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DA CREW PODCAST SEASON 1_ EPISODE #159_ HOST BLAQUE DIAMOND · DA CREW Podcast

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What's Your Host? Black Diamond? Hey everybody, this is Black Diamond from
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the Crew Network and you're listening to Basic Black After Dark Podcasts, the show
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that meets you where you are and give you what you ask for. We're
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entering the holiday season and many of us are finding holiday deals. Many of
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those deals are found on Black Friday. Black Friday is a colloquial term for
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the Friday after Thanksgiving. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season,
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where many stores are for highly promoted sales at discounting prices and often open
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early, sometimes as early as midnight or the Evil Thanksgiving. While many people
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believe the term black Friday finds its roots in the sense of black meaning showing
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a profit or not showing any losses. This isn't the case. Historically,
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Black has been associated with days of economic stress instead of booming commercial success.
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It was also said that Black Friday stemmed from slavery. It was the day
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after Thanksgiving when slave traders would sell slaves for a discount to assist plantation owners
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with more helpers for the upcoming winter. Go figure selling people to kick off
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the holiday season. Basic Black presents black business owners who are doing amazing things.
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Please welcome. We have a few people who probably are here and some
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that's probably traveling, and I don't want those who are traveling to pull over
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to the side or to come on and talk from where they at. We'll
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catch up with them later. But we would have miss Erica folks with Neil
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Clinic. We are promoting positivity. Name Shane Roberts with Imperial Dazzle, Trevita
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Harris, Wings of Transformation Publishing. We're promoting Imperial Design Apparel. We have
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S. K. Wilber with b Brave, Barbara Melvin with upp aty Enigro,
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and we have Doctor Tom doctor Apostle Kimberly Thomas, Excuse Me with Destiny,
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Blame Boutique, Divine Connections, Financial Literacy Group, and Daughter of Destiny
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Enterprise and Yours Truly Basic Black. When you move to a new state,
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it's hard starting over. There's a new job, new friend, and a
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new home. One of the hardest things for me was finding someone to do
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my nails. That young lady has been keeping my nails on point for almost
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ten years. She provides information and education on how to maintain my nails at
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home. She does nail art or design for my own personal expression or enhancement.
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We have Miss Erica who's with nail Clinics and she's a nail boss.
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I'm not sure if she made it in tonight, Miss Erica, are you
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here tonight? All right? She might not have made it, but that's
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okay. We're gonna move on. We have Positivity May. It's a nonprofit
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organization. It was created in twenty twenty two by Janey Forbes. This Body
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Acceptance and Inclusion program incorporates self love and encourages individuals to love themselves, to
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be kind to their bodies, and spread positivity to others. As a mother
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of six, Ooh Janay is also a nursing student and a big advocate for
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many things. Jane likes to stay busy, so busy that each year Positivity
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Nay holds a big weekend event in November which just happens to be held tonight
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through Sunday at the US Hotel in Pennsylvania, which is why Jane cannot be
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here tonight with us. She would like for you to know. During the
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summer months they hold a shoot a photoshoot with over fifteen categories and fifty to
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sixty models embracing many things such as mom bonds, those who are in recovery,
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the LGBTQIA, people of color, disabilities, men, boudoir and much
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more. The photos are then put on display at a formal gallery event and
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they raise money they donated to different charities in the community. If you would
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like to become a model, please contact Janee on Facebook or her nonprofit page,
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Positivity Nay or email her at Positivity Nay one at gmail dot com.
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She also has a clothing line Positivity Name at Lydia and O two the number
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two dot square dot site, so check her out For some great deals to
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support Positivity Name. You can do so through donations. They are funded through
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the Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation. Thank you your name for bringing normalcy to normal
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bodies. Now let me ask you how many of you like to jazz it
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up, spend a few dollars and feel like a million. Shane Roberts,
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Imperial Design, Imperial Dazzle got you because she got me. Shane is here
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to represent and present you with some of her wonderful pieces and to let you
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know how to get in touch with them. He is welcome the Imperial Queen.
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Shane. Hey, Shane, Oh you did okay, Yes, I'm
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so sorry. I was on my my mic was muted. Hello everyone,
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good evening, good evening, good evening, good evening. I don't how
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is the farm working. Just tell us a lot, Tell a little bit
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about myself. Yeah, just tell yourself, tell about yourself, and to
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tell about Imperial Dazzle. Okay, So Imperial Dazzle. So first and foremost,
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my name is Shane, and again my business is Imperial Dazzle. And
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what that is is if you never heard of paparazzi. Paparazzi jewelry is nickel
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and lead free based jewelry, UH costume jewelry that where you where you buy
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all the different uh costume jewelry. We sell the same jewelry, we just
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sell it for five dollars and also we have an amazing twenty five dollar line.
