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Spotlight Authors Edition: Kacey Powell-Thorps episode 5

Episode 5: Renee and Kinte are joined by Author Kacey Powell-Thorps . 1/12/23 Hosts: Kinte Renee Guest: Kacey Powell-Thorps Greetings, I’m Kacey Powell-Thorps. I’m an author, an actor, and a film producer among other things. I was born and raised in Inglewood, California, my home sweet home. I have been involved in the entertainment industry for years, because of my mother. As a young girl, she put me in commercials. My family background has quite a few entertainers, mostly singers. My father was in a five-boy singing group in high school, which later became a famous R&B trio singing group known today as, The O'Jays. My family is where the inspiration for my first children’s book came from as well as other inspirational people and experiences. Kacey Powell-Thorps Author~Actress~Producer~Host https://www.facebook.com/kaceypowell-thorps https://www.facebook.com/BADPubHub/ https://www.beyondadreambooks.com

Spotlight Authors Edition: Hezekiah Morris episode 4

Episode 4: Renee and Kinte are joined by Author Hezekiah Morris . 12/18/23 Hosts: Kinte Renee Guest: Hezekiah Morris Hezekiah Morris is a 43-year-old alpha male. His leadership skills have been apparent from childhood. He was born in Appomattox Virginia. Hezekiah has one child, Kyla Israel. Despite his trials, Hezekiah graduated Magna Cum Laude from Skyline College in the Computer Engineering Program with a 3.7 GPA and made the Dean's list. Hezekiah is 6x times nominated on various platforms for Author of the year. 2020 S&M Gospel Indie Awards recipient for Author of the year, 2021 Qwerty Thoughts first runner up in 38 countries for Author of the year. Nominated for Best Internet Radio Show of the year for The Authors Lounge and Author of Year 2022. Aspiring Authors Magazine Man of the year 2022. Ubawa top 100 authors of 2021. He also is an columnist for Aspiring Authors Magazine focusing on issues in the African American Communities. Hezekiah Morris is an author of six books Restoring Hezekiah: Changing A Generation, Restoring Hezekiah: Me & Only Me, Remember Them Days When We Were Young, The Player In Me, The Player In Me 2 , and the Invisible Woman. One movie that has been completed based on his novel.. He started writing as early as grade school to address his interest in the females that he liked. The hardest thing he noticed about writing is wondering if anyone is going to read your and if they are going to like what you have to say!! He writes because it takes him to a place where there is no hurt, no pain, and he can be himself. He feels that he is free to be who he wants to be without anyone judging him!!! Your poetry will always be different from someone else’s so don’t measure your work to there’s but what is in your heart!!! His mission is to uplift and inspire children, teenagers, adults across the world that no matter the circumstances you are put in or whatever life throws your way always dream, always have self confidence that you can be whoever, or do whatever you want in life if you stay focused, work hard and be the best version of yourself. That they should tell themselves everyday that "I am Somebody". "I am Hope!!!!

Spotlight Authors Edition: Giving your book to an editor episode 3

Episode 3: Renee and Kinte are joined by Jen to talk about giving your book to an editor. 12/15/23 Hosts: Kinte Renee Guest: Jen https://www.instagram.com/followingbl...

Spotlight Authors Edition: LA Wade episode 2

Episode 2: Renee and Kinte interview LA Wade who is Executive Producer, Writer, Creative Consultant, TV, Podcast and Event Host, Reality TV Star, Relational Wellness Educator, + Brand Ambassador. 12/13/23 Hosts: Kinte Renee Guest: LA Wade / thisislawadeinc https://thisislawade.com/ L.A. Wade holds a M.Ed. from the University of Toronto. She has been perfecting her ability to help others find their voice, speak their truth, and tell their stories in unique and creative ways. Her introductory traveling podcast Cocktales with L.A.The Adventures of a Recovering Sex Addict first aired in January of 2020 and is being developed into a screen play set to release in 2023. The short story anthology is based on her healing and sexual soverignty journey. The CockTale Hour is a weekly podcast on the Business Takeout platform; inspiring Black wealth and Black entrepreneurship, the goal is to have intimate, yet sobering conversations with guests in the arts, culture, sports and entertainment industries. She is set to develop and direct a docuseries called, Can You Hear Us Now based on the book by former Parliamentary Secretary, Celina Caesar-Chavannes. L.A. wrote, produced and hosted Late Night Cocktales, a 13 episode show based on Sexual and Relational Wellness for Feva TV, a Cable network shown in 23 countries, and has also appeared on Afroland TV with over 44 million subscribers for seasons 2 and 3 of the Reality TV show, Naija Wives of Toronto.

Cynthia Exum & the Leimert Park Bookfair Episode 1

Episode 1: Renee and Kinte interview Cynthia Exum. Exum's current projects include producing the annual Leimert Park Book Village Fair, 12/11/23 Hosts: Kinte Renee Guest: Cynthia Ethusian Exum https://www.instagram.com/leimertparkbf Cynthia Ethusian Exum is the Founder and CEO of Exum and Associates, a community relations and project management firm, and has been in business for over 30 years. As a Consultant and Special Event Expert known as a visionary planner and community builder, Exum's client list includes the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, the State of California, Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles Philharmonic, California Council for the Humanities, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Sacramento State University, Pan African Film and Arts Festival, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, African Diaspora Foundation, The Walt Disney Company, and the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau, to name a few. Exum has completed a Master of Arts in Public and Social Research Policy from the University of California at Los Angeles, graduate law courses at the University of Oxford in London, England, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is an alumnus of the prestigious California State Senate Fellows program. Exum is also co-author of "Images of America: Leimert Park" with Maty Guiza-Leimert -- the wife of Walter H. Leimert, whose grandfather developed the area in 1927. This publication was the first pictorial history of the area. Some of her notable project achievements include Production and founding designer of the first city-wide African American Heritage Month Celebration with partners Our Authors Study Club, Inc., the City of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Her work would lay the foundation of later established Latino Heritage Month and Asian Month Celebrations for the City of Los Angeles. As producer and designer for the 1996 POW-WOW Convention cultural outreach program, Exum designed community planning policy documents and multi-cultural tours for metropolitan areas, including Koreatown, Southwest Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles, and East Los Angeles. As coordinator of the Center for California Studies "Rethinking California's Public Life" series (funded by the California Council for Humanities), Exum conceptualized, produced, and facilitated three public forums and eight-stage statewide community meetings. As California State Senate Fellow, drafted Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR 33) for a Blue-Ribbon Statewide Commission to examine the status of non-violent offenders and make recommendations on improving California State Prison System. Several states have adopted the Commission's proposals in their penal systems. Exum's current projects include producing the annual Leimert Park Book Village Fair, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to creating strategic community initiatives and year-round educational programming in collaboration with its partners. Now considered a beloved and much-anticipated community institution, the book fair has grown to be one of the most significant urban literary events on the West Coast. Its mission is to promote, encourage, and advocate literacy, education, and the love of reading throughout the Greater Los Angeles area.