Sunday Safe Spaces

Send a text This month's topic is Running for Every Body. We will be welcoming Derrick Shoffner of Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon and Natalie Mitchell of the podcasr Suite Run. Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courage, confidence, and competence. They aim to e...

Send a text This month's topic is Welcoming In. We will be welcoming Trish Adobea Tchume and Aida Cuadrado Bozzo of Calling In & Up. Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courage, confidence, and competence. They aim to educate individuals and their communities o...

Send a text This month's topic is Welcoming In. We will be welcoming Coach Richard T Butler, founder of CoachRTB Diversity and Inclusion Consulting. Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courage, confidence, and competence. They aim to educate individuals and their c...

Send a text It's Disability Employment Awareness Month! Join co-hosts April Jackson and Wesley Hamilton for their monthly Sunday Safe Spaces discussion. Episode 23 topic is Humanize Your Workplace, Check Your Fear. Ashley Lorens, a Chicago-based entrepreneur that is living with a disability joins this month to discuss equity in employment. Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and...

Send a text We always like to pause and talk about gratitude in November. It is a wonderful practice and talking about it in community helps us to open up to even more grateful experiences. Enjoy this episode with Wes and April Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courag...

Send a text May is National Mental Health Month!  Join co-hosts April Jackson and Wesley Hamilton as they connect and share about the importance of mental health. Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courage, confidence, and competence. They aim to educate individuals an...

Send a text Healing is always a journey that we are still finding. Enjoy listening to April and Wesley's discussion regarding healing. Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courage, confidence, and competence. They aim to educate individuals and their communities on...

Send a text This topic speaks to Equitable Philanthropy. We will be welcomed Sagdrina Jalal of Saged Consulting who has a career in philanthropy, executive coaching and sustainable farming. Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courage, confidence, and competence. They ai...

Send a text Full Episode of Sunday Safe Spaces Ep. 3: Black Women and Authentic Leadership with Dr. Melissa Hankins and Anna Debose Hankins. Enjoy this rich discussion of insights, lived experience and ideas on how to shift this to a main stream conversation so Black women can be authentically supported. Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to...

Send a text Co-hosts April Jackson and Wesley Hamilton started 2022 off with a wonderful conversation on resetting.  Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courage, confidence, and competence. They aim to educate individuals and their communities on ways to help improve th...

Send a text Join co-hosts April Jackson and Wesley Hamilton for their monthly Sunday Safe Spaces discussion. Episode 16 guest is Alecia Dawn of YOGAMOTIF (rhymes with locomotive).  Alecia Dawn Young is an arts worker and educator with over 15 years of experience in community art and wellness education. The founder of YOGAMOTIF, she believes the creative process is an invitation to heal and invests...

Send a text Join co-hosts April Jackson and Wesley Hamilton in this Episode 17. The guest is Octavia Raheem, author of Pause, Rest, Be. Octavia Raheem is a mother, author of Gather, activist, and an experienced yoga teacher and practitioner. She began practicing yoga in 1999 and has been teaching since 2007. Octavia founded Starshine & Clay, an online and retreat space for Black, Indigenous, a...

Send a text Join co-hosts April Jackson and Wesley Hamilton for this Sunday Safe Spaces discussion, Episode 18 with guest is Ta'lor L. Pinkston, The Heart Advocate and Self-love Therapist. Ta'lor L. Pinkston, The Heart Advocate is a Self-love Therapist, Speaker, and Activist who is dedicated to helping individuals choose self-love as a coping skill for mental health and healing. Disabled...

Send a text Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courage, confidence, and competence. They aim to educate individuals and their communities on ways to help improve the overall quality of life for people living with a disability. You can view these episodes with ASL inter...

Send a text What's it like to be a black man in corporate America? Why should corporations hire black leaders? How do black men maintain mental health while juggling work, family, and racial injustices? In today's video, panelists Chaz Kellem, Quincy Stephenson, William Generett Jr., and Andre Samuel discuss the importance of black men in leadership. 0:00 Intro 0:28 Why diversity is Impo...

Send a text 0:00 Intro 0:27 We’re still fighting 1:42 Loving yourself authentically 5:55 Going against the status quo 9:17 Being authentic is a risk for Black women 10:31 The power of black women voices These community conversations for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color happen on the 3rd Sunday of every month. Each month we share stories and individual experiences from the intersections of ra...

Send a text Enjoy this episode where Wesley Hamilton and April Jackson listen and learn from with Ta'lor Pinkston.  Disabled But Not Really 's mission is to empower and inspire individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and reach their potential by fostering a mindset of courage, confidence, and competence. They aim to educate individuals and their communities on ways to help improv...

Send a text This month, we welcome Dr. Hankins back! Melissa Hankins, MD, CPC is the CEO and Founder of Melissa Hankins Coaching, a coaching and consulting firm that is committed to helping physicians and others overcome burnout, and helping organizations create and maintain psychologically safe work environments and sustainable well-being for their employees. Dr Hankins is a certified executive c...