Episode 1: Radaya Ellis and Sean Lewis - I've made mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. This mistake doesn't define me. I realized at a very young age how I wanted to live. And, you know, I went for it. And I know the safety net, you know, there's nobody. There's no one there for me to run to if it didn't work. So I had to go forward even when it fell down.

Radaya Ellis - 4Goods & Services provider EXECUTIVE . 4Waukee mission is to propel, promote and progress the city of Milwaukee. 4Waukee specifically focuses on the people, fashion, and art to promote, market and inform The nation of Milwaukee’s greatness and various endeavors.

How to connect: Instagram - @4waukee

Sean Lewis (Exit Elite Realty) - Principle stakeholder in the following business ventures:

- Licensed REALTOR

- Real Property Investing

- Corporate training

- Website Link: https://www.exitelitewi.com/agents/112-sean-lewis/

How to connect: Text - seanlewis285377

Episode 2: Robin Scott and Jamila Riley - I'm learning to just enjoy it. And to pick up on other things later. And to say, This is my investment in my business, right? This is something that at the end of the week, now, I can give myself a little bit of pat on the back and say you know what, I did something that is going to be beneficial to my work.

Robin Scott - Executive Director at We All Rise: African American Resource Center (Green Bay). The vision of We All Rise is to create and help restore a vibrant African American community. Through uplifting, skill building, and intentionally targeting root causes of systemic oppression, and actively promoting the healing of all.

Website Link: https://www.weallriseaarc.org/

Jamila Riley - Is a crochet brand that builds self-esteem and boosts confidence through bold and unique accessories, apparel, and home goods. Housed in the lower level of Sherman Phoenix (Milwaukee).

Website Link: https://www.shermanphoenix.com/

Episode 3: Dr. Monique Liston and Dr. Kadihjia Kelly - It really truly is not about the money. It really is about just making sure that I'm serving my community in a way that doesn't jeopardize their mental health because it's very hard out here. Just the whiteness is always showing up. And so I just think at the end of the day, it's about self preservation for me.

Monique Liston - Founder, Joyful Militant and Chief Strategist at Ubuntu Research and Evaluation (Milwaukee). Powered by a collective of unapologetic Black women, femmes, and non-binary people working as transdisciplinary strategist committed to resistance against anti-blackness.

Website Link: https://www.ubunturesearch.com/

Kadihjia Kelly - Licensed professional counselor and owner of Stars counseling (Appleton). Kadihjia has been working in the field of counseling since 2018. Dr. Kelly’s expertise is working with self-Identified Black/African American clients focusing on Critical Race Theory and Racial Fatigue.

Website Link: https://www.starscounseling.com/

Episode 4: Arletta Allen and Samantha Collier - I wouldn't even have had the opportunity to discover myself. I come through many adversities from being a prostitute at the age of 15 and navigating those spaces, being broken away from my father. Not having the...

Rajon Hall talks with Dasha Kelly-Hamilton, a writer, performance artist, curator, facilitator, and owner of Stillwater Collective and Officer KC Brown, a 14-year experienced police officer from Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, as well as the founder of Life Enforcement, a volunteer project that focuses on leading by example and taking care of those in the community through selfless acts of kindness.

Dasha and KC share their sincerity and inspiration.

Highlights

03:53 And that was something that resurfaced once I got into and through college, as something I leaned into, I built community around, I found that it turns out, that's really where my work is. Between that and working with young people, I've given myself permission to be surprised, while also having a plan. Finding that balance of allowing the world, allowing life to guide me, but not exactly wandering through life. That's a balance of confidence. It's a balance of falling down.

15:12 We may not have worked out the way I would have planned initially. But at the end of the day, I ended up exactly where I wanted to be. And I'm really blessed and happy to really focus on my passion right now, which is taking care of the community and taking care of those around me.

24:11 In terms of balance, the problem that I had originally is when you start a nonprofit or start anything, you want to get support, and you want to tell other people about what you got going on.

25:08 I call that instead of having business, you had “busyness”.

47:07 And I've really moved into after this career of work, of seeing so many people in so many different ways, step into themselves by stepping out of the box of logic, it's still a wisdom, and it's not for things to not make sense. It's just allowing that things might make sense in ways that you don't anticipate, and that is the gift of being alive

Contacts:

Rajon Hall, MSW - Podcast Host and Real Estate Agent

Instagram: @BigDreamsRealty

Dasha Kelly-Hamilton (Still Waters Collective - MKE)

Facebook: Dasha Kelly-Hamilton

Website: Dashakelly.com, Stillwatercollective.com

KC Brown (Police Veteran and Non-profit Founder - FDL)

Facebook: @KCBrown

On today’s episode, Rajon talks with J.D. Murphy, owner of Mentor Systems located in the Green Bay Area, and Ambrose W.B., a mental performance coach. J.D. has been conducting character development training for 23 years and Ambrose is the owner of MISPIBO Fitness.

J.D. and Ambrose share their stories about their challenges and successes and offer advice on how to prepare yourself as a young entrepreneur to be physically and mentally ready.

Highlights:

05:10 And the mental side is all of the skill sets that come along with entrepreneurship and being an elite person. Time management organization, I said earlier, habits, my routines are really important.

07:07 I've learned over a period of time, what my gifts are, and what my skills are, and then also how to apply them for the benefit of those around me.

14:39 And we learn on the back end how to be better at it. But there's a lot of failure that happens as well. So I would say just those three things, but for me, definitely courage, openness and curiosity.

43:59 But once you've learned that lesson, you don't have to repeat that, you don't have to repeat that process. You probably will. But you have a different perspective of going through, this is just a necessity. This is something that I got to work through.

46:33 Seek mentorship. I know for me, for example, there's people who want to pour into me, and that's the opportunity in front of me, take the opportunity and then and then capture it.

Contact:

Rajon Hall, MSW - Podcast Host and Real Estate Agent

Instagram: @BigDreamsRealty

Ambrose WB - a social entrepreneur integrating his experiences owning and operating a healthy lifestyle company for 16 years and the education non-profit industry as a Social-Emotional learning coach specializing in breathwork and meditation for the last eight years.

Website: mkeswell.com

JD Murphy - Owner of Mentor Systems (Green Bay). For 23 years JD has been conducting character development training with a tool called The Flag Page, with the purpose to help as many people understand and attain more of their potential. As well as department team building, sales training, and individuals with the development of a clear-cut career path or job change.

Facebook : @JDMurphy