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REVEALING OF BOOK#1-SHATTER SILENCE | "THE ECHOES OF BECOMING SERIES" | SEEKING MORE POETS TO JOIN BOOK #2-GATHER LIGHT & #3-RISE UNBROKEN · DA CREW Podcast

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  Speaker 1: I'm excited. I'm excited, y'all. This is book number one
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  Speaker 1: inside of a three book series. This is called Shattered Silence.
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  Speaker 1: Shattered Silence, y'all. It was seven of us, seven poets,
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  Speaker 1: myself and six other amazing poets sharing inside of this book.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna get ready to open up this package. I
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  Speaker 1: for you to share your work, for you to get
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  Speaker 1: just don't know how, just don't know where to go,
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  Speaker 1: I am here to help you along the way, here
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  Speaker 1: to lead God in direct you if that is what
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  Speaker 1: you desire to do. One of my things is self
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  Speaker 1: tap into this live, y'all. But I'm getting ready to
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  Speaker 1: reveal to you guys, our amazing book number one inside
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  Speaker 1: of this three book series. This is going to be
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  Speaker 1: a three book series poetry. This is a collaboration of poetry. Again,
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  Speaker 1: we had six amazing poets to share inside of this
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  Speaker 1: book alongside of myself, so you get an opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: connect with us. So, y'all, were getting ready to open
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  Speaker 1: up this package from Amazone. We getting ready to open
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  Speaker 1: up this package from Amazon, y'all, This book dropped on
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  Speaker 1: and YouTube, Twitch and kick can see it. This is
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  Speaker 1: our amazing book. This is our amazing y'all. It is
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  Speaker 1: a five by eight. This is a five by eight
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  Speaker 1: version of the book. It is a paperback copy, y'all,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and forty five pages. This is front and
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  Speaker 1: this is the back. This is the back cover. This
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  Speaker 1: is the back cover. Just tell you a little bit
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  Speaker 1: about the book. And of course that picture up there
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  Speaker 1: in the corner is a picture of me. That is
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  Speaker 1: a picture of me, y'all. So again you have an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to grab you a copy over on Amazon. It
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  Speaker 1: is called Shattered Silence. It's poems of survival and hope. Y'all.
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  Speaker 1: We have some amazing poets to share inside of this anthology.
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  Speaker 1: And this is book number one. Y'all. Book number one
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  Speaker 1: of a three book series, the second book that we
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  Speaker 1: are currently recruiting for trying to get some individuals that
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  Speaker 1: want to share inside this book alongside us Gathered Light.
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  Speaker 1: So if you're out there and you have a word
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  Speaker 1: that you would like to share inside of this book,
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  Speaker 1: please reach out to me. Reach out to me and
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  Speaker 1: see how you can secure your spot inside of this anthology. Y'all.
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  Speaker 1: We believe, I truly believe in helping those that have
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  Speaker 1: a voice, that think that they don't have an outlet
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  Speaker 1: or a voice to speak. I help them to amplify
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  Speaker 1: that with the opportunities that I provide. Again, this is
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  Speaker 1: a poetry anathology, and we are seeking nine more individuals
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  Speaker 1: to join us. We're seeking nine more individuals to join us.
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  Speaker 1: This book will drop on November the first, Yes, November
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  Speaker 1: the first. You have into October the first, y'all. October
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  Speaker 1: the first, which is like fourteen fifteen days away to
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  Speaker 1: join us, and then all of the entries will be
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  Speaker 1: due by October the fifteenth. No, let me back that up.
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  Speaker 1: Everything is due by October the first, So it's due
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  Speaker 1: by October the first. So if you're interested in sharing,
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  Speaker 1: you have fifteen more days to join us on this journey.
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  Speaker 1: You have fifteen more days to journ. To join us
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  Speaker 1: on this journey. That means you can share two to
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  Speaker 1: three poems. You get an opportunity to share a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about yourself. So I'm gonna flip through this book
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  Speaker 1: and I'm gonna share you some share with you guys,
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  Speaker 1: some things so that you can kind of see what
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  Speaker 1: you can expect from book number two. All three of
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  Speaker 1: the books is it is a it's gonna be a trilogy,
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  Speaker 1: so all of the covers are gonna be the same.