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Also a little bit about myself. I'm rambling because I'm so nervous.
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This is first too. It is it is an honor for anyone to ask
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you to do anything. But I've never been able to be on a forum
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before, so this is I'm a little nervous, so I'm going all over
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the place again. But this is my thing. This is what I do
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again. If you are looking for costume jewelry, I am the costume jewelry
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girl. I My website is www dot Imperial Dazzle dot com. I don't
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know if you can see it on my banner and when you can shop to
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you drop twenty four hours, seven days a week. I go live on
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Facebook selling jewelry. Where I met black Donald out of the Blue. I
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met her and she shops with me and I go live on Tuesdays, Thursdays
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and Sunday. Tuesdays and Thursdays between eight pm seven thirty at eight pm and
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Sunday at five pm. Again Paparazzi Jewelry is a Christian based organization and it
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is one hundred Nickel and Leffrey compliant. I started Paparachi Jewelry four years ago.
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I am an executive directed in this business. I have thirty two now
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thirty two consultants that are underneath me that sell jewelry with me. To make
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our financial lives different. We're doing things that we love to do with jewelry.
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Playing with jewelry is every woman's dream and why not make money from it.
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So this month for Paparazzi, they are having a promotion. Normally it's
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a ninety nine dollars you can get a ninety nine dollars kid, a two
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ninety nine kid, or a four ninety nine kit to join Paparazzi to get
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your own website and start selling the jewelry yourself. But this month you could
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actually join and become a consultant for just twenty dollars. So if anyone is
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interested in selling Paparazzi, if you heard about it, you can hit me
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up and message me or message me in Facebook, or my telephone number is
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on my business card. If anybody, you could hit me up and I
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can tell you more about this business. This business has changed my life,
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totally changed my life. My life with just selling five dollar jewelry two years
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ago, quick fast, I became homeless. Nothing that I did. I
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went and rented a four bedroom house, and the landlord, four months after
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me fixing it up and doing everything, said, oh, I'm selling it.
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So I had to leave and become homeless. With Paparazzi being able to
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sell my jewelry going live every day, I was able to get up the
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money to get my own get another place, and just start all over.
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In the midst of that, I lost my Facebook page, so I lost
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all of my customer base. So everything seemed like it was happening at one
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time. But I serve an awesome God who said sit still, I got
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other plans for you to put you in different directions. And these are the
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directions that he's showing me today. Where if somebody came and asked me to
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come on a forum to discuss paparazzi. So I'm excited about the opportunity and
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I truly truly thank you Black Di'm in for this opportunity. And again,
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if anybody is looking to I'm never this nervous, I promise you. So
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if anybody's looking to talk to me or or I want to talk about joining
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paparazzi or selling paparazzi jewelry or buying paparazzi jewelry, because I am live Tuesdays,
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Thursdays and Sundays on Facebook, or you could be living Queens, I
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can do a messenger, a whole messenger live with you with my jewelry.
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I am truly right now, I am packing at this moment. I have
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two of my friends here and we're packing because we're going to a vending event
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tomorrow with the Delta's, the Amazing Deltas. I having the big event tomorrow
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in Queens and I'm packing for it right now. So I'm gonna excuse myself.
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But if anybody has any questions or want to ask me anything right now,
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I am free. And again, I am honored Diamond four for you
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asking me to come on tonight. You're so welcome. I'm so happy and
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grateful to have you on. Now. What time are you usually on?
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I'm usually on again Tuesdays and Thursdays at eight pm live on Facebook. And
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again, my name is Shane Roberts on Facebook. I didn't change up.
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My business name is in Perial Dazl Sunday at five pm on Facebook. Okay,
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So they could be anywhere, living anywhere and you they can still be
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a consultant underneath you. Absolutely, I have no. I have one consultant
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under me in New York. I have all around everywhere, North Carolina,
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Alana, Maryland, Pennsylvania. I have them all over all over at the
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end, not I know only personally, No, only four of the consultants.
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Everyone has met me on Facebook and joined under me on face and it's
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very simple to set up. It's very simple for me to teach you everything
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you need to know and get you started with being a consultant. Okay,
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Well, we I have something that I'm gonna be working on and I mentioned
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it to you before. So I'm gonna be coming back to New York,
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which is my home as well. I don't We're gonna be working on something.
