episode 9: Money Mindset: Empowering Wealth & Financial Abundance in Black & Brown Communities

A virtual discussion that shared information, insights, & action steps toward empowering individual financial wealth, shared economic abundance, & universal prosperity in the Black & Brown community. Specifically, we discussed: (1) Spending, budgeting, & economic growth; (2) Considerations for financial planning at all ages; (3) Borrowing, lending, investments, homeownership,& real estate; and (4) Educating & empowering our youth.

Panelists:

~ Hyacinth Henderson, Financial Planner, Investment Adviser, Managing Director, The Henderson Financial Group

~ Lashea C. Reaves, MHR, CFEI Executive Director, 8 Cents in a Jar

episode 7: Let Them Lead The Way: Mentoring & Supporting Our Youth

A virtual discussion to share information, insights, & individual & collective action steps – for adults – toward guiding, fostering, and encouraging Black & Brown youth for leadership, governance, and community advancement. We will specifically chat about: - Individual adult action steps for mentoring our youth - Collective community action steps for creating opportunities for youth - Hearing from youth where they need and want support.

Panelists:

~ Zion Golden, Youth Representative, Jacob's Ladder Foundation (Prince George's County, MD)

~ Jarriel Jordan, Sr., Founder & Executive Director, Jacob's Ladder Foundation (Prince George's County, MD)

~ Tracy Morris, Founder, Executive Director, The Blue Heart Foundation (San Diego, CA)

neighborhood chat on Hope, Healing, & Recovery: Living while Black & Brown in America, part 2.

A follow-up virtual panel discussion on gun violence, encounters with law enforcement, & healing from our individual & communal trauma toward local, state, & national community advancement; & how our White brothers/sisters hurting along with us can help & also heal.

Panelists:

~ Chief Gary L. Hill, Chief of Police, Lincoln University Police Department

~ Melanie Funchess, CEO/Principal, Ubuntu Village Works LLC

neighborhood chat on The America Rescue Plan: Economics, Education, Equity, & Black/Brown Communities.

A virtual conversation discussing the details, impacts, & insights regarding the provisions, impact, & implications with The American Rescue Plan on Black/Brown communities toward individual, local, state, & national community advancement.

Panelists:

~ Lenise Bostic, Ed.S, Principal, South Salem Elementary School & Owner/Consultant at Bostic Educational Group

~ Vanessa Douyon, MBA, Partner at Promise54

neighborhood chat on The Way Forward with The Biden-Harris Administration.

A virtual conversation with professionals, scholars, & political analysts sharing

information, insights, & the community, collective action steps toward local, state, &

national community advancement regarding:

• the January 6th attack on the US Capitol

• COVID-19 response & the Black/Brown Community

• economic stability & advancement in the Black/Brown community

• the racial divide in America, & our way forward.

Panelists included:

~ Laresa Thompson, Owner/Founder, Thompson & Boyd Communications Owner/Founder, Yardy Cardy, Media Personality, Former Co-Anchor, News Rising at WCCB Charlotte’s CW

~ Roy M. Eavins, II, CEO/President, Jericho Broadcast Networks, Political Consultant/Analyst

episode 8: The Strength of A Woman: Health, Economics, & Equity

A virtual discussion to share information, insights, and individual and collective action steps – for women and men – toward enhancing health and economic strategies, advocacy, and equity for Black and Brown women. We specifically discussed: (1) Strategies for enhancing and advancing women’s physical and economic health; and (2) Action steps for men who want to help advance physical and economic health for Black and Brown women

Panelist:

Zsanai Epps, MPH, CHES, Program Director, My Sister’s Keeper & Positive Period at Black Women's Health Imperative

neighborhood chat on Masks & Whatnot: Where We Are On COVID

A virtual chat on re-opening from COVID, the impact(s) on travel, business owners/entrepreneurs, consumers of public/private goods & more as masks may be removed for some, vaccinations stagnate, & many ask questions about sharing close spaces with others we know & especially those we don’t know.

Panelists:

~ Deborah Hoy, MD, MDiv, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Specializes in Neonatology, Georgetown University

~ Adonica Renee Pickett, Owner/Manager, Miles Away Travel 2

neighborhood chat on Hope, Healing, & Recovery: Living while Black & Brown in America.

A virtual discussion about gun violence, encounters with law enforcement, and healing from our individual and communal trauma toward local, state, & national community advancement; and how our White brothers and sisters hurting along with us can help and also heal.

Panelists:

~ Gary L. Hill, Chief of Police, Lincoln University Police Department

~ Melanie Funchess, CEO/Principal, Ubuntu Village Works LLC

neighborhood chat on COVID, The Vaccine, & Black/Brown Communities.

A virtual conversation with medical professionals & scholars to present information, research, & insights toward enhancing understanding, knowledge, and action steps toward individual & collective community advancement.

Panelists:

~ Deborah A. Hoy, MD, MDiv, Associate Professor, Pediatrics Specializes in Neonatology

~ Ruth M. Kanthula, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Specializes in Infectious Disease

neighborhood chat on Racism & Immigration.

A virtual panel discussion on the experiences of immigrants who have – either by force or by choice – worked to assimilate, acculturate in the United States amid racism and discrimination.
Panelists included:

~ Dr. Bobby W. Austin, President, Neighborhood Associates Corporation

Managing Director, Education Think Tank

~ Dr. Laurens Van Sluytman, LCSW, Associate Professor / Assistant Dean, School of Social Work, Morgan State University

~ Dr. Ruby Orwenyo, Assistant Professor, National Catholic School of Social Service, The Catholic University of America

neighborhood chat on Education, part 1.

View the virtual panel discussion by professionals in Public Schools & College/University discussing COVID-19/Corona virus insights, suggestions, and supports for:

(1) the Summer of 2020 amid uncertainties

(2) thoughts & preparations for the Fall of 2020.

neighborhood chat on Voting.

Neighborhood Chat on VOTING, presented by VuTech, LLC., is a virtual panel with Black & Brown professionals discussing the mechanics, importance, & impact of voting on our local, state, & national community. Panelists included:

~ Marc Morial, President & Chief Executive Officer, The National Urban League

~ Jacqui Colyer, Chief Executive Officer, Colyer Thomas Group

~ Adriane Dudley, Founding Partner, Dudley Rich Attorneys at Law

~ Gena Gunn McClendon, PhD, Director of Voter Access & Engagement, Financial Capability & Asset Building Initiatives, Center for Social Development, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis

neighborhood chat.

THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD US

View the virtual panel discussion with adolescents in the Black community sharing their thoughts, experiences, and insights for what it means to be young and Black in America today.