In this episode, social entrepreneur and visionary founder of The Village Market, Dr. Lakeysha “Key” Hallmon, joins Gabrielle to reflect on the call to gather, dream, and build together.

From her beginnings as an educator in Mississippi classrooms to her evolution into an ecosystem builder in Atlanta, Dr. Key shares the lessons that guided her shift from resisting growth to embracing her destiny as a village maker. She reflects on the love that fuels her legacy, her insistence that no one is self-made, and the collective power of ancestral practices of cooperative economics.

Dr. Key also opens up about learning to slow down, the spiritual guides who taught her stillness, and the intentionality required to create spaces of healing and joy. At the heart of her story is a call to remember: our freedom is bound to one another, and our legacies are written in community.

A conversation on dreaming boldly, building collectively, and choosing love as both blueprint and resistance.

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