Take Notice: Amplifying Black Stories

Tuesday, October 30
Take Notice: Amplifying Black Stories
Season 4, Episode 7: Lotten Yeaney

In this episode, we discuss Lotten Yeaney's experience immigrating to the US at a young age, family dynamics surrounding that move, and ending up in Chicago working in tech, and filmmaking.

Lotten Yeaney is the Executive Producer and storyteller behind the new relationship drama "Breaking Bounds," released by director Mark Harris on July 18, 2023, across the US and Canada. The film from L10 Group was executive produced by Lotten Yeaney, Garcon Moweh, and Lou Rago, written by Marvin Nelson and Yeaney, and produced by Latoya Hunter, Yeaney and Nelson. Almost ripped from the headlines, "Breaking Bounds" highlights the very real possibility of persecution for being a gay Ugandan national in the US and in danger of being deported, as well as the pull and challenge of multicultural relationships.
Lotten has spent over two decades in Information Technology managing and leading complex multi-year global projects. She has worked in various sectors including Consumer Products, Pharmaceuticals, Oil & Gas, and Client Service. Lotten also champions social equity through storytelling and focuses on ways to create an inclusive environment.

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Tuesday, October 23
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Season 4, Episode 6: Imole Ladipo

A conversation with Imole Ladipo on growing up in Nigeria, her experience immigrating to Canada, and moving to the US later in life with her three young children. She is an engineer AND filmmaker. You will hear about her most recent releases, three short films that are bound to have something to connect with on a deep level.

From a young age, Imole Ladpio has been involved in one form of the arts or another. She has a bubbly personality and a contagious smile that lights up a room. It is no coincidence that the name Imole is interpreted as “Light” in her native Language.

Imole moved from Nigeria to Canada to continue her studies and had quite the culture shock changing from a tropical climate to the cold weather of Alberta Canada. She also had to overcome a lot of the cultural differences between both continents. This experience played a crucial role in developing her character and perseverance.

Imole went to University for Engineering but remained an active member of her Church and was involved in the Choir and Youth department throughout. She graduated University with Honours and then married the love of her life in 2014.

Imole had always been interested in modernizing the way her church operated so when her husband bought her a camera for christmas she jumped at the opportunity to develop short videos for announcements. Little did she know that the announcements were just the beginning of her finding her lifelong passion. She fell in love with the process of video production and created Lumiere Films. Her vision was to use videos as a means for spreading positivity based on the fundamentals of Christian values. Since the purchase of the camera Imole has created multiple short movies that have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people online.

Imole currently works as an Engineer and uses her technical background to plan and organize her movie development. She loves ice cream but has been trying to abstain from it in the quest to lose weight. She isn’t always successful in avoiding it but is hopeful that next year she will do better. She enjoys going to live shows with her husband, eating seafood and travelling. She recently had a set of twins and they have kept her quite busy, but she still somehow finds the time to make movies and smuggle the occasional ice cream from creamistry.

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Tuesday, October 17
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Season 4, Episode 5: Kathryn Leary

Kathryn Leary was surrounded by music, Bahamian food, and the arts growing up. We discuss her experience traveling and working as a part of her undergrad program, how spending time with Bob Marley changed her life, and her journey to developing the wellness app, OneFireLight.

Kathryn Leary is a multi-talented entrepreneur, marketing professional, writer, and experienced yoga and meditation instructor with over 15 years of dedication to the practice. Her expertise in meditation has been honed through extensive training in the United States and India. Notably, she has developed specialized yoga and meditation programs for individuals with diverse challenges, such as physical disabilities, cancer survivors, autism, ADD, and anxiety. Furthermore, Kathryn is the Co-founder and CEO of OneFirelight, an innovative fitness and wellness platform offering a wide range of video-on-demand classes and content. Their goal is to bring balance to the body, mind and spirit with classes ranging from yoga, Pilates, meditation, boxing, dance cardio, strength training to sound meditation.

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Tuesday, October 10
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Season 4, Episode 4: Nicholas Gully

Listen in on our conversation with multi-talented artist, Nicholas Gully as we discuss his process for photography, his college experience, being featured in Vogue, modeling, and his artistic process.

Nicholas Gully is an emerging, self-taught artist out of Dallas Fort Worth, Texas. Nicholas has exhibited photographic works in several galleries, been commissioned by numerous musical artists for a variety of projects and has had his work shown internationally. Beyond photography he serves as a muse and inspiration for his peers, and explores art in a variety of other mediums.

