Entrepreneurs make the world go round and they make this episode one worth listening to! Our special guests this week are Neils Riberio-Yemofio, Founder of Heroes for Hire and Co-Host of Pop-Cult Parent Podcast) and Shamelle Riberio-Yemofio (Founder of Keys to College), and we discuss their new book "C is for College" and have a great convo about what entrepreneurship means to them.

It's hard out here to make change without some good allies in your corner. Our special guests this week are Whitney Parnell, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Service Never Sleeps and Samson Girma, Chief Operating Officer at Service Never Sleeps. To learn more about Service Never Sleeps visit: https://serviceneversleeps.org 

Starting a new year with a conversation on change and change management! Our special guest is Jeremy Hill, Chief of Staff at City Year Little Rock. To learn more about his organization visit https://www.cityyear.org/little-rock or @wellbrewedcoffeeco on social media. To find Jeremy on LinkedIn, click here.

Book suggestion from Jeremy include:

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo 

We're back, and we got something to say! Dr. Abby Hamilton, 2x TEDx Speaker, industrial/organizational psychologist, and author, stops by the show to give us the scoop when it comes to assertiveness. 

To learn more about some of the strategies that Dr. Abby Hamilton talks about, check our her book - Speak Up, Anak: Assertiveness Strategies for Filipino Americans.

It's back-to-school season, and we're talking with an amazing student and changemaker in the making! Our special guest is Angela Stevens, an undergraduate student at The University of North Texas

Book suggestion from Angela includes:

• Divine Disruption - Tony Evans

Check out our conversation regarding identifying anxiety with Julie Rosado, Licensed Mental Health Counselor. If you want to get in touch with our special guest, you can find Julie on Alma.com, or Psychology Today.

We've been gone for a minute, and now we're back with some perspective on academia, life transitions, and finding balance! Our special guests are all St. John Fisher University in Rochester, NY doctoral candidates. They include Ashanti Haynes, Beverly David-Lewis, Kathy Richardson, and Tasha Potter. Suggestions from the panelists include:

• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
• Feminist Theory by Bell Hooks
• Culturally Relevant Pedagogy by Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings
• Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice by Dr. Geneva Gay
• Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America by Kerry Ann Rockquemore

It's time to go back to school as we discuss being a changemaker in the education space! Our special guest is Arielle Peterson, Founder and Executive Director of Primary Hall Preparatory Charter School. To learn more about her school community, visit www.primaryhall.org

Book suggestions from Arielle include:

• Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain - Zaretta Hammond
• Teach Like A Champion - Doub Lemov
• Be Our Guest - Theodore Kinni

Just in time for us to take a deep breath and focus on our growth! Special guests are Kristen Walker and Tonya Noel aka Flower City Noire Collective. To learn more about their work, visit http://flowercitynoirecollective.org and to get more book suggestions visit https://linktr.ee/Noirereadingroom

Listen in for a powerful conversation in building on our perspective of Diversity & Equity. Special guest is Emerald Anderson-Ford, Founder and Owner of Social CRED. To learn more about her organization, visit socialcred.org 

Book Suggestions from Emerald include:

• Ecofeminism (Critique Influence Change)
• The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
• We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (Abolitionist Papers)
• Pretty Boys: Legendary Icons Who Redefined Beauty (and How to Glow Up, Too)

A great conversation about how relationships guide and impact our work as changemakers of color. Special guest is Jeff Franco, Founder and CEO of Camino Consulting and Adjunct Professor at American University. 

Book Suggestions from Jeff include:

• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

A great conversation about how "faith" appears in our work as changemakers of color. Special Guest is Dr. Rolanda Ward, director of Niagara University’s Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equity & Mission and associate professor of social work. 

A powerful conversation about mentoring with Paula Deboles-Johnson, the founder and executive director for Capital City Youth Development Corporation in Tallahassee Fl. 

For our very first episode we are talking about Optimism and why changemakers of color should incorporate it into their leadership.