LIVE NOW w/ Black Children's Books + How to Get on a Board
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📢 LIVE This Week on Soul Thursdays
Boardroom Ready – How to Get on a Board (And What to Do Once You’re There)
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What does it really take to join a board—and make an impact once you're there?
This week, we’re joined by Kemal Atkins, EdD a higher education strategist and executive coach who has helped universities, presidents, and professionals navigate the power dynamics of the boardroom.
🔥 Topics include:
The leadership pipeline problem for Black professionals
How to develop boardroom presence and credibility
Governance trends in 2025: AI, equity, and strategy
What most people get wrong about board service
How to move from “invitation” to influence
🎯 Who should watch?
✔️ Professionals ready for leadership roles
✔️ Higher ed staff, deans, and trustees
✔️ Anyone interested in coaching, influence, or governance
✔️ Black leaders navigating the next step in their careers
🎧 Join us live for trivia, music, and real strategy.
Come with questions. Leave with a plan.
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#BoardroomReady #BlackLeadership #ExecutiveCoaching #HigherEdStrategy #BoardGovernance #ProfessionalDevelopment
Also, this Thursday, we welcome Dr. Gamze Ar, a Turkish scholar whose passion for African American children’s literature has taken her from Bartın University to NYU—and now to the Soul Thursdays stage.
In this special episode, we’ll explore how picture books, such as those by Jacqueline Woodson, do more than tell stories—they preserve identity, affirm childhood, and challenge representation in powerful visual ways.
🔍 Topics Include:
Why Black children’s books matter across cultures
Visual storytelling as resistance and restoration
What Afro-Turks and African Americans share in cultural memory
A global perspective on Critical Race Theory through art
Empowering youth through inclusive narratives
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📸 Guest: Dr. Gamze Ar, Tenured Lecturer, Bartın University
📘 Episode Theme: Literature, identity, and diaspora storytelling
🎁 Free + Interactive | Curated for educators, artists, and everyday thinkers
Join us. Bring a book. Bring a friend. Bring your whole self.
#BlackChildhood #JacquelineWoodson #CRT #AfroTurks #VisualStorytelling #LivePodcast