Brooklyn Savvy

Black Women in Entrepreneurship
Season 20: Ep. 6 

Goldman Sachs has a number of impact investment strategies targeted to Black women. This episode explores this initiative and the underlying discrepancies that created it.

Brooklyn Savvy launches a new sub-series called It's Just Us featuring new co-host Lurie Daniel Favors. We get to dive into Lurie's journey as an author, racial justice attorney, and social justice activist.

Jennifer Jones-Austin joins her fellow Savvy Panelistas to explore intentional systemic economic deprivation and the impact of the repeal of Affirmative Action.

Race is a social construct and that's been made more evident in the Savvy conversations over the 20 seasons. "Uncomfortable Book Club" and Coming to the Table are intervention groups that aim to build bridges.

For decades, slavery created challenges for Black Americans trying to trace their roots. DNA ancestry tests revealed new answers. Race in the new era of human genetics research is proving that we're all unique, but we're not that different. In this episode, we'll help you construct your family tree, and the secrets it reveals about our blurred lineage.

Pulitzer-prize winner Lynn Nottage talks about overcoming fear, taking risks and new projects with her daughter, John Legend and more.

Brooklyn Savvy speaks with Dr. Tracy Norris, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst who talks about the unique issues people of color face when confronted with the onslaught of racism. Dr. Norris asserts the need for psychological autonomy as a mindset that can help one frame a perspective that enables success in oppressive structures.

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Brooklyn Savvy chats with Grainne McNamara the Chair of the New York Women's Foundation, this organization has awarded $77 million over 31 years, including more than $11 million in 2018. This investment is focused on women's issues, and programs that confront economic, gender and racial justice.

Brooklyn Savvy talks with Dr. Iris Davis and Collette Ellis in this two-part episode on what it means to be a medical intuitive and psychic healer. We explore trauma and stress and its impact on the body, as well as heart, and mind coherence when it comes to balancing and regulating the body.

Brooklyn Savvy talks with Dr. Iris Davis and Collette Ellis in this two-part episode on what it means to be a medical intuitive and psychic healer. We explore trauma and stress and its impact on the body, as well as heart, and mind coherence when it comes to balancing and regulating the body.