Podcast
Thriving While Black
Hosted by Social Good Solutions · EN
In the philanthropic sector, there are dozens of podcasts discussing philanthropy. What’s missing? A macro-view of the sector and how it actually impacts the Black community, specifically in Southern California. Enter:Thriving While Black-the voices of two Black women, Kaci Patterson and Felicia Jones, who are shaping philanthropy and community while also guest featuring CBO leaders, change makers in philanthropy, and activists who are using their voices, talents, expertise, and platforms to change the landscape of Black Giving and the Black community at large.
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Jason Foster/Destination Crenshaw
Oct 2900:50:30Tap to summarizeSeason 2 of TWB will highlight places within LA & SB Counties that serve as community staples, places of refuge and that symbolize permanence for the Black community where generations of families continue to thrive. Within each neighborhood, there’s always a staple in the community that brings people together- whether a church, restaurant, community center, or park. These places are typically passed down from one generation to the next and play a pivotal role in preserving Blackness as gentrification, underfunding, and climate change threaten their existence. We’ll celebrate the culture and history of these staples by hearing from community members and visiting the places that have become local institutions.
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Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan/Youth Mentoring Action Network/Upland
Sep 3000:46:37Tap to summarizeSeason 2 of TWB will highlight places within LA & SB Counties that serve as community staples, places of refuge and that symbolize permanence for the Black community where generations of families continue to thrive. Within each neighborhood, there’s always a staple in the community that brings people together- whether a church, restaurant, community center, or park. These places are typically passed down from one generation to the next and play a pivotal role in preserving Blackness as gentrification, underfunding, and climate change threaten their existence. We’ll celebrate the culture and history of these staples by hearing from community members and visiting the places that have become local institutions.
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Fran Jemmott Rollins/Windsor Hills
Aug 1800:55:49Tap to summarizeThriving While Black hosts Kaci Patterson and Felicia Jones kickoff season 2 with the Godmother of Black Philanthropy in Los Angeles, Fran Jemmott Rollins.
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Episode 8: Managing While Black
Dec 19, 202401:00:42Tap to summarizeIn this episode, the SGS executive leadership team shares their perspectives on Black women in leadership, especially in light of several high-profile Black women suffering in silence in their workplaces. They debunk myths about Black women working together and discuss how to dismantle supremacy cultures and internalized racism, all while creating the conditions for Black women to thrive as leaders. Each brings their own unique perspective to the firm and provides a lens into how SGS builds an intentional pro-Black woman work culture.
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Episode 7: Storytelling While Black with Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds
Dec 13, 202401:03:07Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Thriving While Black, we’re joined by the trailblazing Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds—Founder and Publisher of Voice Media Ventures, home to Black Voice News and the Black Voice Foundation. As the visionary behind Mapping Black California, a Trustee of both the James Irvine Foundation and the Inland Empire Community Foundation, and Curator of the Footsteps to Freedom LLC tour, Dr. Hinds brings unparalleled insight to the table.Together with hosts Kaci and Felicia, Dr. Brown-Hinds shares her journey as a journalist, publisher, and historian, exploring the critical role of community representation in media as a cornerstone of Black liberation. Tune in for an inspiring conversation on the power of telling our stories, our way.
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Episode 6: Governing While Black with Karim Webb
Oct 21, 202400:54:01Tap to summarizeEveryone has their own lane in the movement. Whether you’re the person on the ground canvassing, or the grant writer submitting proposals, or the funder advocating on behalf of certain organizations, we all have our lane. The folks sitting on boards for nonprofit organizations or philanthropic institutions are crucial figures– they need to be plugged into the community and ready to advance the cause of justice as an institutional north star. At the same time, it’s important for the community to know how to navigate the halls and positions of institutional power. In this episode, we discuss how positional power is an important lever for creating the conditions for Black folks to thrive.In loving memory of Reggie Webb. Beloved husband, father and entrepreneur. (1948-2024)
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Episode 5: Engaging While Black with Karren Lane
Sep 13, 202400:52:33Tap to summarizeConnecting community, philanthropy, and policy together isn’t an easy feat, but it’s necessary. Being able to bridge the three together successfully requires a secret sauce that our hosts and our guest, Karren Lane, most certainly have. How do you navigate differing agendas and a multitude of stakeholders when the community is watching?
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Episode 4: Leading While Black with Marc Philpart
Aug 7, 202400:48:23Tap to summarizeEradicating systemic and institutionalized racism isn’t the work of one organization or two, it’s about creating an ecosystem of power building organizations throughout the state (and country!) that work together to generate a movement. The California Black Freedom Fund and the Black Equity Collective are two examples of what empowering organizations with resources and community allows for maximum impact.
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Episode 3: Organizing While Black with Khalid Alexander
Jul 10, 202400:50:29Tap to summarizeCommunity organizing has always been the most effective tool of the oppressed. Throughout our history and across our diaspora, Black folks have broken links in the chain of oppression and created new possibilities for Black liberation to take shape by developing grassroots leaders as strategists, activists, organizers and movement builders. In this episode, we highlight Pillars of the Community, an organization that embodies what it means to actualize the hopes and dreams of Black Californians experiencing the harshest forms of de facto and de jure oppression through the power of community organizing.
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Episode 2: Innovating While Black with Ashley Bell
Jun 12, 202400:50:29Tap to summarizeThinking outside the box and bringing innovative solutions to philanthropy and investing are two ways that reimagining how capital gets deployed into Black communities will help us all thrive. Join us as we chat with Ashley D. Bell, Georgia-based entrepreneur, attorney and political advisor,, We'll explore strategies from rethinking how we approach grant-making to repositioning Black banks to be major players in real estate development and other capital community investments.
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