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  Speaker 1: The only thing changing is the title of each cover.
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  Speaker 1: So this is what Book number two is gonna look like,
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  Speaker 1: except for it's gonna say Gathered Light, and then it'll
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  Speaker 1: half whatever the subtitle is up under. I forget what
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  Speaker 1: the subtitle is job because I got like four projects
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  Speaker 1: going on at one time. But Book number two is
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  Speaker 1: gathered like and we are looking for nine more individuals
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  Speaker 1: to join us. There's a small fee. There's a small
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  Speaker 1: fee of only fifty three dollars to join. If you
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  Speaker 1: want to share, you can share up to two to
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  Speaker 1: three poems. And I'm about to flip through the book
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  Speaker 1: so I can show you guys what it looks like.
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  Speaker 1: So you have you always start out with our copyright
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  Speaker 1: page and then a dedication, So there's a dedication. This
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  Speaker 1: particular book is dedicated to all of those that share
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  Speaker 1: in this book. So we have a dedication, we have
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  Speaker 1: an acknowledgement, and then there's a forward done by poetos Keisha.
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  Speaker 1: She is doing the forward and all three of these books,
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  Speaker 1: so you guys will really get an opportunity to find
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  Speaker 1: out a little bit about her and what she's doing
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  Speaker 1: and find out something a little bit about her brand y'all,
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  Speaker 1: let the truth be told. She is an amazing poet,
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  Speaker 1: spoken word artist. When I tell you she is a
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  Speaker 1: beast with what she does, she is and I am
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  Speaker 1: glad that she is doing the forwards in these books.
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  Speaker 1: We also have table contents, the introduction, and then I
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  Speaker 1: go into the poets. So poet number one is Chanette.
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  Speaker 1: Shanetta is a host here on the podcast as well,
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  Speaker 1: and then her first poem. Well, first we tell a
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  Speaker 1: little bit about the authors, so all of the authors
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  Speaker 1: have an opportunity to share a little bit about them.
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  Speaker 1: So this particular I ask them questions and this one,
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  Speaker 1: this particular one, I asked them questions and everyone had
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  Speaker 1: the same question so that they could answer these questions.
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  Speaker 1: So the the section is called Beyond the Pen getting
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  Speaker 1: to Know the Author. So this is opportunity for you
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  Speaker 1: to get to know the author, so you can find
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  Speaker 1: out a little bit about them outside of what they
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  Speaker 1: do as a poet and an author. So and then
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  Speaker 1: they go into that poems. So we also what I
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  Speaker 1: did in this book, which is different from some of
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  Speaker 1: the other books that we have done. We have a playlist.
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  Speaker 1: So each poem, each section, each author, there's a song
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  Speaker 1: that accompanies that poem that kind of relates to that poem,
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  Speaker 1: that talks a little bit about the theme of that poem.
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  Speaker 1: So for Seanette, her first poem is called from Shadow
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  Speaker 1: to Light and the song that accompanied that is Rise
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  Speaker 1: Up by Andrea Day, and it says find your strength
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  Speaker 1: and darkness. This poetic journey in anthem remind us that
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  Speaker 1: hope is never lost. It waits for you to rise
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  Speaker 1: up and to the dawn. So each one of these
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  Speaker 1: poems have a song that accomplientes and then it tells
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  Speaker 1: you the correlation between that song and that poem. And
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  Speaker 1: then after each poem, y'all there's a summary because oftentime
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  Speaker 1: we read poetry, we read poems, and sometimes we may
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  Speaker 1: not understand the words and what the author is trying
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  Speaker 1: to portray. So after each one there's a summary of
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  Speaker 1: what that poem was about, so you really get an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to really feel what that choet is sharing. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: and that is for all of the poems. Again, Cheanette
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  Speaker 1: was one of the chords. And now we have a
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  Speaker 1: Little Unique Parker, Yes that is her name, Little Unique Parker.
