Changes and Focusing on the Vision with Anna DeShawn

Cafe con Pam

English - August 21, 2022 18:22 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 262 ratings
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Listeners, we're back this week with Anna DeShawn.

Anna, pronouns anything respectful, is a Chicago-born social entrepreneur who builds streaming platforms which center & celebrate BIPOC & QTPOC creatives. Media has always been her passion and in 2009 she turned that passion into a reality when she founded E3 Radio, an online radio station playing Queer music & reporting on Queer news with an intersectional lens. Most recently, she co-founded The Qube, a curated app where you discover the best music & podcasts by BIPOC & QTPOC creatives. Anna is determined to ride media into its next era by utilizing digital media streams to tell the stories and play the music that deserves to be heard.Learn more about her work here.In no particular order I’m also a daughter, wife, sister, and friend who loves cooking and running.Favorite Quote: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” –GandhiDid you know? Anna has been in love with Robin Roberts all her life. Interviewing her will be the ultimate experience.

During this episode we talked about:

02:52 - Being Black American and from the Southside of Chicago
09:42 - Ignorance and racism
11:48 - Media representation
18:22 - Her professional road
24:10 - Progress
25:13 - Creating change
34:01 - The business
37:36 - The pandemic and taking the big leap
38:43 - Live without regrets
44:17 - Releasing control of the when and the how
44:44 - Her exit plan
49:22 - Self-sabotage
50:31 - The Qube
52:58 - We deserve visibility

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