The Village Talk podcast Victoria Downes

This episode's guest is a dope entrepreneur and woman who was tagged by the Boston Celtics as "The Face of Change". Dope, right? Genevieve Angelique Bien-Aime is a Haitian-American serial entrepreneur, curator of Boston culture and a connector. Genevieve’s background includes a unique mix of media experience that includes photography, podcasting and event blogging. Combined with her talent for marketing and building community on and offline, Genevieve’s ultimate goal is to create spaces for the many different Black communities that exist within Boston. She’s the brains and operation behind multiple business endeavors including The Other Boston, a platform she birthed to bring visibility to and highlight the Black Boston experience. The platform’s mission is to build and strengthen the community, to share our richly diverse stories and shift the narrative about what it means to be Black and call Boston home.


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TW: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

In this episode, Lovern shares her story of survival and how she has chosen to use her traumatic experience to help other victims of Domestic Abuse. If you are in a similar situation, please check out the following resources: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1800 799 SAFE
To reach Lovern, contact Love Life Now 888-LLN-9876 or through lovelifenow.org. Her new book, "The Legacy He Left Me" is available at thelegacyheleftme.com and you can support her work at www.lovelifenow.org

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Vanessa Lewis a wordsmith and storyteller who believes in the power of storytelling.  She is a published author and Boston-based Communications professional who has worked for over a decade creating content. She has contributed extensively to the number of words on the internet with publications appearing everywhere from web copy to ghost-written blog posts.

You can find and follow Vanessa on twitter or Instagram @byvanessalewis and find her published works on www.gumroad.com/byvanessalewis.

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In this episode, Spoken word artist, Amber Aliyah Williams aka SublimeLuv shares her life’s journey of finding her place in this world and why THE POLITICAL IS PERSONAL. Amber is a black queer womanist and in this episode, we talk about Amber’s early years in Boston dealing with racism and having to fight for her birthright to shine. After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 15, she discovered poetry and it changed her life! Follow Amber at www.sublimeluv.com and on IG at @mssublimeluv.

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It's been a minute since we got to chat and I  know we have some new folks in the village so I wanted to personally send you a warm welcome and many thanks for being a part of the village! Plus, I have some really exciting  updates about the podcast so what better time to hop on the mic :)

Also in this episode, I shared  my 7 favorite (and essential) systems for  small businesses. If scaling your small business is a goal for you then you want to listen in for sure!

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I had the immense honor of being featured on Jese Lewing Gary’s podcast/show, Let’s Talk Business last week and I thought I would share it with ya’ll! 

I had an amazing time sharing my story about my time in corporate America and how I got to be doing what I love as a business coach everyday! Jese really got into the weeds and asked some really deep questions. I enjoyed every bit of this interview and hope you do too!

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