Bawse With A Cause

BWAC S2E8 - Mark Williams - On Equity, Experience and Discovery in the Orchestra World

This episode featuring Mark Williams, Chief Artistic Officer of the Cleveland Orchestra, is the continuation of our series focusing on black and brown leaders in the performing arts space.  This episode was recorded months ago- long before quarantine - long before our latest encounters with nationwide protests rejecting police brutalism and racism. But Mark Williams, as a man, as a cultural leader holds much meaning in our world. In a time where it’s not uncommon to read about, even in 2020...

BWAC S2E7- Music. Equity. Cities - Urban Consulate Virtual Salon With Music Accelerator Luminaries

Urban Consulate: Music. Equity. Cities. Creative incubators & accelerators are emerging in cities across the U.S. to support artists and build more equitable ecosystems for the future. In this cross-city conversation, we cover a broad range of topics including how Covid-19 has impacted artists of color, what anti-racist policies are being applied to music accelerator work, how the sustained struggle to dismantle white supremacy making this work more pressing,  and what our experts want to s...

BWAC S2E6 - #BlackInTheArts - A Candid Conversation with Black Women Leading in the Arts

On Thursday, June 18 on Facebook Live, Bawse With A Cause had an audience of some 2,000 viewers watching a conversation with six dynamic black women leading artistic operations around the nation. Jennifer Arnold, Director of Artistic Planning and Orchestral Operations at the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Danni Gee, Curator at SummerStage in NYC, Kaisha Johnson, Co-Founder and Founding Director of Women of Color in the Arts (WOCA), Toya Lillard, Executive Director of viBe Theater Experience i...

BWAC S2E5- Weston Sprott - Applications of Antiracism in the Arts

Five months ago, I asked BWAC podcast guest Weston Sprott a question which then fascinated me but today returns with the urgency of a coming storm – “How can we apply antiracist principles to the world of classical music?”.  As the interview unfolds, Weston Sprott, Dean of the Juilliard Preparatory Division and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra trombonist, gives us a master class in all things leadership, DE&I and yes, gives a clarion clear pathway to apply some of the core ideas from Ibram Kend...

BWAC S2E4- Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza - Decolonizing Nonprofits: A Primer

George Floyd - Breonna Taylor - Ahmaud Arbery - Sandra Bland - Tamir Rice - Trayvon Martin - Eric Garner - Akai Gurley - Freddie Gray - Stephon Clark - Botham Jean - Atiana Jefferson - Michael Brown - Philando Castile My heart cracks open with grief to say your names. The act of speaking your names out loud has become prayer. Prayers I imagine reach into the imperceivable place where you all rest in power with the ancestors. As we find ourselves managing the surf and wipe-out from waves ...

BWAC S2E3- Jorge Perez - Lessons of Lived Experience Ignite Leadership

BWAC S2E2 - Tonya Dyson: When Past and Present Converge The Future is Born!

BWAC S2E1 - Anjelica Hardin Hall: The Leadership Journey is Personal

BWAC 13: Kishshana Palmer - Conversation with the "Queen of Focus", Management Consultant Kishshana Palmer

In this episode, I had to distinct pleasure to connect with Kishshana Palmer, national speaker, trainer, and coach with a 17-year background in fundraising, marketing, and talent management. She’s a supernova on any stage and platforms due to her charismatic and candid delivery. It doesn’t matter if she’s speaking about philanthropy, living your most authentic life, or diversity, the energy she brings to the stage is always entertaining and edifying. Kishshana is an adjunct professor at Bar...

BWAC 12: Shijuade Kadree - A Meditation on Identity & Impact with Shijuade Kadree

In this episode, I have an energetic dialogue with Shijuade Kadree, Chief Advocacy Officer for The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center). An alumna of Emory University, Shijuade graduated with a joint degree from the Schools of Law and Public Health. A former defense attorney with Brooklyn Defender Services, Shijuade has significant government relations, policy, strategic planning, and stakeholder cultivation and engagement experience.  Early in the episode, you...

BWAC 11: Dr. Angelique Grant on Recruiting and Talent Management: Counting Heads vs. Making Heads Count

BWAC 10: Sara Taylor- Black Women Blasting Beyond the "Black Ceiling" Into the C-Suite

BWAC 09: Katie Jones- Slaying Dragons in the Ed Tech Era

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BWAC 08: Maya Crane- Filling Your Buckets with Passion and Purpose

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BWAC 07: Deron Hall- Deron Hall’s Frank Takes on Realizing Your Dreams, Problem Solving, and Moving in Love

This episode was, as my good friend Quanita Roberson would say, “Deep, Fun, and Easy”. I encourage you to listen to the end as the esteemed Deron Hall shares insights that serve as chicken soup for the nonprofit soul, wrapped up in some good old-fashioned, no holds barred truth-telling which serves to buoy your spirit. Oh- if you’re uncomfortable with colorful language you may which to skip to the next episode because Mr. Hall brings his 100% “REAL” and he lends a distinctly barbed character...