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So I'm definitely gonna get with you on that. If anybody wants to
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order anything, Shane Roberts is here. Imperial Dazzle is what she has going
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on, and just check her out. Okay, we have a phone number
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you want to give to them. Yes, again, my number is on
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my business card. I don't know if that's oh, that's just the picture,
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okay, my business, my home. My cell number is six four
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six two four four four three one four and again s h A Y N
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E is my name and on Facebook Shane Roberts. Okay, and that is
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on Instagram, which I'm trying to get back again. When I lost my
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Facebook page, it swiped everything. It swiped my Instagram and everything. So
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I'm just getting my Instagram back up and that's coming soon too. Losing Facebook
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is really hard. Up. I was hacked. I'm gonna say that I
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was hacked. We can't say it on Facebook, but nevertheless, I was
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hacked and they took everything, changed my password, my date of birth,
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everything, took everything. I lost four thousand followers. Well follow her.
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She's gonna be coming up with TikTok. So just keep looking out for Imperial
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Dazzle. Thank you so much, shame for being here. And if you
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want to stick around or just leave yourself on somebody, they just pop in
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and have a question or two for you. No problem, no problem.
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Okay. Some of you may not know that I'm not only a podcaster.
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I am also an author and I don't know how many times I've been asked,
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how do I get my book published? Well, I have something for
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you. Not only is she a published author, but she's a little dynamite
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in the publishing world. I am talking about none other than Trevida Harris with
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Wings of Transformation Publishing. Hey, Hey, how are you. How's it
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going? It's going, It's gone, y'all. Please excuse the little grand
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baby in the background crying right now. So I'm trying to multi task here,
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so that's why I was late. But I am Trevina Harris. Huh,
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I said, You're fine, You're fine, Okay. I'm Trevina Harris
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and I am an author and owner of Wings of Transformation Publishing. I started
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this company almost two years ago. I have a couple of clients that I
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have published for and we're currently working on a new book entitled From Their Eyes
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is from the perspective of people who have been raised by foster parents, are
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adopted, are family members, of things of that nature. So be on
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the lookout for that book coming May twenty four. Things that I do with
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the company, I offer consultations, editing, as far as the developmental editing,
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proofreading, structure, development for books, anything that you're basically looking forward
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to get started. I know how to help you get started, because that's
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most of the questions that people ask, How do I get started? Well,
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really, how do you get started? Do you simply start writing?
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After you start writing, we can talk about how to set it up structurally
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so that it reads good, not to change anybody's story or anything like that,
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just so that the words flow together in proper contexts. Other than that,
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that's about all I have to say about Wings of Transformation publishing. If
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you look in the right contact me, I got you. I see that
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some people they all already writers, and they get stuck where they say,
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I have writers. How do you help them with that? How do the
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way that I do that? Because I get stuck myself. Sometimes when I'm
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writing, I go to my favorite place, and that's usually somewhere where water
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is, where a lake is, a fountain, waterfall, something like that.
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Go to your favorite place that relaxes you and be free of any distractions.
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Don't let your mind and wonder to what has you blocked with writing?
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Because if you consistently think about what has you blocked. You're not going to
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get past that. So go to a comfortable space. Make sure that your
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behind's not hurting or anything. Make sure that you're sitting comfortably and you don't
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have those other distractions, and just let your mind relax and flow into what
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it is that you want to write about. And when you move those district
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actions out of the way, your writer block tends to go away. Now,
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there are some writers that's considered indie writers. Can you tell us a
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little bit about that? I think you're mute. I didn't hear you say
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that one more time. There's some writers who are considered indie writers. Are
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those the self published? What's your question? There are some writers who are
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considered indie writers. Can tell us about that? Yes, most of those
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who are writers like that. They are pretty much self published writers. Independent
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are theres where they don't go within like a publishing company like what I have.
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They end up doing most of the things independently on their own. And
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that's how I started, is the self publishing. I've taught myself a lot
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of this stuff due to my brain disorder. I didn't want anybody coming in
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trying to tell me that what I was doing wasn't right when I was simply
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trying to learn the process. Nothing that I did when I started was perfect.