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  Speaker 1: And then we have yeah, I'm trying to flick through him,
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  Speaker 1: Cheryl Northern Lagreen, Rolanda Pie. And again, these authors are
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  Speaker 1: from all over. Channette is from California, Cheryl is from Nightingdale,
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  Speaker 1: North Carolina. Little Unique Parker is from Dallas Fort Worth area.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if I said, Rolanda's from New York.
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  Speaker 1: And now we have Charlotte Simon Ross. She is from
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  Speaker 1: New York. And then we have Micheline Missy Moss and
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  Speaker 1: she is from Memphis, Tennessee. And then at the back
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  Speaker 1: of the book, y'all, you have about the author section
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  Speaker 1: that really dives in and talks about the author, so
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  Speaker 1: you have an opportunity to really connect with the author,
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  Speaker 1: get to know the author. So it's really basically their bio.
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  Speaker 1: Also include ways that you can connect with them, ways
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  Speaker 1: that you can connect with them, and we have one
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  Speaker 1: for each one of them. And then at the very
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  Speaker 1: back of the book, y'all, I always like to leave
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  Speaker 1: a section for you to journal your thoughts, for you
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  Speaker 1: to journ your thoughts of maybe what you've read or
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  Speaker 1: what you have been expired to write from this book. Again,
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  Speaker 1: at the very very back of the book, I always
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  Speaker 1: like to provide some resources, and then I talk about
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  Speaker 1: I just share a little bit about the two books
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  Speaker 1: that's attached to the series, so the two books that
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  Speaker 1: you can look forward to coming as well. And then
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  Speaker 1: at the very very end, y'all, I share some resources
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  Speaker 1: of individuals that you can connect with their brand. So
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to read the little section that I wrote
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  Speaker 1: in here. It says, shut up, Silent, proudly spotlight mission
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  Speaker 1: driven businesses and organizations that equip our community with practical resources,
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  Speaker 1: compassionate services, and a pasthway of healing and growth. These
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  Speaker 1: partners embody the heartbeat of Echoes of Becoming movement, helping
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  Speaker 1: people move from surviving to becoming explore vetted resources, learn
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  Speaker 1: from impact stories, and connect directly with providers advancing safety, justice,
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  Speaker 1: wellness and opportunities. When who are we featuring Mental health
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  Speaker 1: and wellness providers, crisis response, safety and legal support, economic empowerment,
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  Speaker 1: workforce entrepreneurship, financial coaches, educational mentoring, youth, family and adult learning,
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  Speaker 1: faith based and community groups, arts healing, creative therapy programs, health,
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  Speaker 1: housing and re entry services, coaches, authors, speakers of the
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  Speaker 1: line with trauma, and form practices. So those are the
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  Speaker 1: people that we highlight in the back of this book,
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  Speaker 1: not just this book, but in the series. So if
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  Speaker 1: you're out there and you have one of these types
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  Speaker 1: of services, businesses, organizations, and you would like to advertise
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  Speaker 1: your brand, your service, your business in the upcoming books,
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  Speaker 1: please reach out to me and see how you can
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: be featured in this book as well. So of course
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  Speaker 1: we had to include our prayer line because we do
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  Speaker 1: a prayer line every morning at five am. So there's
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  Speaker 1: information on how you can connect with the prayer line
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  Speaker 1: and be a part of the prayer line. So that's
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  Speaker 1: in the back, and we have Trevida Gris who is
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  Speaker 1: one of the amazing hosts that's over on the podcast,
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  Speaker 1: and she also is a speaker. She does a lot,
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  Speaker 1: so you will see a little bit about her. She's
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  Speaker 1: a CEO, a author, a podcast host, a motivational speaker,
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  Speaker 1: and a transformation coach. She also shares a little bit
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  Speaker 1: about her speaking topics, things that she speak on, and
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  Speaker 1: some of her published works, so you get to see
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  Speaker 1: that inside of the book. And of course this purple one, y'all,
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  Speaker 1: that is me. That is just a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: me and how you can connect with me, some of
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  Speaker 1: the things that I do, how you can connect with
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  Speaker 1: me on the various platforms that I'm on where you
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  Speaker 1: can go and purchase some of my books. And I
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  Speaker 1: also include some of my speaking topics, my contact information,
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: and just a little bit about me. And then this
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  Speaker 1: page here has some of my books. So these are
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  Speaker 1: some of my amazing books that I have published. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: those that follow and support me know that I have
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  Speaker 1: over one hundred and fifty literary works out there, not
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  Speaker 1: just books. I have books, journals, calendars, and of course
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  Speaker 1: the magazine. And then over on the next page is
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  Speaker 1: our apostle. This is our apostle who covers our prayer
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  Speaker 1: line every single morning at five a m This is
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  Speaker 1: a little bit about their ministry out of Talent Hassee, Florida.
