Reel Talk: An RFC Spotlight Speaker Series

We appreciate your support as we worked to make this season a special one with our limited edition series called "Of Color". This unique series is dedicated to showcasing and empowering BIPOC changemakers in the screen industry.  These engaging sessions were recorded as part of our ⁠⁠BIPOC Artpreneur Training Program⁠⁠, an industry initiative to bridge gaps for BIPOC creative entrepreneurs. Each week, we'll share an abridged clip from one of our featured speakers.

For this final BONUS episode, we're joined by Shavonne White, Director of the Office of Supplier Diversity at Delaware's Division of Small Business.

With nearly 20 years' experience in the public sector aiding nonprofits, small businesses, and independent contractors in the process of supplier certification, Shavonne shares how arts-based, minority-owned businesses can leverage government sales to sustain their business.

Still haven't purchased the full catalog? Now's your chance! Visit our ⁠⁠program page⁠⁠ and you can gain full access to the entire audiovisual series with a minimum $5 contribution. Your paid support contributes to the program's sustainability and the empowerment of underrepresented voices in the industry. 

We look forward to your support and invite you to stay connected.

This season, we're doing things a bit differently. We're Introducing a special edition series called "Of Color". This unique series is dedicated to showcasing and empowering BIPOC changemakers in the screen industry.  These engaging sessions were recorded as part of our ⁠⁠BIPOC Artpreneur Training Program⁠⁠, an industry initiative to bridge gaps for BIPOC creative entrepreneurs. Each week, we'll share an abridged clip from one of our featured speakers.

Join us for a candid conversation with 3-time Emmy winning producer and industry leader, Rashidi Hendrix. We'll hear from him about why it's important to keep the big picture in mind, take chances, and how to reframe our thoughts about achievement to help us find (and strive for) the next win.

Interested in learning more? Want to get in touch with Rashidi? We invite you to visit our ⁠⁠program page⁠⁠. A minimum $5 contribution will grant you access to the full audiovisual sessions with our featured guests. Your paid support contributes to the program's sustainability and the empowerment of underrepresented voices in the industry. 

We look forward to your support and invite you to stay connected.

This season, we're doing things a bit differently. We're Introducing a special edition series called "Of Color". This unique series is dedicated to showcasing and empowering BIPOC changemakers in the screen industry.  These engaging sessions were recorded as part of our ⁠⁠BIPOC Artpreneur Training Program⁠⁠, an industry initiative to bridge gaps for BIPOC creative entrepreneurs. Each week, we'll share an abridged clip from one of our featured speakers. Yet another incomparable treat, today we'll hear from Executive Producer, Kristen V. Carter. Kristen is an award-winning creative and the founding principal of "Blessed, Booked, and Busy" and founding member of the brand, "Trust Your Magic." Her work aims to support independent contractors and emerging entrepreneurs with becoming 6-figure earners.

Want to hear more from Kristen about her process for helping creatives to consistently earn six-figures? Visit our ⁠⁠program page⁠⁠ to access the full series catalog. Trust us -- and trust yourself -- it's worth it! Your minimum $5 contribution will grant you access to the full audiovisual sessions with our featured guests, including Kristen.

Your paid support contributes to the program's sustainability and the empowerment of underrepresented voices in the industry.  We look forward to your support and invite you to stay connected.

This season, we're doing things a bit differently. We're Introducing a special edition series called "Of Color". This unique series is dedicated to showcasing and empowering BIPOC changemakers in the screen industry.  These engaging sessions were recorded as part of our ⁠⁠BIPOC Artpreneur Training Program⁠⁠, an industry initiative to bridge gaps for BIPOC creative entrepreneurs. Each week, we'll share an abridged clip from one of our featured speakers. Join us as we chat with Booker T. Mattison: author, filmmaker, professor, father, and husband. Booker shares why dedication and consistency are better than passion alone. He talks about his streaming debut, The Sound of Christmas (2022), on BET+ starring Ne-Yo and Serayah McNeill as well as what's next.

To get in touch with Booker, hear more about his process, and discover why in the world he'd headed to Arkansas, you'll need to acquire the full series catalog. Visit our ⁠⁠program page⁠⁠ and make a minimum $5 contribution to gain access to the full audiovisual sessions with our featured guests. Your paid support contributes to the program's sustainability and the empowerment of underrepresented voices in the industry. 

We look forward to your support and invite you to stay connected.

This season, we're doing things a bit differently. We're Introducing a special edition series called "Of Color". This unique series is dedicated to showcasing and empowering BIPOC changemakers in the screen industry.  These engaging sessions were recorded as part of our ⁠⁠BIPOC Artpreneur Training Program⁠⁠, an industry initiative to bridge gaps for BIPOC creative entrepreneurs. Each week, we'll share an abridged clip from one of our featured speakers.

Today, you're in for a treat as we listen in to Nicole M. Brewer; Founder and Lead Practitioner at Anti-Racist Theatre.

In this session, Nicole shares why naming ourselves and owning the authority of our agency is critical when entering negotiations -- and why everything is a negotiation. She'll highlight the importance of community and why it's key to listen to yourself.