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But as I've gotten old, gotten through the process, I've learned how
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to format, how to do covers, how to do the chapter headlines,
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the table of contents. All of those things was a learning process. And
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you know, whenever you're starting, you're going to have people that are going
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to tell you that nothing's great, nothing's perfect. They didn't like how you
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did this and how you did that. But don't focus on that. Focus
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on the assignment that God gave you to write your story, write your book
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in the context and how He presented it to you. And you if I
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would have stuck with what people said about me in the beginning, I probably
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wouldn't be here. But I'm a little stubborn and I'm a little hard headed,
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so I listen to what God tells me to do. And anybody else
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that has anything to say outside of that, they got to take that up
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with him, not me. Okay, she said it, She said what
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she said. Now, there's some writing somebody who write children's books, but
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then there's also children who write books. You are you working with children who
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write books? As well. I have not yet, but I do have
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a young author that's trying to get started. But they are so hesitant because
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you know, when they're really young, they're like, I don't think they're
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gonna like me. I said, well, you know, whenever you're ready,
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we'll sit down together and we'll do it together. And I said,
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okay, ms Veto, we'll do it when when I'm ready. So can
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I call you? Yes, you can call me whenever you're ready and we'll
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sit down and we'll go through it together, step by step. So she's
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eight years old, so I said, our wait till you're ready. Well,
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there you go. She's taking on the young writers as well. Now
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we have it here That indie book is either self published or published by independent
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Press. Yes, and I am impressed with miss Travida and her Wings of
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Transformation. So if you're out there and you're interested in writing a book,
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even poetry, you taking on poetry as well. Yes, that was my
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very first book. Yes, here's her information. Wings of Transformation with Trevida
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Harris. You can contact us. She's gonna take you right through that journey
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and I think you're gonna have something good coming out. Thank you. So
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much beautiful being. If you want to stick around just in case somebody want
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to contact you or to speak to you, her information is here. She's
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gonna still be here. You can come in and talk. We're gonna take
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a small commercial break and we'll be right back. That's my halfpint. She
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rocks. Turn off the legs, lead a candle, tonight, Amen to
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the margin. Let's take a shower shower together. I was abundeed you was
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my dadda somewhat wealthy and say just turn off the girl. I want to
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care of you. What's special? Tweet You're so sweet? Turn Yeah,
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that's me. That's my commercial here. I am for Black Friday as well.
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We also did a soft release of a new candle, and that one
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is called the Forever Candle, and believe it or not, we are sold
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out. We just let it go a couple of days ago, and it
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really didn't even go out to the public because somebody knew that I had it
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in the Forever Candle. Those Forever candles are I had in mind for children
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who were being adopted because they're going to be going to forever families. So
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I came up with the Forever Candle. And we have we I know of
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twenty three families that are adopting children tomorrow morning at the courthouse, and each
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one of those families are getting a Forever candle. And I am so so
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happy. I almost wanted to cry when I found out they wanted the candles
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for that. And as a matter of fact, I put some samples out
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last year and they took the candles last year, but this year they took
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everything that I had, and I had some from other people who wanted those
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candles. So we're gonna be coming out with that candle line again. And
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we're also coming out with candles for men. That's gonna be twenty twenty four,
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So my candles for men are coming out, and this special. Those
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candles are special, I can tell you, and I can get I can
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just about guarantee that you're gonna love them. Now, I'm not gonna tell
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you about how old I am, but how many of you can go back
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at least ten years or maybe I can go back a little further than that,
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maybe maybe eleven years and still say that was in high school. And
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that's as far as I'm gonna go, and that's as far as I'm gonna
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say too. Do you remember the fashion, the plaids, the straight leg
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pants. What about the book bags with the lone Ranger on it or strawberry
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shortcake? No, not with cream on time. Well, today book bags
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mean a lot when you go to school shopping for your kids. I know
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when I'm in there, they want jan Sport, they want this character on
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it, they want that character, characters I have never even seen before.
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They often want those name brand ones. But those book bags don't tell a
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story, cool stories about historical superheroes. S K. Wilber is here tonight
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to tell you that b Brave bags are all about it. It's the social
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justice for me. Welcome s K. Wilbert. Hey, Black's long girl.
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You know what's going on. I'm gonna tell you right now, this
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is what's going on. I got mine, yess I do. I got
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more than when I got two these book bags. Now I'm supposed to buy
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him for the kids for school. I got them. Tell me about your
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book bags. So be Brave by s. K. Wilber is a line
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of backpacks that use comic book style art to tell stories that help improve kids
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self esteem, sense of belonging, and hope for their future by connecting them
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to black historical superheroes who are often missing from classrooms and school curriculums. I
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was inspired to do this because when I was a college freshman, I took
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my first Black Studies course, and I started learning about all of these wonderful
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activists and writers and change makers. And then I started thinking, how come
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I'm just learning about these people. How come they weren't included in my education
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prior to college. And that was so many years ago. And I'm using
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my skills as a bag designer now to help tell these stories and to connect
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kids to our past, our very rich past as Americans and as black people.
