ReImagining Community with Garland

Building Bridges and Creating Impact: A Conversation with Kim Brown In this episode of Reimagining Community, host Garland Fuller dives into an inspiring conversation with Kim Brown, Managing Partner at Housing Impact Partners and President of AAREP LA. Together, they explore Kim's remarkable career in commercial real estate and her transformative leadership journey within AAREP LA. From tackling...

Welcome to the premiere episode of ReImagining Community! Host Garland Fuller and guest Marissa Garza reunite to relaunch the podcast, sharing stories that spark connection and inspire action. Dive into the backstory of their friendship, how the pandemic shaped their lives, and why building intentional communities is more important than ever. Garland reflects on her journey in diversity, equity, a...

ReImagining Community: Join the Movement Garland Fuller introduces a fresh and powerful podcast called 'ReImagining Community,' launching its first episode on Wednesday, January 8th, 2025. Garland encourages listeners to explore what community means and to actively participate in building something extraordinary together. The podcast aims to inspire collaboration and mutual support within the comm...

Garland shares her reflections on Season Two as she announces the launch of her Land Your Next Opportunity career masterclass on Friday April 30, 2021 at 12pm PT! RSVP at http://lu.ma/garlandfuller Support the show

On Episode 26, Garland interviews Lydia Monroy, Co-Founder and Principal of Pearl Equity Partners Episode 26 Highlights: Lydia Introduction - 0:45 Destination: Yale - 4:40 "Go make some money" - 10:00 Primed to be an Entrepreneur 16:30 Starting small - 20:20 Balancing Act - 24:50 Venturing on her own - 28:12 Lydia's Tips - 36:00 Time, Treasure, Talent - 39:56 Inclusion Drive my Work - 41:56 Garlan...

On Episode 25, Garland interviews Brandon Rule, President of Rule Enterprises, a Real Estate Investment and Development Firm About Brandon Brandon Rule believes he can change the world for the better through the development of communities! Brandon hopes to empower people by showing them how entrepreneurship and financial literacy can be tools to create wealth within communities of color. Brandon s...

In this very special Episode 024, Garland shares a conversation with show co-producer Jerry Won to share their thoughts on the recent rise in anti-Asian violence and hate crimes and ways that we can all come together to fight hate and racism for a better future. From Jerry: Thank you Garland for allowing me space on your show to share my thoughts and perspectives to bring about more awareness and...

On Episode 23, Garland interviews Robin Thorne, Founder & CEO of CTI  Highlights of Episode 23: Robin Intro - 0:44 On Her Own Timeline - 09:26 On Her Own - 16:53 Transitioning into Government Work -  20:51 Demo Chicks - 30:35 Inclusion & Equity // Life Full Circle - 37:30 Robin Thorne is the founder of CTI and serves as the Chief Executive Officer. She has over 15 years of experience in the area o...

On Episode 022, Garland interviews Tracy Prigmore, Founder of TLTsolutions and She Has a Deal. Tracy L. Prigmore is the Founder of TLTsolutions, a real estate investment and development firm that provides unparalleled access and insight to alternative investments. Tracy's mission is to empower people to build generational wealth, and through TLTsolutions she creates opportunities for individuals,...

On Episode 021, Garland interviews Marimba Milliones, President & CEO of the Hill District Community Development Corporation in Pittsburgh, PA. Highlights of Episode 020: Intro 0:46 Education to Community Development - 07:19 Community Development Corporations - 11:10 Misconceptions about CDCs - 16:30 Hill District Focus - 19:10 How to get involved - 28:51 What's next for the Hill - 33:35 Inclusion...

On Episode 020, Garland interviews Madison Butler, The Blue Haired Unicorn Highlights of Episode 020: Madison Intro Being Loud on LinkedIn 0:45 Coming out as Black at 25 7:17 Madison's Queer Identity - 10:50 Diversity in Recruiting - 13:40 Bring Your Whole Self to Work - 20:20 Accountability According to Madison - 23:11 Greatest Lessons Learned - 29:12 Rage to Rainbows + Bye Bye Binary - 31:10 Lif...

On Episode 018, Garland interviews Ginny Clarke. Highlights of Episode 019: Ginny intro - 0:44 Career Mapping - 9:50 DEI is a Leadership Problem - 19:00 Fifth Dimensional Leadership - 29:27 Ginny's Best Advice - 43:50 The Ginny Clarke Experience - 49:35 Inclusion and Equity Drive my Work - 51:45 Life Coming Full Circle - 52:00 Afterthoughts - 54:11 Ginny Clarke was Director, Executive Recruiting a...

On Episode 018, Garland interviews Tovi Scruggs-Hussein, leadership coach  Highlights of Episode 018: Tovi Introduction - 2:30 Drivers in Education - 6:45 Whiteness - 10:15 Racial Healing + Allyship - 12:25 Our Being Impacts our Doing - 15:00 Let's get Spiritual - 19:30 Intro to Meditation - 26:45 What can Parents do? - 30:30 What's next? - 38:21 Inclusion & Full Circle - 43:03 Afterthoughts 44:57...