Want to hear the full episode and listen as Nicole guides us through the correlations between how we show up in the room and how that translates into our revenue-generating endeavors? Visit our ⁠⁠program page and download the full catalog⁠⁠. A minimum, on-time $5 contribution will grant you access to the complete audiovisual sessions with each of our featured guests. Your paid support contributes to the program's sustainability and the empowerment of underrepresented voices in the industry. 

We look forward to your support and invite you to stay connected.

This season, we're doing things a bit differently. We're Introducing a special edition series called "Of Color". This unique series is dedicated to showcasing and empowering BIPOC changemakers in the screen industry.  These engaging sessions were recorded as part of our ⁠⁠BIPOC Artpreneur Training Program⁠⁠, an industry initiative to bridge gaps for BIPOC creative entrepreneurs. Each week, we'll share an abridged clip from one of our featured speakers.

On this episode, we'll hear from Sabrina LaFleur -- Certified Financial Planner and Wealth Manager.

Sabrina will share her experience with life-centered financial planning; a pathway to financial literacy and fiscal wellness that centers your personal value and lived experience when calculating things like salary and pricing, and offer unique considerations for artists looking to apply this unique approach.

If you'd like hear Sabrina's full recommendations and take advantage of special pricing for RFC members, you'll need to visit our ⁠⁠program page⁠ and access the full series catalog⁠. A minimum $5 contribution will grant you access to the full audiovisual sessions with our various featured guests. Your paid support contributes to the program's sustainability and the empowerment of underrepresented voices in the industry. 

We look forward to your support and invite you to stay connected.

This season, we're doing things a bit differently. We're Introducing a special edition series called "Of Color". This unique series is dedicated to showcasing and empowering BIPOC changemakers in the screen industry.  These engaging sessions were recorded as part of our ⁠BIPOC Artpreneur Training Program⁠, an industry initiative to bridge gaps for BIPOC creative entrepreneurs. Each week, we'll share an abridged clip from one of our featured speakers.

On today's episode, we're joined by RFC regular, Bliss Griffin of BG Consulting, LLC. Bliss is an acclaimed DEI strategist and consultant specializing in the media and entertainment space.  

Listen in to this brief clip where she shares her perspectives about showing up as artist and entrepreneur in challenging spaces, and how to leverage relationships with aligned partners.

If you'd like access to the full series catalog, we invite you to visit our ⁠program page⁠. A minimum $5 contribution will grant you access to the full audiovisual sessions with our featured guests. Your paid support contributes to the program's sustainability and the empowerment of underrepresented voices in the industry. 

We look forward to your support and invite you to stay connected.

This season, we're doing things a bit differently. We're Introducing a special edition series called "Of Color". This unique series is dedicated to showcasing and empowering BIPOC changemakers in the screen industry.  These engaging sessions were recorded as part of our BIPOC Artpreneur Training Program, an industry initiative to bridge gaps for BIPOC creative entrepreneurs. Each week, we'll share an abridged clip from one of our featured speakers.

In this episode, we'll hear from Mackenzie Irick Milks; long-time supporter of Reel Families for Change and the Founder/CEO of Belief by Design, LLC. She'll share with us the importance of a positive inner-monologue and personal fortitude when trying to thrive as an artpreneur, as well as her experiences and expertise around personal strategy consultation and transformative sciences.

Mackenzie will offer some insight into what's needed to overcome the self-imposing barriers and limiting beliefs that often trip us up on the way to entrepreneurial sustainability; especially for those of us identifying as BIPOC or from a marginalized demographic.

If you'd like access to the full catalog, we invite you to visit our program page. There you'll find a contribution link ($5 minimum) that will grant you access upon receipt of your one-time payment. Your paid support contributes to the program's sustainability and the empowerment of underrepresented voices in the industry. 

We look forward to your support and invite you to stay connected.

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Join us for a phenomenal conversation with the phenom herself, Madeline Di Nonno, President and CEO of The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, as we explore the importance of representation, access, and accountability when supporting screen workers on their journey #FromSeeingToBeing. ⁠
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Madeline is a highly active, well-versed production professional who understands the needs and is doing the work. Tune in now!

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Join us as we chat with Meg Messmer; multi-hyphenate producer-creator-writer-actor and mama. She's the founder of the Multi-Hyphenate Creative Community on Facebook and the forthcoming Hollywood Mama podcast, which centers moms balancing the demands of caretaking and their roles as screen industry professionals. Meg's work spans more than a decade. She's worked on film and television projects ranging from low-budget indie films to multi-million dollar studio productions with A-list talent.

Listen in as we explore Meg's balance of filmmaking and motherhood, hear about her recent projects, and discover how her relocation to the European Union has changed her views about what's possible when supporting parent-artists. 

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On this episode, we're joined by WIFV-DC's Executive Director, Melissa Houghton, as she talks with us her work supporting female-identifying, and female-allied, media-makers in the Mid-Atlantic and around the world.  We learn a bit about her journey and explore how her love of story and history have informed her perspectives on media as a vehicle for social change.




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