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Wow. I was impressed. A friend of a mutual friend was doing
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a charity thing with the bags, and they asked me, did I want
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to purchase them? And I looked at the bag and I said, oh,
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yeah, I do want to purchase those. As a matter of fact,
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I'll take two of them because I have two little boys who see the
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bags, but they're not carrying the bags yet. They realize that I still
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have the bags, but I haven't. I just opened it up just before
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the show here tonight. But I'm going to show the bags again you can
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see it on the screen. But I have my bag here and I'm going
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to read some of the stuff that my bag has. One here. You
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see some of these heroes on there, and it says we have a bright
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future ahead of us. Social justice is for everyone. Together, we will
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change the world. It says justice. And you see the hero sign on
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the back. It got the pal sign all over the thick straps. Here.
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Tell me about this key chain here, this chain that we have.
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So yes, each backpack comes with the collectible QR code that you can scan
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and it takes the young person or the user to the website where they can
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learn about black historical superheroes. Right now, our first drop is social justice.
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So we have people like sojourn a Truth and Medga Evers and Ruby Bridges.
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But we also have people like to meek A Mallory and Brian Stevenson who
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are modern day social justice leaders. And not only that, but we have
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young people who create their own content videos using rap, spoken word, dance
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and step that speak the same language as their peers, and they educate their
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peers and inspire them hopefully to create their own wraps and their own pieces about
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these historical superheroes. So you're educating them all the way around, you know,
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not just with carrying this bag on their back. I could imagine just
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putting this on my back or anybody's back and people just staring and looking and
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reading and wondering where to get the bag from. This is an awesome bag.
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I'm just loving it. And then you and they got some deep pockets
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on the side too. Oh my, whoa you hear me? Pull this
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apart. Look at this. These are some big pockets on the side.
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Yes, you can fetch your water bottles on the side of my sides.
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Yes, it is my hands want too. Oh my. Yeah, So
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you're teaching them, like I said, you're teaching on nothing. So I
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guess I ain't gonna have to let them know that I still have the bags
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down here. Thank you so much, mister Wilbur. Waitna, I'm gonna
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I'm gonna attach this here, this piece, and I'm gonna let them go
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and scan it. And I guess this is what we're gonna do over the
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Thanksgiving holiday, and we're gonna be looking at this and we're gonna be talking.
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See that, My kids don't like me when it comes to black history.
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Month because I give them lessons because the schools don't. Yeah exactly,
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they go, they don't give them a lesson. So my older kids is
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looking at them and lap and say, yup, it's about that time.
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Remember you made me do it, So now it's there turn us. I
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didn't forget. But see now I got something I'm gonna add to it.
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So this book bag is gonna be a part of the lesson and everything else.
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Like you was mentioning to journ the Douglas, to journ the truth and
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everybody else that's involved with it, we're gonna be doing this as well.
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So we're gonna be doing this, and I thank you so much. How
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could they get in contact with you to get one of these fabulous bags?
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And the bag is the only thing that we can get from you. So
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actually you have the wrong website on this. The website is www dot b
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not b E, just the letter B Brave Backpacks dot com. That's B
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Brave back Backpacks dot com. See I'm not ashamed to sit here and say
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I made a mistake and write it out again. Here give me that again
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www dot B Brave b b R a ve e Backpacks dot com. MM
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hmm. And there you can shop the backpacks, you can see different facts
31:41
about our celebrated historical social justice leaders, and you can see videos of young
31:52
people who have created their own rap spoken word dance that celebrates these black historical
32:01
figures and educates their peers. Wow, speaking of celebration, there was something
32:08
else that you were celebrating. I had at an award. You was up
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on an award? Oh I don't know. Yes, look no, I'm
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digging into everything everybody's business. So yeah, we're gonna talk about that because
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I know that I saw a little something something up in it. So yeah,
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we're gonna talk. Yes, definitely gonna talk. Yes we will.
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And so they are available on the website of course, be Brave Backpacks dot
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com, but they're also available on Walmart dot com if that makes it easier
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for people to shop. They are forty five dollars each. You can also
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on the website and on Walmart dot com order a T shirt. Right now,
32:52
I am wearing a sweatshirt with with the artwork on it and on the
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back we have the scannable QR code as well. M Wally. We're on
33:06
Wally. Were everybody they got them backpacks. So yeah, let's go to
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Walmart dot com put in be Brave backpacks and it'll come right up. Well,
33:15
thank you think you think, you think, you think a million times?