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  Speaker 1: This is her and her husband. So you get an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity if you're in that area, I would like to
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  Speaker 1: visit them. You get the opportunity to connect with them.
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  Speaker 1: This page, these two pages here is an amazing queen
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  Speaker 1: that I have had the opportunity. I had the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to meet her right here on social media. Met her
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  Speaker 1: on Facebook about seven maybe about seven or eight years ago.
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  Speaker 1: We actually got the opportunity to connect and meet in person.
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  Speaker 1: I tell you every time I come across so she's
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  Speaker 1: definitely someone that I love to connect with. Her name
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  Speaker 1: is the the Little Donna Murrie. She's out of Mississippi.
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  Speaker 1: She has an amazing organization called Planting Positive Seeds, and
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  Speaker 1: she also is a author, a poet, and a motivational speaker.
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  Speaker 1: She also has a podcast, so you get an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to find out a little bit about her in the
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  Speaker 1: back of this book. Y'all, you get an opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: really connect. And then one of the amazing ladies that
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  Speaker 1: help us hold down our grief podcast. Those that followed
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  Speaker 1: the platform and know that we host a grief podcast
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  Speaker 1: every fifth Sunday. So we've had five We have five
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  Speaker 1: episodes this year. Our last episode is going to be
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  Speaker 1: in November. But all of us have been through some
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  Speaker 1: type of grief, so we host a grief podcast where
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  Speaker 1: we get an opportunity to share a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: our journey and how we've dealt with grief. And this
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  Speaker 1: particular lady, her name is Danielle Ross. She is out
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  Speaker 1: of Texas. I think she's in the Dallas Fort Worth area.
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  Speaker 1: She is a certified grief coach, a public speaker, and consultant,
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  Speaker 1: and she's also a certified but grievement dueler. So you
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  Speaker 1: get the opportunity to connect with her. Tells you a
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  Speaker 1: little bit about the topics that she discussed, tells you
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  Speaker 1: a little bit about her and her background, her education,
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  Speaker 1: and how you can connect with her. So these two
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  Speaker 1: pages is dedicated to her, y'all. I tell you, I
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  Speaker 1: like to fill this book up with information that helps
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  Speaker 1: us beyond just reading about poetry, things that you can
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  Speaker 1: go back to and relate to again. Y'all, this poetry
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: book is more than just words on pages. We break
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  Speaker 1: it down, we summarize the poems so that you can
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  Speaker 1: really get an understanding of what the author is speaking
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  Speaker 1: of what the poet is sharing, and we also compare
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  Speaker 1: we pair it with a playlist, So each one of
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  Speaker 1: these sections has a playlist that accompanied the poem, so
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  Speaker 1: you can listen to the music while you're you're reading
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  Speaker 1: the poem and you can see how it connects to
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  Speaker 1: the poem. So, y'all, this is just one of the
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  Speaker 1: books in this series. Again, we are still looking for
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  Speaker 1: individuals that want to connect and want to be a
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  Speaker 1: part of Book number one, I mean book number two
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  Speaker 1: and Book number three. Book number two is going to
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  Speaker 1: release on November the first. Book number three is going
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: to release on December the first, So you still have
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity to join us and be a part if
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  Speaker 1: you are ready to share your word, if you have
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  Speaker 1: something that you would like to help amplify around the world. Y'all.
