Coffee With Strangers

Kelli's at Pop's for coffee with Candace Burns. Candace is the evening anchor on CBS6 but there's a lot more to this girl from Michigan than breaking news and basketball.

Kelli's at Pop's for episode 100 of Coffee with Strangers to grab coffee with...wait for it...Kelli Lemon. Kelli's a social entrepreneur in town and as of the taping of the episode was voted second in the city to most embody the spirit of RVA.

Kelli's at Pop's to grab coffee with Ted Elmore. Ted's the president of the Bridge Park Foundation, the non-profit with plans to reconnect communities that are separated from the City Center.

Kelli's at Pop's to grab coffee with Todd Nuckols. Todd's the Executive Director of Lighthouse Labs, the startup accelerator that's helped put the RVA startup community on the map and earn some national attention.

Kelli's at Pop's grab coffee with Yewande Austin. Yewande is a social entrepreneur whose work is spreading change from Richmond to Nigeria. She runs the Global Institute for Diversity and Change, and the Change Rocks Foundation which produces soci-economic empowerment programs around the world.

Matt's at Urban Hang Suite to have coffee with Faith Wilkerson. Faith's the owner of Unlocking RVA, the full service event planning and promotions company she started three years ago to help people find out what's going on around RVA. She's also an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond and great friends with Kelli, which we why we had LikeTheFruit sit this one out.

Kelli's at Pop's to have coffee with McKenzie Payne. McKenzie is the founder of Mac's Smack, the socially responsible small batch balms inspired by nature made right here in Richmond.

Kelli's at Pop's for grab ☕️ with Damon Jiggetts. Damon is the Executive Director of the Peter Paul Development Center in Church Hill. His 9-5 is all about helping families & children in the East End and his 5-9 is about seeking solutions for the city.

Kelli's at Pop's to grab coffee with Miranda Anderson. Miranda's originally from Utah and only been in Richmond a couple years but a couple years in and she's already a part of Richmond's creative scene.

Kelli’s at the Urban Hang Suite to grab coffee with Alexandra Hicks. Alex is an accountant by day but in her off time is the founder and operator of Nerd Squad, a local nonprofit dedicated to boosting literacy and cultivating of love of reading.