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Thank you for these backpacks because I was tired of seeing nothing against jan
33:22
sport. But come on, they wasn't as heavy because you think the kids
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carrying them for what about a month? And then I got to get another
33:30
bag. They're not some of the bags and not gonna put them out the
33:32
lay. But some bags that some people are selling they're not as sturdy.
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But this bag is. It's a heavy bag. And you know these kids
33:39
be busting their backs with all those books. Yeah it's deep. See I
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can see there all night long and talk about how deep it is. Oh,
33:47
look at pockets on the inside too, that's right, and all those
33:52
pieces of crayons and pencils and stuff. A special compartment if your child carries
34:00
a laptop, has a special compartment for the laptop. Oh they're still not
34:06
getting that bag. I'm gonna still keep the bag getting that back. You
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know, you know, you know, you know how well some of my
34:15
grandkids might be getting some extra Christmas gifts and that there you had to go
34:20
there. You have somebody's worth it because they're beautiful bags. And I think
34:22
I will, I think I will thank you so much you stick around.
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I'm hoping that people come and call in order some of this stuff that we
34:30
have going on here by Black Friday. This is that pre by Black Friday.
34:35
And speaking of black I want to know something else. Did you know
34:38
the word uppity is racist? Yep, it's racist. A lot of people
34:44
have no idea that that word uppity will applied to black people has racist connotations.
34:51
Lyndon D. Johnson once said, these in words, they're getting pretty
34:57
uppity these days, and that's a problem for us, since they've gotten something
35:00
now they never had it before, the political poll to back up these uppiting
35:06
nets. And you know what they meant by uppinging this. I ain't gonna
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say it on here. Now. We've got to do something about this.
35:12
This is me quoting Lyndon B. Johnson. We've got to give them a
35:15
little something, just enough to quiet them down and not enough to make a
35:20
difference. Well, my next guest is making a difference with a clothing line
35:24
upiting N word. Please welcome Barbara Malvin Hi. Everybody saying the N word
35:34
I just had, you know, I mean, well, this, this,
35:37
this one is safer than what I was called when I was driving trucks.
35:39
So and that's where the name came from. So I knew the history
35:45
of the word. And I became a truck driver, and I had been
35:50
called the other with the hard R so many times by envelopean drivers that I
36:00
decided that I would get paid to be called such and so if they were
36:07
going to call me that, they would have to put up in the at
36:08
the very beginning. Because one of the things that I don't have is that
36:13
thing that says, when somebody stepped towards you and they're bigger than you,
36:15
to run. I don't. I don't particularly have that. I have that
36:20
cool to Kent Jean where I stayd flat footed and I'm gonna argue and I'm
36:24
going in. So that's the other thing. Let me let me say this.
36:30
I feel so bad about being on this panel because everybody got these inspiring
36:35
stories. Everybody got these things, and the only reason I started selling these
36:38
things with uppity negro on it is because I had an attitude and I wanted
36:43
to be spiteful. And I feel like I'm not in the right company.
36:47
Yes, everybody's because I just I did this out of spite. I did
36:53
this to show people that story right there. I did this out of fight
37:00
because I wanted people to understand that just be called you, but just because
37:05
you called me something. And I answer to that, I'm gonna flip it
37:08
around and make it mean what I wanted to mean. And and and I
37:14
am upp aty, you're not gonna You're not going to tell tell me whatever
37:17
you wanted. Doctor, You're not gonna tell me whatever you when they told
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me I had cancer, don't give me no. I told them, don't
37:22
tell me. I don't want to know about a noma or car So I
37:27
don't care about none of that. It's your job. Go get a book,
37:31
go get another doctor. Now tell me how to get rid of it,
37:34
and let me go about my business. And that was it. And
37:37
so I got a lot of it. And I'm pretty sure that everybody got
37:39
a little up at the miss things said that she miss sorry they took your
37:44
name down. They she said that she's a little hard headed. Honey.