On Episode 017, Garland interviews Aiko Bethea   of RARE Coaching & Consulting. Highlights of Episode 017: Aiko Introduction - 01:25 Growing up bi cultural - 04:42 Racial identity awareness - 07:55 From Law into DEI - 10:14 Community - 15:00 Urgency in the work - 19:45 Fear in the workplace - 22:45 What do we do now? - 28:45 What's next - 34:30 Inclusion drive my work - 38:29 Full Circle - 38:45 A...

Welcome Season Two! On Episode 016, Garland interviews Dr. Darnisa Amante-Jackson,   President & Co-Founder of The Disruptive Equity Education Project (DEEP)  Highlights of Episode 016: Darnisa Introduction - 1:30 Upbringing and early influences - 2:30 DEEP framework: DBIE - 04:39 Belonging - 10:05 Meritocracy is a myth - 12:02 It starts with reckoning - 14:00 Narratives and its importance - 19:52...

Garland shares her updates as we look forward to another great season of career and life conversations on Full Circle with Garland. Look forward to more engaging and uplifting conversation with Black women like Aiko Bethea, Ginny Clarke, Madison Butler, Tovi Scruggs-Hussein, Dr. Darnisa Amante-Jackson, and more! Also, Garland shares her thoughts and experience on the world's newest and fastest gro...

Thank you for tuning into Full Circle with Garland this year. Host Garland shares end of year reflections and what she is excited about in 2021. Wishing you a happy and healthy 2021. // Connect with and learn more about your host, Garland Fuller : Web : garlandfuller.com Instagram : @FullCircleWithGarland LinkedIn : LinkedIn.com/in/garlandfuller Mailing List: http://rebrand.ly/Garland-Podcast Supp...

On Episode 015, Garland interviews Ernie Jarvis,   CEO & Managing Principal of Jarvis Commercial Real Estate based in Washington, D.C. Highlights of Episode 015: Ernie Intro - 1:49 Carrying on a Legacy - 3:15 Growing up Ernie - 5:45 Rising Through the Industry - 11:25 Transitioning on His Own - 16:11 Relationship Building - 19:33 Leadership in Motion - 25:43 Cooperative Economics - 29:57 Brokerage...

On Episode 014, Garland interviews Minda Harts,   best selling author and founder of The Memo, LLC Highlights of Episode 014: Minda Introduction - 01:51 Early years of Minda - 04:28 Being the only - 08:18 Call me by my name - 11:07 "Is this your hair?" - 13:50 How to be better allies - 18:40 What Minda's hearing in 2020 - 12:20 What's next for Minda? - 25:30 Inclusion drives my work 27:27 Full Cir...

On Episode 013, Garland interviews Alberto Vela,   Managing Director, Project and Construction Management Group - SW United States at CBRE | HEERY. Highlights of Episode 013: Albert Introduction - 00:47 Growing up in East LA - 02:40 Lessons from Alberto's mother - 09:00 Living legacy 15:50 Belonging as the only - 19:45 Advice to 21 year old Alberto - 23:00 Giving back and paying it forward - 28:20...

On Episode 012, Garland interviews Robert Jue and Jerome Nichols ,   Co-Founders of Standard Real Estate Investments Highlights of Episode 012 Robert's path to real estate - 1:46 Jerome's path to real estate - 3:00 Building on relationships with Robert - 4:16 A non-linear path with Jerome - 5:02 Lessons learned along the way with Robert - 7:42 The parabola of time and focus - 11:08 Advice to 21 ye...

On Episode 011, Garland interviews Tiffany Perkins-Munn , Ph. D.,   Managing Director, Head of Client Analytics & Insight for Global Marketing, at Blackrock.  Highlights of Episode 011: Growing up in Arkansas - 02:40 A unique global perspective - 08:29 Next stop: Washington, DC - 10:35 Acting & a doctorate in NYC - 14:26 From market research to financial services - 17:55 Imposter syndrome - 23:42...

Welcome to Full Circle with Garland! On Episode 010, Garland interviews Taidgh McClory, the Director of Social Impact & Inclusion for MP Boston and Founder of T.H. McClory, LLC, a social impact enterprise.  Highlights of Episode 010: Growing up Taidgh - 01:59 Caribbean influence - 7:20 Identity journey through the school years - 8:31 History & art - 10:41 Lessons learned in advertising - 13:46 Piv...

Welcome to Full Circle with Garland! On Episode 009, Garland interviews Cedric Bobo, Co-Founder of Project Destined, on the lessons he learned early in life on the power of ownership and how that north star has guided his career. Highlights of Episode 009: Ownership - 02:12 "Never be afraid to be afraid" - 03:42 Leaving Mississippi - 5:00 Building your tribe through networking - 7:55 Rising early...

Welcome to Full Circle with Garland! On Episode 008, Garland interviews Collete English Dixon, Executive Director of Roosevelt University's Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate, and as real estate chair of the school's Heller College of Business.  Highlights of Episode 008: Introduction: 0:43 Collete's story - 3:24 Values learned early on - 6:22 Step one: finance - 8:58 An unconventional care...