That's What She Did Podcast

Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com  Send your questions, comments, and suggestions for women to feature to Tangia Renee. Featured Guest: China Tolliver China Tolliver was a guest of the show during season 2 when she was in the process of starting a podcast show. She had a plan, was doing the work, but then... no show. Listeners have been curious to know what happened to China - so she's back for an update - and it's nothing like you think! In This Episode: How she's shifting her life to live it traveling the world How to know when you're done with something and ready to move on Learning how to be sensual, not just sexual Why she's ready to take on a lover (not date a man), and what she hopes to learn  Continue Your Learning: Follow China Tolliver   Follow The Podcast: Don't forget to leave us a review and follow us on Instagram and Facebook.   

Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com  Send your questions, comments, and suggestions for women to feature to Tangia Renee. Featured Guest: Sita Kaylin After finishing a degree in Pre-law, Sita Kaylin became a stripper - law school never happened. Now, Sita is a veteran sex worker releasing her book, Anything But A Wasted Life, with all the deets on her experiences in the sex industry. She divides her time between writing, seeing private clients, taking photos of half-naked women, hanging with her tipsy friends and her pet cat.  In This Episode: How Sita unexpectedly found her way to stripping and eventually other types of sex work. Why sex work probably isn't anything like what you think, and yes it's possible to be an empowered woman in the industry.  How to find your voice and live your choices unapologetically.   Continue Your Learning: Follow Sita Kaylin Pick up The Book: Anything But A Wasted Life Visit the website: Sitakaylin.com Follow The Podcast: Don't forget to leave us a review and

Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com  Send your questions or comments to Tangia Renee A gifted writer and public historian, Velma Maia Thomas, is preserving and telling the stories of notable and unsung African-American people in history. Velma created the nationally acclaimed Black Holocaust Exhibit, a collection of original documents on slavery in America and through her work is making sure these stories and documents are not forgotten.  In This Episode: Velma describes the impact of not knowing one's history How bringing the past into the present helps us all and why forgetting where came from and how we got here is not an option   Continue Your Learning: Follow Velma Maia Thomas  Pick up The Book: Lest We Forget, The Passage of African Into The 21st Century Follow The Podcast: Don't forget to leave us a review and follow us on Instagram and Facebook.   

Dr. Dawn Karima is a two-time Global Music Award Winner, and Native American Music Award Winner for her CD, THE DESIRE OF NATIONS. This Indigenous Artist Activist Award Winner is also an Indigenous Music Award nominee for her CD, The Stars Of Heaven and for her radio talk show, A Conversation With Dr. Dawn Karima. She is an author and has a new book out called Mother Of Nations. Dr. Dawn also reads a poem from her new book in this episode.  In This Episode: How Dr. Dawn found her purpose by simply showing up How the simple steps anyone can take to start uncovering your life purpose    Continue Your Learning: Follow Dr. Dawn on Instagram and Facebook Check out the radio show: A Conversation with Dawn Karima Don't forget to leave us a review and follow us on Instagram and Facebook. 

In season 1 of the podcast, we profiled Bhagya and her incredible work with Children's LoveCastle based in Bangalore, India. Her work has been about serving the most underserved students in India. Now, I have the pleasure of interviewing her on the show. She's giving us an update on how the organization has grown and where they are gong from here. Bhagya and CLT India have already reached 1 million students and they plan to reach 5 million more! This episode is extra inspirational - you have to hear how this incredible organization to be.    Learn more about Bhagya and CLT India here. Listen to the season 1 episode here.  Make a tax-deductible donation to CLT India    Don't forget to leave us a review! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for news and updates

I can't believe Season 2 is at a close. For this last episode I have special guest, Michelle Y. Talbert. She an attorney, small business maven, and the original co-hostest with the mostest of this podcast! She came back to give us an update and some inspiration. She's doing cool things to support women in business and you need to learn more.  This may be the last episode of the season, but it's not the last episode. Check back next week for a special bonus episode.    Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for updates on bonus episodes and the return of the podcast in 2019.    Don't forget to leave us a review on iTunes and share an episode with your friends.  

Business diva, Shauna Armitage, is on the podcast today talking about women, business and success. We chat about: How getting fired from a job can be just the thing you need to move forward.  Why women should redefine their roles as working women and moms for themselves.  Why building a community is a crazy important step in business success.  How to develop your grit muscle.   Woman of Impact: Queen Elizabeth of England. Shauna is a huge history buff and is sharing a few little-known facts.  Continue Your Learning: Follow Shauna on Instagram and Facebook Check out the website and get marketing help Don't forget to leave us a review and follow us on Instagram and Facebook. 

Writer, activist, teacher and poet, Suzi Q. Smith, is on this week and we talked about ALL the things. From our shared love for, and always complicated relationship with hiphop, the important role of poets and activists in the current political context, the selling of "wokeness" and the supreme importance of self-care. Continue your learning: Meet Suzi Q. Smith  Follow her on Twitter and Facebook Additional Mentions: Write About Now Poetry Slam Nuba Please leave us a review and subscribe! Connect More With The Podcast: Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter

Representation matters in every industry and in every office. Every day women are making an impact in small ways that lead to big change. Today on the podcast, we have two women making an important impact in their individual spheres of influence, impacts with the potential to lead to huge change for many people.  Good friends of the podcast, Valerie Herrera, City Planner with the City and County of Denver, and Erika Reyes-Martinez, Director of Communications and Community Engagement for Denver Public Libraries are each using their influence to create big community impact.  Continue Your Learning: Find the book, The Death and Life of the Great American Cities Check-out Denver Urban Scholars Connect with Valerie Herrera and Erika Reyes-Martinez Join Latinas Give Denver **There are only 2 episodes left in this season. Make sure you let us know if you want us back for Season 3 in 2019.  You can send an email to Thatswhatshedidpodcast@gmail.com or message us on Instagram or Facebook

Laura Escalante and Camila Antonia started, Dinero Diaries, a financial blog, an online program that helps millennial Latinos learn how to manage their finances after a conversation following salsa dancing made them both realize they had some money questions. Now Laura and Camila are taking the money lessons they've learned and made them accessible and actionable to other millennials.  Woman of Impact:  Laura is sharing the story of the indigenous artisans on her native Peru.  Continue Your Learning: Get on lessons from Dinero Diaries Follow them on Facebook and Instagram   Don't forget to subscribe!