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  Speaker 1: You never know what your words and how your words
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  Speaker 1: can impact. Y'all. We made number one on Amazon and
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  Speaker 1: Poetry Anthology. We made number two and Women's Poetry. We
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: didn't get to number one, but we made number two
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  Speaker 1: and Women's Poetry. So again I give a shout out
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  Speaker 1: to all of the poets that decided to allow their
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  Speaker 1: voices to be amplified and their voices to be shared
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  Speaker 1: around the world. Again, if you are a poet or
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: aspiring portant, even if you don't know that you are poet,
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: but you just got some words that you would like
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: to share, I encourage you to join us in book
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: number two, Gathered Lights. It is definitely an opportunity for
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: you to share your thoughts. So what it's Gathered Lights about.
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: Let me tell y'all a little bit about what this
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: book is going to be about. It is book number
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  Speaker 1: two in this series. It is book number two in
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  Speaker 1: this series. And hold on, I'm pulling it up, y'all
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: because I told y'all, like I said, I got a
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  Speaker 1: lot of projects going on, so I just don't remember
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: everything off hand. But Gathered Lights it's the title is
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: gathered like balancing vulnerability with growing strength. So this book,
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: I'm just gonna read you a little synopsis of what
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  Speaker 1: the Gathered Light follows, the breaking of silence with the
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  Speaker 1: tender everyday labor of repair. These poems linger in the
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  Speaker 1: hush after rapture, and listen for what answers back. The
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  Speaker 1: first unguarded laugh, a hand steaded cup, sunlight pulling on
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  Speaker 1: a kitchen floor, attuned to a small attune to small
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: daily victories, and beginners that almost hide inside ordinary moments.
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  Speaker 1: This collection honors how support arrives in unexpected places through neighbors,
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  Speaker 1: not a late night DJ, a text at the right hour,
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  Speaker 1: the soft insistence of a tree outside the window. The
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  Speaker 1: voice is gentler, now luminous without denying what it has survived.
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  Speaker 1: Vulnerability becomes a form of strength, and steadiness grows from
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: attention as much as from courage. These poems move from
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  Speaker 1: the ember to done today, tracing the slow work of
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: relearning trust in the body, quality, quiet thought, the making
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: of a room into a home, and the return of
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: an appetite song and choice. Water windows and soft industries
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: of hands reoccur like a tide. Fireflies, lighthouses and king
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  Speaker 1: tons glinked at the edge, reminding us that fractures can
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  Speaker 1: whole light. Huh, y'all, I'm telling you it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be an amazing opportunity for you to share if you
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  Speaker 1: are out there, if you are a poet and will
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: like to share, and will like to share throughout this book,
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  Speaker 1: you will definitely see my signature inside of this and
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  Speaker 1: it will be a light return I'm telling you, every
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  Speaker 1: single pay, every single poem that I write, it's going
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  Speaker 1: to reflect on a light return. Because in this book
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  Speaker 1: we talked about breaking it's pretty much shadowing the silence.
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  Speaker 1: So we're coming out of trauma, whatever trauma may have been.
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: It may have been domestic violence, it may have been grief,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: whatever it is that we broke that silence on and
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: we just we just got it to share about it.
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  Speaker 1: This here, we're gonna talk about how vulnerability can grow
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  Speaker 1: your strength. Just because you were vulnerable does not mean
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  Speaker 1: that you are weak. Vulnerability with growing strength's gonna help you, guys.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm telling you, if you're out there and you
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: would like to be a part of this anthology, just
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: reach out. Just reach out. Of course, y'all know, y'all
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: can reach out to me at Queen of Collaborations at
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: gmail dot com or just go over to linktre Queen
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: of Collaborations and find out how you can connect with me.
