince George’s County, Maryland. She is a proud graduate of Potomac HS. Robin is fortunate to have seen several sides of education as a student, a parent, and as an employee. Robin leads with compassion and accountability displaying a strong commitment to improving instructional practices and in collaborating with all community stakeholders.
Robin has two adult children and lives in Prince George’s County, Maryland with her husband Norman Brown.
Hosts, Cortland Jones and Shauna Felton King introduces Village Talk in their first episode.