In The Know with Tony Reeves

Did you know that your time in volunteer organizations says a lot about you? How many times have you been asked to lead a committee? These little things say a lot about you and it's time you showcase those skills. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-the-know-with-tony-reeves--5596987/support .

\How many people are hearing about how you have to pick one side or the other? The economy? Your health? They are both connected. I spent 6 years as a Safety and Health professional (3 years as a Senior Safety and Health Specialist and 3 years as an Industrial Hygiene officer) and I have a Masters of Public Health focusing on Industrial Hygiene. I learned the two are connected and here is why it s...

If you haven’t embraced this already, but if you operate under the philosophy that you have to be ‘twice of good’ to meet someone else’s standards, why are you wasting your talents on that someone? YOUR standard is OUTSTANDING. They are trying to get The benefit of your OUTSTANDING effort by saying your OUTSTANDING is GOOD! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-th...

If the average male lives to the age 75 and the average female lives to the age of 76, ages 35 to 39 is the mid life portion of your life.   At this point in your life, you have been in the work force (along with an college, trade school, or specialized training) for, at least, 17 years.   At this point, at least for me, I started exploring my passions while also working in my profession.  I had a...

When I turned 30, I had just finished my first year of law school and was heading into my 2nd year.  Over a year before, I was a Naval Officer stationed with the Marines and a year later, I was a college student. We often focus on age 18 or 21 as the great milestones in our lives but it's age 30 when we start making significant life challenges.    From age 30 to 34, I had attended and graduated fr...

A social worker who worked for 20 years in Alaska. A retired United States Marine Corps Sergeant Major. Two sisters born and raised in Augusta, GA, share stories about their experiences growing up in the Deep South during Jim Crow. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-the-know-with-tony-reeves--5596987/support .

Let me share with you the story of 6 dynamic professionals who were African American, women and all over 6 feet tall. They were professionally and affectionately known as the '6 Footahs' and from 2006 to 2017, these ladies decided THEY would be the change their community needed.   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-the-know-with-tony-reeves--5596987/support .

Please tune in to the second part of my epic discussion with my personal Black History Icon, my mom, as she talks about her experiences growing up in the Jim Crow South and her participation in civil rights marches Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-the-know-with-tony-reeves--5596987/support .

You got to do this and you to do this; it was just the way we grew up. I just accepted the fact that we sat at the back of the bus, stand at the back of the line; white folks were first, and we were second. That's just the way it was." For those who grew up during the Jim Crow years, segregation and discrimination was an ingrained way of life. However, this way of life wasn't centuries ago. This w...