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Represented Foundation is closing Black History Month with a bang! This month we are featuring Simone Gamble, founder of O.A.A.A.R.S and alumni of the Represented Foundation community. On this episode of our "Letters in Legacy" series listen to, entrepreneur, healer and activist Simone Gamble talk about being the seed for change! Listen to the full episode below!
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 Letters in Legacy: Stephanie Rivera pt 2
In our first installment of this interview I explained about sitting down with Stephanie Rivera, a Latina entrepreneur, advocate, and a practicing litigator in New York. In this half, Stephanie talked to me about identity, imposter syndrome and the Legacy she’s creating. When I asked Stephanie what celebrating her own heritage during Hispanic Heritage month she clarified that she identifies as Nuyorican. While being proud of her Puerto Rican identity, being a New Yorker, she says helped her become the woman she is today. “I think more than anything that has crafted who I am and how I turned out, and being around community members that are so diverse, and growing up in predominantly black neighborhoods, and finding commonality again, like, we're in this struggle together, and I'm gonna get free, you're gonna get free, and we just going through this together.”  The face of the organization:
Stephanie Rivera is a Latina entrepreneur, advocate, and a practicing litigator licensed in the state of New York. She focuses on supporting people who have experienced housing discrimination, and bringing cases against landlords and brokers to hold them responsible. We met over zoom to discuss her time at Represented Foundation where she created Bodega Legal, a space where people feel welcomed and supported when seeking legal counsel. It’s Black Philanthropy Month, many thanks to LeaderStories for spotlighting our founder and executive director, Noel McKenzie's leadership journey! With a renewed national and global focus on equity, the philanthropic sector is finally turning a lens on itself - following the path set by innovative leaders like Noel McKenzie, founder of Represented Foundation. Listen to Noel as he dives deeper into why he created Represented Foundation, drawing on his own experiences with racial bias as a nonprofit leader.  Black Philanthropy Month This Black Philanthropy month, we’re thinking about our love languages and all the ways that we show up for each other. One of our love languages is acts of service.   In celebration of Women’s History Month:
We are honoring and celebrating women who inspire us through our blog series. This month we are featuring Dimple Jobanputra, a social justice advocate, and alumna of the Represented community. Throughout this article, you will learn more about her work at the intersection of philanthropy and real estate, including her thoughts on mentorship as a vital component of the empowerment for women of color. Each time that I have a recurring meeting scheduled, (and also lead said meeting) I like to begin with a short, grounding question. It provides my colleagues with a little space to breathe and stretch their mental muscles, but it also helps to transition their thoughts away from whatever situation might have just been consuming their attention, in the most humane way, possible. I saw the need first, during peak quarantine of last year, when I was beginning to grow my team. Given that we were all working from small, corners, countertops or couches of our NYC apartments, and at any moment they, --or I, could have been just moments removed from a covid-19 influenced breakdown, I needed some way to start meetings that wouldn’t add to the trauma.
Our intention dinners are back, and we can't wait to break bread with you! With every meal, our guests gather around a dinner table (in-person and virtual) to highlight one special topic and spotlight local Black chefs who fuel social change with food. Celebrate Black Legacy Month with us over dinner, check more ways to get involved down below!   It’s the start of a new year, which means we have 365 days of possibilities to change our lives. We have all bought new planners, wrote out our list of resolutions, and made our vision boards. Now comes the hard part; sticking to our goals all year long. I am definitely guilty of not achieving my goals, --heck I even lost my list last year.
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