The Metro East Black Wealth Builders is committed to provide quality education, networking opportunities, and build a collective of Black owned businesses in the St. Louis Metro East region to increase business capacity, growth, and achieve scalability based on the results of the Black Business Survey results. Ms. Jo Ann May of the Illinois Small Business Development Center, SIU-E/East St. Louis office discussed how to access and utilize SBDC resources including free training and webinars, as well as registering for their ongoing webinar series. It is important to build community and stakeholder engagement to connect minority businesses to access resources necessary for business sustainability, and to identify potential ways to secure funding as well.  #ilsbdc #sbdc #blackwealthbuilders #powernomics #blackentrepreneurship #blackbusinesses#bipoc #leadership #drT #mahoganythoughts #stlouis #metroeast #fairviewheights #belleville #edwarsdville #siue #businessresources #pmp img

The Metro East Black Wealth Builders is committed to provide quality education, networking opportunities, and build a collective of Black owned businesses in the St. Louis Metro East region to increase business capacity, growth, and achieve scalability based on the results of the Black Business Survey results. The first workshop dedicated to providing educational resources to promote sustainable growth features Sean Haire, Better Business Bureau - St. Louis. Mr. Haire discussed how the BBB can assist businesses raise their profile and the accreditation process to provide credibility to services rendered. The BBB provides a vetting system to ensure that complaints filed are valid prior to affecting an organization’s accreditation rating, and use of its features may include a direct quote request for future clients and stakeholders who may be interested in an organization’s services. For more information, please contact Sean Haire, [email protected], 314-584-6741 or Dr. Terrence Duncan, [email protected], 314-643-7923. https://youtu.be/a7mx4Vyv67U #stlouis #blackbusinesses #blackwealthbuilders #entrepreneurship #leadership #DrT #mahoganythoughts #BBB #betterbusinessbureau #businesswebinar #marketing #branding

Join Dr. Terrence Duncan and Carmel Brown, LCPC , as they provide their tips and recommendations for professionals and entrepreneurs to achieve and maintain work-life balance. Post pandemic, more individuals are reporting feelings of being overwhelmed, stress, and increased anxiety due to increasing demands for work as well as personal/family obligations. Dr. Duncan is an Assistant Professor at Liberty University and owner of J.I. Enterprises, LLC, a strategic management company. Mrs. Brown own Carmel Brown Counseling and Consulting, LLC which provides coaching and consulting services for individuals, families, small and large business, as well as crisis intervention responses strategies. She is also the co-founder of Wise Counsel, LLC, a group practice that offers safe haven to clients seeking healing through clinical interventions.

For this episode of Mahogany Thoughts, Dr. Terrence Duncan and Carmel Brown discuss boundaries and what it means from a mental health perspective. Queen Carmel discusses several coping strategies when addressing challenging situations that we often encounter. The team also discusses how words such as boundaries are often mistaken in context, as well as the frequency of individuals diagnosing others despite not being a mental health expert. Queen Carmel further discussed the importance of understanding what certain triggers may be, and how you should remove yourself to avoid conflict resolution.

Welcome to a new year and a new season as Mahogany Thoughts returns for another season. Dr. Terrence Duncan, Carmel Brown, and Terrence Butler return to the microphone to discuss the difference between goals and resolutions heading into the new year and why it is important to distinguish between the two. As we consider goals for the year, we discuss the importance of planning, seeking feedback, self-care, and aligning your goals with others with a shared vision.  The team also discusses their journey in 2023 and what steps are necessary to achieve their goals based on discipline, dedication, faith, and accountability. Follow and subscribe to the podcast page and sign up on www.drtduncan.com for updates and different content styled for Black culture.

The Mahogany Thoughts team with Dr. Terrence Duncan and Terrence Butler discuss the effects of misinformation and how it influences the Black community as well as other groups. Misinformation has been historically weaponized against African Americans as a tool to create and maintain systemic and institutional barrires associated with discrimation and racism. Misinformation is present in a variety of sources such as the media, social media, and even spreading half-truths amongst famliy and friends. As a tool, the government used misinformation to affect the progress of civil rights gropus and politics.  We discuss how to identify misinformation and the importance of finding the facts to avoid embracing narratives that we feel the most comfortable.

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The Mahogany Thoughts Team is back with a new regular co-contributor, Devon Moody-Graham, of CEO Empire, LLC. She joins the Dr. Terrence Duncan, Carmel Brown, and Terrence Butler, as we discuss how to combat burnout. Everyday we are flooded with images, videos, text messages, and other distractions that makes us more engaged, but encourages burnout faster. We discuss strategies whether you are a business owner, parent, or someone working a 9-5 different coping strategies and techniques to avoid burnout, self-diagnosing, and digital influences in our behaviors.

Tune in bi-weekly for new episodes as the MT Team will discuss a variety of topics affecting positive Black culture ranging from relationships, business, financial literacy, education, entrepreneurship, and self-help. 

The Mahogany Thoughts team with Dr. Terrence Duncan, Carmel Brown, and Devon Moody-Graham discuss lessons learned from Black Wall Street and economic indicators for African Americans today. The panel discusses with its audience some of the challenges exisitng and the importance of utilizing elements of the Mahogany Legacy Project to create socioeconomic change by focusing on improving relationships, building partnerships, establishing regional collaborations, and establishing financial literacy foundations regardless if one is in an business or managing household finances.

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Mahogany Thoughts returns from an extended break for the first recording in 2022. Dr. Terrence Duncan and Carmel Brown discuss the importance of business planning for 2022 by setting actionable goals to be achieved by accomplishing tasks. The team also discusses the importance of nurturing healthy relationships, establishing healthy boundaries, and the importance of networking. We also discuss the importance of looking forward to the future by using the past to provide a compass for a brighter tomorrow.

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