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: There are so many different ways that you can connect
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: with me, y'all. I'm on most all social medias. I
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: may not use them all every day, but I am
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: on most all social media platforms. I'm on Instagram, I'm
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: definitely here on TikTok and Facebook. I don't be on
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: them all the time. I think now I've leaned towards
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: being on TikTok a little more than all of the
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: other platforms. But I utilize a lot of platforms, especially
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: with the podcast and all of the things that we're
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: doing with the podcast, y'all. So if you're out there
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: and you want to connect, this is definitely an opportunity
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: for you to do that, an opportunity for you to
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  Speaker 1: allow your voice to speak, allow your voice to be
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: heard around the world. Even when you think you have
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: nothing to say, or you think no one is listening, y'all,
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: somebody out there needs to hear your voice. It is
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: your voice. It is that message that God has placed
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: within you because He's given us all a gift and
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: a talent. He's given us all something something for the
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: building of this kingdom. Don't just think that you don't
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: have a voice. Know that everything that you went through,
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: everything that you endured, it was to make you better.
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  Speaker 1: It was to break me in and mold you into
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  Speaker 1: who He has called and purposed you to be. Before
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  Speaker 1: even the creation of time, he already knew everything about
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: us before we was even conceived in our mother's womb.
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  Speaker 1: So know that if he's given you a test it
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: was only for a testimony, so that you can be
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: able to share it with somebody else, because it's your testimony.
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  Speaker 1: It is that thing that you are going through, that
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: thing that you have overcome, that is going to help
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  Speaker 1: somebody else. The test is only for a moment, y'all,
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: so that you can have that testimony. So I encourage you.
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  Speaker 1: I encourage you to allow your voice to speak, allow
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: your voice to be heard again. If you would like
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: to be a part of book two and three, just
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: reach out as Queen of Collaborations at gmail dot com,
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: or you can go over to linktree Queen of Collaboration
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: and see how you can connect with me again. If
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: you would like to purchase a copy of this book,
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: of course, you can reach out to me, or you
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: can reach out to one of the amazing poets that's
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: a part of this book and you can allow them
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: to sign it, give you an autograph, write you a
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: message to make it personalized, and definitely connect again. I
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: thank you guys for tuning in. I thank you for listening.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: I thank you for sharing, and those that are on TikTok.
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: Thank you for the gifts. Thank you for the gifts.
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: I appreciate it. I thank you for supporting the platform.
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: And I tell you, if there's anything that has blessed
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: you on today, make sure that you substride, make sure
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: that you are following, make sure that you're staying connected,
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: and if you have an opportunity, go over and check
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: out some of those clips that we have. You'll find
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: some amazing clips from these amazing hosts here on the
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: Crew podcast. Every show has clips from their show, so
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: you get an opportunity to connect with them, see what
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: they're doing, see what they're talking about on their show,
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: and if you want to be a part of their podcast,
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: can reach out to them if they're on link Tree
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: the Crew Podcast twenty three, or you can just reach
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: out to me and I definitely will put you in
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: contact with them. There are some amazing queens and we
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: have one king that's holding it down on them, Kings
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: of the Airway, y'all. And we're getting ready to gear up.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: We're getting ready to close out season number three and y'all,
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: we're going to be going into season four. So February first,
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: we will be kicking out season four. We do have
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: some available slots for those that may be interested in
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: joining our podcast network. We have I think we have
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: three or four slots for our queens, and we have
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: about ten slots available for those males that want to
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: come on, those kings that want to come on and
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: share their voice, allow their message to resonate around the world. Y'all.
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: We stream live to four platforms and then it's uploaded
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: to it about fifty team the sixteen platforms. I think
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: I took the opportunity yesterday to share all of those
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: platforms on Facebook so that those that say, oh, how
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: can we catch y'all, how can we follow y'all, how
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: can we support you? They are floating around on Facebook.
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: So if you on Facebook, y'all, go over and see
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: how you can check out these amazing queens. Of course,
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: we have YouTube. We're on Twitch, We're on kick, we're
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: on Substack, we're on daj Or, we're on Amazon Music,
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: we're on listen Note, Spotify, our heart Pod, podcast Attic,
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: and Podchaser. I think there's a couple of more, y'all
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: forgotten a couple of them, but y'all, there's an array
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: of platforms. I'm telling you if you google the Crew podcast,
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: it'll tell you where you can follow and support the
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: things that we're doing again. I thank you, guys, and
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: I hope you will go over and support these amazing
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: poets that share from their heart and soul. Y'all, thank
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  Speaker 1: you for tuning in. I love y'all and be blessed.
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