The Minority Supplier Development Council is the best-kept secret for small business owners!

Today’s guest is Cecil Plummer, president and CEO of the Western Region branch of this national network. He came over to the show to share how they are helping small owners boost their businesses and create wealth and jobs for people of color. He walks us through the challenges these small businesses face daily and how the WRMSDC is helping them. He also explains the supplier’s pipeline and how companies can make it more diverse! Equity, diversity, and inclusion are prominent topics in this episode.

Tune in to this episode, and be sure to rewind it because Cecil has a lot of information!

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Dr. Beverly Browning is one of those people that give so much advice you need to grab a piece of paper and take notes!

In this episode, Dr. Browning shares her experience around grant writing and the purpose of establishing the Grant Writing Training Foundation. Her organization has the goal of providing affordable training to non-for-profit foundations. Beverly states her work’s passion and mission and emphasizes the importance of commitment. She explains how the 80/20 rule still applies and how the healthcare system evolved thanks to technological evolution. She also mentions the basic principles of her job and provides the resources she believes have helped her the most.

Dr. Browning and her team are constantly expanding their research, empowering, and providing consulting services to nonprofits and other grant-seeking applicants.

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Gong Tones, Inc. promotes research into the therapeutic use of sound for mental health and well-being.

Karambir Singh Khalsa established this nonprofit organization and expanded the evidence supporting sound healing as a cure for clinical mental health diagnoses. Karambir narrates his first ever experience with a gong and the unique, immediate relaxing feeling he noticed. He also mentions the organization's difficulties during the pandemic, which forced him to shut it down temporarily. Karambir explains what drove him to start experimenting with the gong and healing sounds, citing studies showing their significant anxiety-relief abilities. He pursues to emphasize the importance of gong meditation and how it helps people's mental health worldwide. Karambir is willing to expand his work and aims to add gong meditation to the list of evidence-based treatments for anxiety.

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In this episode, you will enjoy listening to two of the most outstanding speakers in the hypnosis and pain management field.

Roberta was one of Ron’s students years ago! She has, since then, published a book, and he has kept working training Navy, Army, and Airforce nurses and doctors in hypnosis to treat patients before and after surgery. When you have and create happy experiences, our brains change too, and we can relive those moments. Hypnotism is about connecting with the person that’s in the chair right in front of you. There’s also a distinction between hypnotherapy and hypnosis. Hypnotists are gaining more and more recognition lately, and there are some great ones out there that base their work on science and research.

Hypnosis is not a magical power to control minds; it opens you to receive suggestions to think things differently.

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There is a lot of research and evidence-based sources about Cannabis out there we don’t know.

This episode’s guest is the Founder and CEO of Leaf411, a nonprofit organization that established the first Cannabis-trained nurse hotline in the United States. They are working hard to provide free education about the medical and responsible use of Cannabis. Katherine’s mission is to advocate for the safe and effective use of this plant in different treatments. Their ultimate goal is to reduce harm in the community. Katherine decided to be brand-agnostic, so they didn’t have to marry with any company or dispensary. This way, she has control over how the programs are run. They also offer different types of resources and programs surrounding Cannabis use.

Get on your phone and call Leaf411 if you have any type of question regarding Cannabis! They are there to provide you with answers; there is no small or dumb inquiry!

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Brave New Mind exists to make mindfulness training easy, effective, and memorable.

Under the leadership of the founder, Usha Siva, the organization aims to spread the importance of mindfulness in people’s lives, and especially, a company’s employees. Usha explains how Brave New Mind helps enterprises increase productivity by providing educational programs accustomed to everyone’s needs and uniqueness. Throughout this talk, she refers to partnerships with other institutions and advocates the meaning of introducing children to mindfulness and meditation. She also narrates how she got introduced to it from a young age and inspired her to start this company.

Usha and her colleagues are now emphasizing expanding their network to familiarize more people with the benefits of mindfulness.

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Wagtown teaches what it means to be dog-friendly, responsibly, and authentically. The organization, founded by Beth Miller, has the mission of helping people peacefully coexist with dogs in a community. Beth emphasizes the importance of this idea and how beneficial it can be for the community's growth. She thoroughly narrates the obstacles that the corporation faces in developing dog-friendly communities.

Beth and her team are now expanding Wagtown through researching, empowering, and educating to spread the necessity of dogs' existence in people's communities.

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Serving the underserved and fighting for equity is the mission of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. With the help of Janice Brathwaite, their Director of Workforce Programs, the League serves anyone that needs health care. Organizational culture is a big deal for the League and Janice; she launched a program called The Way Forward Comes from Within to reevaluate the foundation of employee engagement and retention. Even before the pandemic, work was hard for the community center’s health workers. Through grants, they are now getting funds that help people realize how important this work is. Janice shares some great resources in this episode, be sure to have pen and paper nearby.

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Andaman7 is the solution to one of the most common problems patients face in their health care journey.

The organization, founded by Vincent Keunen, creates solutions that contribute to the development of medical research. Vincent wholeheartedly talks about his and his son's struggle with cancer and how this inspired him to create Andaman7. This software’s purpose is to help patients have their whole healthcare data on their phones. He emphasizes the importance of Andaman7’s software and how it helps patients worldwide, improving their treatment process.

Vincent and his team are now expanding Adaman7 to enable more people to access their medical information instantly.

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Can you imagine the number of resources available for communities that are not being used? Creating a resource map was one of the immediate goals for Dina Johnson and the Monroe County Family Coalition in Greece, New York. After the tragic assassination of George Floyd and having a successful forum in which the community gathered, some inquiries came up about this topic, among others. Focused on black and brown individuals in the community, the Monroe County Family Coalition works to improve access to resources. The organization has been in conversation with several local and government entities to grow its purpose.

Soon, they want to branch out of Greece to the whole Monroe County area to support more people!

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