37:47
That's uppity right there. We're gonna get you one in paint, you feel
37:50
me? And so and that's where the name really came from. Being a
37:53
truck driver and being called that because I had long dreadlocks and I drove a
38:01
truck better than most men. I drive trucks better than most men do,
38:05
and I learned how to drive trucks how to spite because they told me I
38:07
couldn't do that either with nails lashes and different color contacts because you know,
38:12
I got three more colors in the bathroom. But that's my business, it's
38:15
not yours. So she hung about she and the wrong company. Well,
38:21
she needs to add another business. So because I keep telling her and everybody
38:24
else that she as funny as anything. So we're gonna be I'm gonna be
38:28
going for a little while because we'll be taking her show on because that's where
38:31
she needs to be, on the road driving truck. Now, I don't
38:35
have a problem with being in the truck. Just make sure there's bed in
38:37
the back. You got one that got a bet in the back. I'm
38:39
with you always. So the website for Uppery Negro is it's just that it's
38:45
Uppery Negro Apparel Dot Shop and you can go on there. I do not
38:52
celebrate Christmas and all those other things. However, I went in on this
38:57
week and I put everything except the shoes at twenty to thirty percent off,
39:02
and that is a listen. I thought I knew what percents was because you
39:07
know, Jesus take ten. But when you do thirty, it does something.
39:10
Listen. I had a little mild heart attack, but I'm okay.
39:14
I just put a beer aspirt under my tongue and we good. So I
39:17
did bring a couple of things. I love the one that she got,
39:21
but I have on one of my shirts now this is my favorite, which
39:24
is why I cut this right here. But I don't know if you can
39:28
see it. I got it and you can. And the Negro the negroes
39:31
is right there. And then I usually when people order them, I know,
39:37
I think my light is too bright, but that's it. Usually when
39:42
when people order them from me, they'll send me the color of the tennis
39:45
shoes that they want they're gonna wear with it, and then I match whatever
39:50
is in the uppity. This is pink. I match whatever the uppity's gonna
39:53
be. So it's not one, you know, one little thing is whatever
40:00
color that you want, and I'll show you a pair of shoes and then
40:04
I'm gonna move out of the way. I see the arrow was part of
40:08
that. I didn't look at it and notice that before, but I see
40:10
that arrow, so now I'm getting it. Yeah the arrow was Yeah,
40:15
but that arrow was pointing right up to you saying I get it all right.
40:19
Yeah. So it's a it's a design that I came up with in
40:21
the middle of the night. This is the shoe. Maybe I need to
40:23
turn that light away. Oh wow? Oh and this is this is a
40:34
denim shoe, which means it's a really it's a good material. And these
40:38
are my personal pair. Oh so this what is that on the front?
40:47
I will if you order them and have them sit to me, I will
40:51
bling them out and then send them to you. Wow. Wow, Okay,
40:57
and that's yourself. I know that the preacher is here and I and
41:02
Pastor. Please don't come for me, ma'am. But I also don't come
41:07
for me, please, ma'am. Everybody, everybody has done this, and
41:12
that's how we got here. I also sell Bedroom Candy, which is an
41:15
adult toy company, and that's all I'm going to say about that. Because
41:21
the Pastor smiling at me in a way that reminds me of Jesus, and
41:24
I'm done. I can't. I can't do no more. I can't.
41:30
All I'm musa say is I'm gonna move over? Yeah? You know who
41:34
was talking when they said all of that nothink, bedroom candy and stuff.
41:37
That was her. Yeah, I'm done. I'm done with that. That
41:40
was her. All right, everybody, thank you so much and continue to
41:45
support our black businesses. That was missed upity there with the N word right
41:51
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He has some pretty nice things. And I've been in this store and he's
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printing something up for somebody I know. So I hope she's not watching,
43:12
but I hope she's watching, but she don't need to know that it is
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for her. She has a divine line and is destined for greatness. When
43:19
I speak of divine destiny, I mean something different, someone different. I
43:24
mean two aspects between divine and destiny. She's absolutely dominant no matter where she
43:30
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talking about doctor Apostle Kimberly Thomas with Destiny Bling Boutique, Divine Connections Financial Literacy
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Group and Daughter of Destiny Enterprise. Welcome doctor Apostle Kimberly Thomas. Good evening,
43:53
everyone, Good evening, and thank you for the opportunity. I am
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going to just talk a little bit tonight about Divine Connections Financial Literacy Group.
44:07
Divine Connections Financial Literacy Group is one of the entities that we have where we
44:15
offer financial literacy to our community. Our community is missing so much when it
44:23
comes to financial literacy, when it comes to building generational wealth, and when
44:29
it comes to making sure that we have a solid financial foundation. So one
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of the things that we offer with Divine Connections Financial Literacy Group is we offer
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free financial need analysis. If you don't know what your financial needs are,
44:49
you will never know how to become wealthy. So we offer these services.
