A Conversation with Gina Diouf of Sankofa Sojourners
06/30/22 • 53 min
Welcome to Season 3 of The Remedy Podcast. For the next few weeks, we will be talking with the entrepreneurs enrolled in our coaching and mentoring program on being "fearless" as they create their businesses.
Meet "The Remedy" hosts:
Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist
"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.
Our first guest is entrepreneur Gina Diouf, owner of Sankofa Sojourners, which provides healing journeys and excursions for the purpose of transforming racial trauma for people of African descent and their allies.
In this conversation, Gina shares:
- her vision for Sankofa Sojourners to reverse the middle passage and return to Africa by ship
- the process and feelings of moving from a "no" mindset to saying "yes" to embrace her calling
- her work to create opportunities for healing and trauma release through travel and community.
For more information on Sankofa Sojourners, email Gina at [email protected].
You can also see Gina's WEBB Squared video about her vision on our YouTube channel.
Links:
Sankofa Sojourners on Facebook
Sankofa Sojourners on Instagram
Wake Up Everybody
The mission and vision for WEBB Squared was born out of a weekly entrepreneurial meeting of a group we call the Commonwealth Network. We meet Thursdays at 12 pm EST via Zoom. For more information on our Commonwealth Network, please contact [email protected].
Thank you for listening....
Feel free to contact us with your thoughts, questions, or more. We would love to hear from you. Please contact [email protected]
Welcome to Season 3 of The Remedy Podcast. For the next few weeks, we will be talking with the entrepreneurs enrolled in our coaching and mentoring program on being "fearless" as they create their businesses.
Meet "The Remedy" hosts:
Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist
"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.
Our first guest is entrepreneur Gina Diouf, owner of Sankofa Sojourners, which provides healing journeys and excursions for the purpose of transforming racial trauma for people of African descent and their allies.
In this conversation, Gina shares:
- her vision for Sankofa Sojourners to reverse the middle passage and return to Africa by ship
- the process and feelings of moving from a "no" mindset to saying "yes" to embrace her calling
- her work to create opportunities for healing and trauma release through travel and community.
For more information on Sankofa Sojourners, email Gina at [email protected].
You can also see Gina's WEBB Squared video about her vision on our YouTube channel.
Links:
Sankofa Sojourners on Facebook
Sankofa Sojourners on Instagram
Wake Up Everybody
The mission and vision for WEBB Squared was born out of a weekly entrepreneurial meeting of a group we call the Commonwealth Network. We meet Thursdays at 12 pm EST via Zoom. For more information on our Commonwealth Network, please contact [email protected].
Thank you for listening....
Feel free to contact us with your thoughts, questions, or more. We would love to hear from you. Please contact [email protected]
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Interlude: We Celebrate Juneteenth and want to invite you to join us!
In this episode, we take a break from our Season 3 conversation and offer a brief interlude where we, the Remedy Podcast hosts (Stephanie Terry, Rinnie Orr, and Mashallah Salaam):
- Talk about Juneteenth and the Saturday, June 18 Event at the Chatham Fairgrounds
- And we also invite you to join us for our Juneteenth Grand Opening PopUp Event for our online WEBB Boutique on June 19 at the Plant in Pittsboro.
- We talk about celebrating the amazing work we've been doing with our entrepreneurs and our fundraising campaign kick-off.
We'll soon resume our regularly scheduled conversations. Stay tuned.
Thank you for listening....
Feel free to contact us with your thoughts, questions, or more. We would love to hear from you. Please contact [email protected]
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A Conversation with Travis Patterson of SEEDS (Self-Enhancing Education and Development Services)
Welcome to Season 3 of The Remedy Podcast. For the next few weeks, we will be talking with the entrepreneurs enrolled in our coaching and mentoring program on being "fearless" as they create their businesses.
Meet "The Remedy" hosts:
- Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
- Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
- Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist
"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.
This week's guest is Travis Patterson, Director of SEEDS (Self-Enhancing Education and Development Services). Not only is Travis a WEBB Squared entrepreneur, he has joined the team of WEBB Squared as our Director of Workforce Development, where he will focus on:
- assist youth and young adults with educational and training goals
- prepare youth and young adults for the workforce through job preparation, skill-building, and comprehensive guidance
- connect youth and young adults to workforce resources
In this conversation, Travis talks about:
- his business SEEDS, helping at-risk families transition from trauma/tradegy to self-sufficiency
- toxic masculinity and internalized racism, and how that shaped his journey to becoming a mentor for young men of color
- the roles his own mentors, teaches, and coaches played for him when he was a young, Black man growing up in Chatham County
- lessons learned from running for office in the latest election primary
Thank you for listening....
Feel free to contact us with your thoughts, questions, or more. We would love to hear from you. Please contact [email protected]
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