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Brown + Healthy


Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Michelle Nelson is a creative entrepreneur who thrives on life and leading with purpose.  She is a speaker, educator, artist, author, and personal trainer who recently relocated to Oakland, CA to share her wealth at Impact Hub Oakland. Michelle is working diligently in the black community to help uplift and empower people to live ...

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Boss Up…Be a Unicorn


Thursday, December 19, 2019

Jandie Smith Turner is a Mom-prenuer powerhouse taking the business of Golf by storm. Managing her multiple roles as wife, mother of two boys, successful business owner, and author is no easy feat.  Jandie shares her journey of entrepreneurship, building a family, and navigating the business of a white male-dominated industry. It was all a Dream 18 ...

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Own Your Breath


Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Janessa Mondestin is the owner of Soulthentic Yoga.  The concept of Soulthentic is the gel of the word’s “soul” and “authentic”, it came from my experience of walking into yoga studios and feeling like “should I be there?” because they were always predominantly white spaces.  As a yoga teacher, I felt this cultural appropriation as ...

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The Politics of Self-Care


Thursday, August 1, 2019

Every purchasing decision you make is marketed to you as an investment toward achieving your best self...but at what cost?  A significant number of nail technicians across the country are victims of labor violations [1].  They are an American population routinely taken advantage of because of their immigrant status, gender, and/or absent knowledge of employee rights. Their ...

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Managing Coexistence


Friday, March 29, 2019

TAM FEATURE: HORACE GUYTON, III Horace Guyton, III, Human Resource Manager, manages both people and processes in high volume specialty retail environments. Professionally, Horace identifies as the middle man between employee and employer, creating organizational guidelines for both to co-exist in an ethical, legal, and transparent space. Who I Am Vs. What I Am I don’t think that I ...

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Achieving the American Dream


Thursday, March 21, 2019

Kwanua Robinson is an American Mom on a mission to use exercise, play, music and art to foster healthy development and bring joy to all who encounters her space.  She is a Ghanaian woman who immigrated to America at 18 years old to attend college in hopes of achieving the American Dream.  Twenty years later, ...

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