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  • Ep. 119 - Paula Ward: Break the Glass Ceiling

    Would you like to break the glass ceiling? Are people moving up the corporate ladder but you feel like you are stuck in place? Would you like to retire at age 36?  If you did, what would you do with the rest of your life?  Meet Paula Ward who shares her journey from a childhood in the segregated south, to college-marriage-family-career in the Los Angeles metro area; and a return to the Atlanta metro area and the “new south” after achieving multiple breakthrough career moves in California. How would you “get to the top?” Find out one of her secrets to break the glass ceiling. Then find out how to achieve life fulfillment without a “career.”

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    43 min
  • Ep. 118 - Mozhgan Wafiq Alokozai: Empowering Women in Afghanistan

    Are you courageous? Imagine yourself walking down a street in Afghanistan. You have to be accompanied by a male relative. As you walk along, the potential of a bomb exploding is very real. How do you economically and socially empower oppressed women? Education. By arming women with knowledge, they are able to develop themselves and their households. Mozhgan Wafiq Alokozai has a passion that continues driving through adversity again and again. She’s lived under the Taliban regime in Pakistan, she has provided training programs and opportunities for women in Afghanistan. She has tried and failed and gotten up again to try another avenue. Her latest venture is Eagle Online Academy, which is a nonprofit organization offering quality, flexible online educational programs globally. She feels that a good quality education can be life-changing for girls and women giving them marketable skills. 

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    47 min
  • Ep. 117 - Karen Kendra: Write Your Memoirs!

    How are you planning to re-fire after your retirement? Perhaps, find a new second career that you’re passionate about and will help you continue building your legacy and impacting others? Karen Kendra is a former nurse who decided to join a writing class to rediscover herself after retirement. She wanted to write about her experiences in life which landed her in memoir writing. She now facilitates classes and writing groups to teach people how to write their memoirs/ autobiographies.

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    26 min
  • Ep. 62 - Amy Glassman: Is Fair Housing Fair?

    Is fair housing fair? What is disparate impact and how can housing authorities and landlords determine the application of it?  What is reasonable accommodation? How is HUD conducting market testing to determine racial discrimination? Amy M. Glassman is a partner with Ballard Spahr, a law firm with more than 650 attorneys and 15 offices. Amy has had extensive experience with HUD regulatory and statutory compliance issues including disparate impact. She assists clients on matters such as federal procurement requirements, relationships with public housing affiliates and instrumentalities, uses of program income, the Uniform Relocation Act (URA), and the Section 8 programs. She also advises clients on litigation or potential litigation matters including HUD programs.

    42 min
  • Ep. 116 - Cathy Light: Increase Business Performance with DEI

    How are you exercising diversity, equity, and inclusion in your organization? Every employee deserves to be treated with dignity and to feel safe in the workplace environment regardless of their race, gender, or sexuality. But how do you implement and then measure that in the workplace? Cathy Light has an answer on how to increase your business performance by including diversity, equity and inclusion. Cathy Light is a founder and CEO of four companies all focused on achieving business results by transforming workplace culture and building teams that thrive.

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    Podcast Page: Community TrailBlazers: https://trailblazersimpact.com/community-trailblazers/

    Podcast Page: Coping in Crisis: https://trailblazersimpact.com/coping-in-crisis-podcast/

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    You Tube Community TrailBlazers Academy Series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl_bUBBV4BieMfshU9xWyPQ

    You Tube Coping In Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjc1M7WazQ0NbpN5rCr__vw

    31 min
  • Ep. 115 - DeLois Strum: WHY Black Lives Matter

    Listen to learn WHY Black lives matter! It is important to believe that change will happen if we continue advocating for it as leaders. The American society needs economic, social, and policy changes in order to give everyone regardless of their gender or race equal opportunities where they reach their full potential. Meet DeeDee Strum, a 40+ year entrepreneur, a public speaker, an affordable housing advocate, and is currently involved in offshore wind as a renewable source of energy. She’s a feminist who believes that Black women continue to hold a moral high ground in America and must raise their voice to elevate the conversation on gender and racial equality if America is to achieve its full potential.

