It's a different perspective from a different panel, but the mission remains the same: educate the misinformed, activate the undiscovered leaders, awaken those on the fringe. The Launchcast premieres Part 3 The Protest Series: "How to Be a Human Being" with episode 129, our second in a series of panel discussions. Last week we spoke to 2 teenagers and 3 twenty-somethings who are leading the fight in their generation. In this episode, George has a discussion with 2 eclectic panelists that have a lifetime of stories to tell, a wealth of knowledge to impart, and 2 microphones to do it with. FULL TRANSPARENCY: In order to have a conversation that considers all perspectives, we had 2 white guests booked onto this episode. They backed out at the last minute. This isn't about color, but in order to work together towards progress, EVERYONE who wants to show up needs to ACTUALLY show up. At the tail end of the conversation George turned this panel into an UNPANEL and gave our guests the opportunity to ask George any questions that the conversation had awakened within them. This was a damn good one. Panelists include:

Dr. Paul Prosper:

Paul as born in Kingston, Jamaica & moved to New York, at the age of 10. Paul finished up high school at the Fork Union Military Academy (FUMA), an all-boys boarding military high school in Virginia. He attended The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina and upon graduation from The Citadel, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. He has since received his Masters in Human Relations and his doctorate in management. Dr. Prosper is now an Active Duty Major and is a Senior Director on the Air Force’s $330 million mighty E-3 Sentry, Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS).

Paul was an Assistant Professor of Management in the Management Department at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO up until Sept. 2019. His teaching areas of expertise were Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and is certified as a “Senior Professional in Human Resources” by the Human Resources Certification Institute. Paul also runs Prosperous Investments, LLC, a is a business real estate investment company that also has a tremendous outreach program that provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors.

Hana Getachew: 

Brooklyn based designer Hana Getachew started Bolé Road Textiles out of a desire to merge her love of Ethiopian handwoven fabrics with her career in interior design. 

During her eleven years at a major New York City architecture firm Hana realized her affinity for vibrant colors and graphic patterns was a direct result of her upbringing in a home filled with amazing traditional Ethiopian textiles. Her designs for Bolé Road are an homage to that cultural inheritance and a reflection of her own personal global modern aesthetic.

Hana was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After a few years in Montreal, her family settled in New York. A graduate of Cornell University with a degree in interior design, Hana was formerly Associate Principal at Studios Architecture in New York City. During her time there she helped design the flagships and headquarters of some of the city’s most prominent companies.

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Recommended reads from Dr. Prosper:

A People's History of the United States https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0062397346/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Jlb8EbW3YQT8E

Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0883780305/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_lob8Eb9PX7GQR

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1631494538/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_dpb8Eb9BSRBR1

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0465049664/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Rpb8EbXR9Y6DW

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0805086846/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_oqb8EbSB49Z5C

This episode is sponsored by Swanson Health.

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