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These services could cost you anywhere from twenty five hundred dollars and we offer this
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as a free service to bring our community in and allow our community to be
45:07
able to gain the information that they need. We know that we often say
45:14
knowledge is powerful, but applied knowledge is powerful. And so when we offer
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these services, we want them to give you an idea of where you are
45:27
financially, what you need, whether or not you need protection for your family,
45:31
whether you need to budget, whether you need to manage your debt get
45:37
out of debt. It's so important for us to take the opportunity to build
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that generational wealth, to assist our families, making sure that when we leave
45:47
this world, our families are covered, our families are protected, they are
45:52
able to live the same lifestyle that they led while the breadwinner was alive,
46:00
and so that's very important. It's mostly important for our African American community because
46:06
we see so many gofundmeans, so many containers at the corner store, fish
46:14
fries, dinner sales, all of these things when our loved ones pass away.
46:17
But it's our responsibility to take care of our loved ones, to take
46:22
care of that final need. So Divine Connections Financial Literacy Group, that is
46:29
what we're here for. That is one of the services that we provide and
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I really want to bring and shed light on that because it is very important.
46:42
We were talking prior to the show about check writing and things of that
46:45
nature. Many of our young people don't know how to write check. Some
46:49
of our older people don't know how to write checks, don't know how to
46:52
manage money, don't know how to manage a checkbook. A lot of them.
46:57
All they know is when they're graduating from high school, they're being offered
47:01
all of these credit cards and the only words that they know is swipe it
47:06
up, swipe it up, and never keeping a track of anything that they
47:12
are spending there, just swiping it up, and before you know it,
47:15
they are overwhelmed with debt. So I want to offer our services to each
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and every one of you here with Divine Connections by the Literacy Group. You
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can reach out to us at eight five zero three two two three six seven
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five to schedule your free financial needs analysis. Get it on paper. When
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you see it on paper, it has a whole nother view. I asked
47:45
the question a couple of nights ago. If someone came up to you and
47:47
ask you how much would it take for you to become debt free? Do
47:52
you really know the answer? Would you be able to just give them the
47:57
answer right off the top of your head or would you be screaming around trying
48:00
to figure out what it would take for you to be financially free. So
48:06
it's very important for us to know those numbers. Know your numbers. Once
48:09
again, connect with me with Divine Connections Financial Literacy Group. I would love
48:16
to give you an opportunity to sit down and show you what is actually on
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paper for you your financial needs, helping you with your budget and any of
48:29
your estate planning, anything that you need as far as your protection, I
48:35
am here for you. Once again. I want to thank you Black Diamond
48:38
for the opportunity tonight to share with your viewers our services. Thank you might
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have a question for you, when do you think we should start talking to
48:50
our children about finances? Because I heard you mention these teenagers swiping it up,
48:54
Yes they do. Who do you think we should start talking to them
48:59
about our finances? I believe a child at as early as the age of
49:05
ten can understand a concept of money if we bring them in and just teach
49:09
them from saving in their piggy bank, starting them out with a small savings
49:16
account. You know, that was one of the things that we did with
49:20
our son as he was growing up. When he had received his allowances,
49:24
he had to save part of that allowance. We taught him about tithe and
49:30
we taught him about giving, and also we tried to keep him in a
49:35
place of spending, his spending being limited. So I think a child as
49:42
early as the age of ten that can understand the concept of money, I
49:46
think it is very important to start them off. And if we start them
49:51
off where they are in their understanding, as they grow older they will have
49:57
that concept. We will have place the foundation for them to build upon.
50:02
So I guess when they start getting those when they do their chores and they
50:07
get allowance and everything. That would be the perfect time for them to start
50:10
learning the value of money, the actual value of money. Think you think
50:15
you? Thank you so much. I want to thank Erica from the Neil
50:20
Clinic, Jane with Positive and Name Shame with Imperial Dazzle, Trevena with Wings
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of Transformation Publishing, s. K. Wilbur with b Bray, Barbara with
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Uppity the n Word, Eric with Imperial Design Apparel, and Doctor Apostle,
50:36
Kimberly Thomas with Divine Connections Financial Literacy for bringing it all in, bringing it
50:42
all in for everyone out there. We have so much to offer one another,
50:46
and we can offer these services and everything we have to others as well.
50:51
So we're not a closed in group as some may think that we are.
50:54
We're not. We are the type that will share the By Black Movement
50:59
unites black people to buy from black owned businesses. There are three parts to
51:02
the movement. Supporters. They're the black consumers who buy black products, marketers
51:08
who are black people who sell black products, and suppliers who are black businesses
51:15
who supply the black products. To join the Buy Black Movement, go to
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Forward Slash Join us on Tuesday, November twenty first, when we will speak
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