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    Podcast Page: Coping in Crisis: https://trailblazersimpact.com/coping-in-crisis-podcast/

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    You Tube Coping In Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjc1M7WazQ0NbpN5rCr__vw

    53 min
  • Ep. 114 - Kristin Keen: Trafficked Women Survival Assistance

    Kristin Keen lived for 5 years in Kolkata India where she co-founded Sari Bari, a thriving business that gives survivors of human trafficking a way out of exploitation through employment. Upon her return to Jacksonville, Kristin started forming relationships with women on the street where she found that the problem of human trafficking was flourishing in her own city in 2012. She then founded Rethreaded, which is a safe supportive work environment where women can start a new career while experiencing continued healing through community.

    32 min
  • Ep. 112 - Karen Jenkins: Empowering Through Synergy Leadership

    Did you know that the energy you bring into a room is the energy you receive? It is therefore important to build positive energy for you and your team members to engage them and make them understand their roles. Karen Jenkins leads KRJ Consulting clients to experience growth through her guiding concept of synergy leadership. With synergy leadership, Jenkins develops confident leaders who engage, enlighten and empower their teams. Jenkins believes synergy leadership includes igniting action through synergy and transforming energy into action. 

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    Podcast Page: TrailBlazers Impact: https://trailblazersimpact.com/trailblazers-impact-1/

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    Podcast Page: Coping in Crisis: https://trailblazersimpact.com/coping-in-crisis-podcast/

    You Tube TrailBlazers Impact Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZD4jDrEEvBVH1atmJ5VmZQ

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    You Tube Coping In Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjc1M7WazQ0NbpN5rCr__vw

    46 min
  • Ep. 112 - Jennifer Brown: How to Create a DEI Workplace

    What is a DEI workplace and do you know how to create a DEI workplace? DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. Jennifer Brown leads companies through consulting, online training, and her books to become that place everyone wants to work! What are you doing to be inclusive and equitable as a leader at your workplace? Are you creating a space for more people to tell their diversity stories? 

    Meet Jennifer Brown, an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, and diversity and inclusion expert. She is the founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting, a strategic leadership and diversity consulting firm that coaches business leaders worldwide on critical issues of talent and workplace strategy. She’s a passionate advocate for social equality who helps businesses foster healthier more productive workplace cultures. Jennifer Brown Consulting believes in unleashing the power of human potential, embracing diversity, and helping people and organizations to thrive.

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    Website: www.TrailBlazersImpact.com

    Podcast Page: TrailBlazers Impact: https://trailblazersimpact.com/trailblazers-impact-1/

    Podcast Page: Community TrailBlazers: https://trailblazersimpact.com/community-trailblazers/

    Podcast Page: Coping in Crisis: https://trailblazersimpact.com/coping-in-crisis-podcast/

    You Tube TrailBlazers Impact Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZD4jDrEEvBVH1atmJ5VmZQ

    You Tube Community TrailBlazers Academy Series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl_bUBBV4BieMfshU9xWyPQ

    You Tube Coping In Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjc1M7WazQ0NbpN5rCr__vw

    48 min
  • Ep. 111 - Belinda Kendall: A Media Star

    What are you passionate about? Are you willing to sacrifice and even be hurt while fulfilling your purpose? Being ready to use whatever platform you’re given and every opportunity available to bring that passion to life? Well, Belinda Kendall is.

    Belinda Kendall, the owner and founder of Promise Media Group, LLC, has spent several years working in media. She had her own talk show on WGIV and Hot77 the Mix where she interviewed celebrities, internationally known pastors, community leaders, professional athletes, and ordinary people with extraordinary stories.

    Website: www.TrailBlazersImpact.com

    Podcast Page: TrailBlazers Impact: https://trailblazersimpact.com/trailblazers-impact-1/

    You Tube TrailBlazers Impact Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZD4jDrEEvBVH1atmJ5VmZQ

    You Tube Community TrailBlazers Academy Series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl_bUBBV4BieMfshU9xWyPQ

    You Tube Coping In Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjc1M7WazQ0NbpN5rCr__vw

     

    33 min

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