Michael Farber is the cofounder of Breakout, a community that champions changemakers all over the United States. He’s here today to share what honest dialogue looks like around racial injustice, what it means to check your own power, how to work against injustice and truly be an ally. Gain tools and resources to start unpacking privilege and learn why educating yourself is a critical piece in taking action.

In this episode of Activate:

• How Breakout came to be & its mission, vision, and initiatives
• Michael’s perspective of what’s going on in the world 
• How white entrepreneurs can do their part
• What honest dialogue looks like around racial injustice
• Why we need to be supporting smaller organizations
• How to work against racial injustice & be a better ally
• Gain resources to start unpacking privilege

Resources + Tools from Michael:

• IG: @breakout ; @michaelxfarber
• Breakout: breakout.today/frontline-support-fund-page
• Leon Ford’s Self-Care Handbook From Surviving to Thriving

1. Favorite Writers / Journalists + their work are must-reads

• Nikole Hannah Jones @nhannahjones (Creator of the 1619 project)
• Mehrsa Baradaran @mehrsabaradaran  (Author of The Color of Money)
• Ibram Kendi @ibramxk (Author of Stamped from the Beginning)
• Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites (author of Winner Takes All)

2. Favorite Activists/Advocate voices to follow

• Brittany Packnett Cunningham, @MsPackyetti 
• Leon Ford, @LeonFordSpeaks
• Nathalie Molina Nino, @NathalieMolina

3. Additional Books by members of our community that are must-reads

• Chris Wilson, The Master Plan 
• Jim St. Germain, A Stone of Hope
• D. Watkins, We Speak for Ourselves

4. Favorite Community Orgs

• Laundi Germaine Keepesagle, ED, SaveMoneySaveLife @savemoneysavelife
• Sinikiwe Dhilwayo, Founder, Naaya Wellness @naaya.wellness
• Wil Toms, Co-Founder,Rec Philly @recphilly
• Noelle Santos, Founder, Lit Bar @1st.noelle

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Priya Lakhi, JD, founder of Awaken Ananda, specializes in supporting women to integrate intuition with their intelligence. After 15 years as a lawyer and professor, she became passionate about guiding others to harness the power within to create potent and powerful lives. 

Priya is a Master Results Coach, a Board Certified Trainer in Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and has spent years studying ancient spiritual wisdom and the quantum field. She has synergized those lessons into leadership skills that support, accelerate, and empower. 

With the clarity of a lawyer and the compassion of a healer, Priya is a living bridge between science and spirit and she’s on a mission to empower women with fierce grace to actualize their highest potential.

In this episode of Activate:

• Priya’s story and how she went from attorney to healer
• Actionable steps to begin peeling back the masks and working with your shadow
• Living from a place of allowing yourself to receive as much as you give
• The power of awareness and giving yourself permission to feel in order to gain the lessons
• The tough feelings that can arise when you’re on the Ascension train
• Letting go of your ego in leadership and creating sustainable systems
• How to live a life fully Activated

Follow Priya:

• IG: @awakenananda
• Offering: A free 30-minute strategy session at awakenananda.com  
• YouTube: Free group hypnosis recordings
• Work with Priya Here: awakenananda.com/offerings-short
• Free Sunday night hypnosis: awakenananda.com/book-appointment 
• See her latest blog post: awakenananda.com/blog

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Valentine Ewudo is a nurse, entrepreneur, thought leader, activist, and philanthropist who listens to his heart’s call and takes action. He took himself to New York to serve as an ICU nurse during COVID-19, and today he shares his perspective on the health crisis and racial injustice so we can be of service in the Black Lives Matter movement.

In this episode of Activate:

• Valentine’s path to following his heart to serve
• How he has peeled back the layers in his own healing journey to live deeper in alignment
• How this is a time for us to examine how and where we can heal inside ourselves and our own community
• How COVID has served as another wakeup call to take our health seriously
• How this #BlackLivesMatter Moment is our call to wake up socially
• Action steps we can personally take to make a difference at this time

Follow Valentine:

• IG: @Valewudo
• Email: [email protected]
• GooglePodcast: Think Alpha Project

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Tiffany Louise, LCSW, is a professional coach, speaker, and author of This Year I Will...: A 52-Week Guided Journal to Achieve Your Goals. Tiffany is trained as a psychotherapist with a focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. She spent a decade working in the field of addictions and mental health in some of the leading treatment centers in the country. Tiffany draws from her years of experience and thousands of counseling hours to inform her coaching practice. Her passion and life's work is to support others in creating their healthiest, happiest, and most spiritually connected lives.

In this episode of Activate:

• Pursuing your goals in a way that’s sustainable
• How to pivot when the path you’re on isn’t in alignment with your values
• What causes us to avoid & reject joy and love
• Why we need to allow ourselves to feel good even when there is suffering around us
• Tiffany’s daily disciplines for living her value systems & self-care practices
• How trusting your inner knowing makes your life simpler

Connect with Tiffany:

• IG: @tiffany.louise
• Learn more: tiffanylouise.com/privatecoaching
• Book: This Year I Will

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Cheryle Robinson Jackson is a global business leader, women's advocate, TEDx speaker, and founder of Grit + Grace - a movement dedicated to helping women pursue their potential. In her career, Cheryle has identified new business opportunities and strategic industry and business partners in emerging, existing and underperforming markets, and continues to cultivate strong relationships to bridge the cultural gap and align industry goals with local economic revitalization objectives.

In this episode of Activate:

• How right now is our global grit and grace moment
• How “Strange Angels” deliver our Grace Moments
• How to keep going in times of uncertainty, brave the unknown, and PIVOT powerfully
• Give people permission to make the move on their heart!
• What it means to pivot, live in our brilliance, and be “free agent”
• 3 things people can do to practice more Grace in their lives today

Connect with Cheryle

• Sign up: PIVOT Conference
• Website: cherylejackson.com
• IG: @cherylejackson ; @gritngracemovement
• TEDxTalk: Grit and Grace

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

I'm Laura Holloway and this is Activate, your one stop shop for business, life, and soul elevation.