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Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon (Village Market)

 A Mississippi native, Dr. Hallmon has dedicated her life to serving, educating and empowering her community  A social entrepreneur,  curator,  speaker and passionate educator, Dr. Hallmon is committed to  revitalizing and unifying her community by curating community led events that celebrates the arts, change makers, entrepreneurs, plant based advocates and educators.

 

Charlottesville incident and the new political climate

On this podcast the team discusses the political backlash and the televised protest of the Neo Nazis, KKK and the Alt right that had a family reunion in Charlottesville Virginia.  The shock and confusion of seeing white people in America march about taking back their America and disgracing other races and minorities.  Yeah we had to talk about this. 

NFL bias and Boycotting

This special episode Sean and I are here at the Welcome to the wall studio with the WTTW members as well as Seyi Omanira from the "Unemployed Sports report" podcast.  We do a round table about the the treatment of Colin Kapernick, the ignorance of the NFL owners and commissioner.  As well as some very stupid players like Ezekiel Elliot the running back for the Da;;as Cowboys.  Lively discussion and entertaining analogies.

CODE: Debugging the gender gap

CODE documentary exposes the dearth of female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap and digital divide. The film highlights breakthrough efforts that are producing more diverse programmers and shows how this critical gap can be closed. CODE asks: what would society gain from having more women and people of color code, and how do we get there?

Road to Enlightenment / Dr Supreme Understanding

Dr. Sujan Dass better known as Dr. Supreme Understanding has giving his community a new perspective on life. Dr. Supreme teachings has reached people globally because of his 10 self-written, well-known independently published books with many favorites such as How To Hustle And Win: A Survival Guide For The Ghetto, The Hood Health Handbook Volume 1, Black God, and several others. We take time out for a very in-depth conversation with Supreme to talk about his plight taken to get to the place he's at now. From the projects of Jersey City, New Jersey to the his first memorable speech,  to protecting and raising his two daughters in this society and as single father. Get a Exclusive look into the brilliant mind of Dr. Supreme Understanding.

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Kim Crayton, Community Engineer & Advocate

Alicia sits down with her friend and sister from Women who Code Atlanta, Kim Crayton.            Kim is a Community Engineer and advocate for diversity, inclusion, and safe spaces in tech.

She has years of experience working with learners of all ages, skill level, and abilities and is now using her knowledge to develop technical people, ideas, organizations, and communities. She is known for her skills as a problem solver and strategy developer. She possesses a unique ability of being able to see the BIG picture while still managing the details

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Podcast: community engineering report

Political talk for the millennial

With our inaugural episode Eric Carr and Chaz Jenkins talk with me about region politics as well as awareness of our political situation as it feels in the PG area, DC area, Atlanta area and the outside of the perimeter of Atlanta.  We start this series with expressing our experiences from our area as well as what we perceive to be issues to address. 

Detroit (The movie)

Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.

This episode Alicia and watch another one of the best directors working today (Kathryn Bigelow ) The director of the previous two blockbusters The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty.  Since we didn't have much history of what went on in the city of Detroit during this era.  We weren't sure if this was worth going to see  But when we found out Kathryn was director it, I knew we had to see it.  This is a very intense and contemporary movie of what is going on in our society right now.

Interview with Robin Jackson

On this episode of Hidden G.E.M (Great entrepreneur  movement) we will be speaking to one of those great and engaging entrepreneurs I have know for years, Robin Jackson.

Robin is inactive participant in her community with so many things, but we wanted to start with her business in Fairburn Georgia.  The Five star tax agency LLC. An amazing tax preparation service serving the city of Fairburn and the surrounding communities.  This podcast is about Robin and what we believe she brings to people as an activist and the community as a business owner.

Rebecca A. Colett of ChickTech & Viberide

Rebecca Colett is the lead for the Atlanta chapter of ChickTech, that supports women and young girls with tech.  She builds a community, empower participants to see themselves as leaders, and provide networking and mentoring opportunities in the rapidly growing high tech industry.

I fell in love with Rebecca and all her energy and how she is using it to help young girls learn how to code. She is smart and amazing. I really hope you enjoy this podcast.

Ms. Rebecca Colett is a passionate individual from the beautiful city of Detroit, Michigan. Currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia pursuing passions Project Management, Marketing, Advertising, Event Strategy, Digital Media and Health/Wellness education. She belongs to and serves on several National organizations' boards; such as The American Marketing Association, The Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association, The National Urban League, Hands on Atlanta, The Salvation Army and Susan G. Komen. Enthusiastic about helping others live their healthiest lives she started a boutique fitness studio www.theviberide.com. In her free time she enjoys working out and being involved in the non profit arena.