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Tuesday, October 3
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Season 4, Episode 3: Kimberly Walker

Join the conversation with Kimberly Walker as we discuss her entrepreneurial and social work journey, her experience as a beauty queen, and her future aspirations. Kimberly is an inspirational speaker, professor, author, motivator, entrepreneur, and a beauty queen who sells tea. Walker has coupled her love for tea and self-care. Her passion is to inspire and motivate women to embrace their whole self; to see, to accept, to love and soar into their personal awesomeness.

As a serial entrepreneur, she believes that every woman should leap towards her dreams. Kimberly defines empowerment as the promotion of self-actualization of one’s inner beauty and power. Kimberly believes we all deserve to live and be our best especially while sipping tea. Walker states we have the right to be perfectly imperfect to look and feel  fabulous while doing it.

Kimberly’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising from Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow School of Communications and a Master of Social Work degree with emphasis on Policy & Administration and School Social Work from the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. Topped off with Beauty Industry Essentials certification from Fashion Institute of Technology State University of New York.

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IG/Tiktok @‌Officiallyyourteaqueen

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Tuesday, September 26
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Season 4, Episode 2: Mari Griffin

In our conversation with Mari Griffin, founder of The Black Night Market we discuss entrepreneurship, managing Sickle Cell Disease naturally, and her hopes for the future of her business.

The Black Night Market LLC was founded by artist, community worker, mentor, and business owner, Mari Griffin. Mari has a love for artistry and sharing that love with her community through the events she produces.

Inspired by the lack of economic opportunities and representation for Black-owned businesses, Mari created the Black Night Market. BNM is like one big family gathering, where people come to network, celebrate, rejoice, and support Black culture and community.

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Tuesday, September 19
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Season 4, Episode 1: Gino Payne

On this episode of Take Notice, we welcome filmmaker Gino Payne.

We discuss baseball, film making, growing up in Georgia, working behind the scenes on The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Mandolorian, and Avengers. Hear about upcoming projects Gino is working on like Goon of the Lagoon!

With a Master's in Film and Fine Arts from Savannah College of Art and Design, Gino Payne started his film career working in commercial and promotional advertisement. 

In 2010, he directed his first feature film, "We Was HomeBoyz" (2011), starring Pastor Troy and Sean Low. Concurrently, Gino worked on projects such as HBO's Hard Knocks, Walking Dead, and Game of Thrones within the camera department.

He currently directs and produces full time for 360Films and works directly for big companies such as the Vegas Golden Knights and PokerNews. Gino is most passionate about creating inspiring stories through all aspects of film.

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Tuesday, December 5
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Season 3, Episode 9: Finale and Update

A brief update episode to inform listeners that we are taking a break for the podcast for the time being. Thank you for listening and thank you to all of our guests for being a part of Take Notice! Until next time! 

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Tuesday, November 8
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Season 3, Episode 8: Jawan Harris

On this episode of Take Notice we welcome Jawan Harris. He shares how and why his family moved from New Orleans to Seattle, his first business at the age of 9, and how his work is helping small businesses in his community of South Seattle. 

Born and raised in Seattle’s South End, Jawan Harris began his journey of business ownership as a response to the city’s ballooning gentrification and economic displacement of its communities of color. King’s Dream Business Consulting, philosophically inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Seattle’s King County, was established during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide small businesses across the country with technical business expertise at an affordable rate to serve the underserved.

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Kings Dream Consulting: www.kingsdreamconsulting.com
Social Media: @kingsdreamconsulting
Shop Skyway: @shopskyway206

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Tuesday, November 1
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Season 3, Episode 7: Angela Marshall

In this episode I speak with Angela Marshall - a creative content consultant, motivational speaker - on her experience as a light skinned Black woman, mental health, and living vicariously through yourself. In her work, Angela shares struggles about facing herself, forgiving herself and forcing herself to forge ahead. Her vision is to inspire world-wide through words, work and wisdom. She is dubbed the "Mental Horticulturist," planting seeds of motivation, celebration, illumination, and liberation across the globe. 

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Angela Marshall Website: https://www.inotherwordsbystone.com
Angela Marshall Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wisewordswoman
Angela Marshall Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelabestsellermarshall

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