China Tolliver is a former doula turned podcaster. She was inspired to start the Birth Control Podcast after witnessing several incidents in the birthing room where women were not listened to by their doctors or even experiences obstetric violence. With Birth Control Podcast she is creating space for marginalized women to tell their stories. China is taking her podcast on the road and illuminating the experiences of black, brown and indigenous women who are most impacted by failures in the medical system. You should definitely check out the show links! Learn more about China Tolliver: Connect on Facebook  Follow China on Instagram     Continue Your Learning: Obstetric Violence Don't forget to share and leave us a review on iTunes!

Tangia Renee and guest, Representative Leslie Herod, of Colorado House District 8 discuss being the first openly LGBTQ representative in the Colorado legislature, how we eventually end up with more prisons than apartments, and the Caring 4 Denver ballot initiative - an initiative that aims to raise $45 million per year to fund mental health and addiction services.  This week I cover Woman of Impact, Christina Pumphrey, a Florida state prosecutor who uncovered deputy misconduct and exposed the planting of drug evidence on innocent people during routine traffic stops. As a result, the county had to dismiss 120 active cases.     Continue Your Learning: Connect with Representative Leslie Herod Learn about the Caring 4 Colorado Ballot Initiative  How to Vote in Colorado  Find out how to vote in your state Woman of Impact: Read Christina Pumphrey's Story Other Links Mentioned: Shontel Lewis: RTD Dist. B Candidate The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

In this episode, I'm honored to have Rosemary Rodriguez, CEO of TogetherWeCount.org and the former state director of Obama For America, Senator Michael Bennet, and Denver City Council among other important roles.  Today we're discussing voter suppression, the mysterious US Census and how it impacts the everyday lives of EVERYONE in the country from young to elder, including: Disaster relief - Turns out we do have $$ for that! Business investments in your community, and The always controversial Electoral College  Did you know that the Census represents $800 billion in resources to our communities?  Learn More About Rosemary: Go to TogetherWeCount.org Check this recent story Connect on social Woman of Impact: This week Rosemary tells us about her aunt, Catalina Rodriguez, the badass WWII nurse, and world traveler.  What Next: 1. Go to iTunes 2. Leave us a review 3. Share this episode Please and Thank you!

In this episode, Analise Harris, CEO of the nonprofit Curls On The Block, shares how her experiences as a special education teacher inspired her to start an after-school program to support girls of color in feeling empowered turned into a nonprofit and entirely new path in her own life.  We talk about how Curls On The Block is empowering girls to embrace their natural hair while introducing them to STEAM careers because fewer than 20% of STEAM jobs will be filled by women. We chat the politics of hair and how that impacts women, we bond over our own curls and touch on how colorism is a very real issue that needs to be addressed within communities of color.     This week's Woman Of Impact is Angela Davis. Analisa discusses how Angela Davis was an inspiring force in her own life, the impact Ms. Davis has had on gender studies, specifically the intersection between class and gender, and why the next generation of leaders needs to know about her.  Little known fact: Both the Rolling Stones and John Lennon wrote s

Lizelle van Vuuren, Founder of Women Who Startup and Women Who Startup Foundation, joins me in a candid conversation about why representation matters for women, women of color, and other marginalized groups. We cover what it feels like to be tokenized, being a woman in tech, and wishing LinkedIn was a thing when we were in college.   This week we cover Woman of Impact, Lauren Simmons, who is the only female full-time stockbroker on the NYSE. She also happens to be a woman of color and in her early 20's, making her the youngest stockbroker on the floor! Lauren Simmons is up big things and she's exactly the kind of leader you should know about.     Expand your knowledge: Get connected to Women Who Startup Follow Stacy on social Instagram, Twitter Woman of Impact: Lauren Simmons Learn more about her story Don't forget to subscribe!

The story of how a teacher, following a tragedy, reinvented herself to create a thriving business that connects women and empowers women. We cover how fear can show up as creative procrastination, the power of women when they connect and getting out of your own way.    In this episode, we profile woman of impact, Mary Jo Gorman. She's a doctor, women's advocate, a pioneer in critical care medicine, and serial entrepreneur.    Expand your knowledge: Check out Rise Collaborative Workspaces  Follow Stacy on social Instagram, Facebook Woman of Impact: Mary Jo Gorman Follow her on Twitter Don't forget to subscribe!

We all struggle with our self-confidence, but there is a way through. In this episode, leadership transformation coach and author, Kassandra Vaughn, talks to us about mastering our confidence and inviting our fear to dinner.  Woman of Impact Profile: Raquel Cespeda Born in Harlem to Dominican parents, award-winning journalist, cultural activist, podcaster, and documentary filmmaker Raquel Cepeda is the author of Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina.  Cepeda’s latest documentary Some Girls, focuses on a group of troubled Latina teens from a Bronx-based suicide prevention program who are transformed by an exploration of their roots via the use of ancestral DNA testing, followed by a trip to the seat of the Americas. Expand your knowledge: Check out Kassandra Vaughn Listen to the podcast She Runs The Show Find out about the Inner Badass Intensive Mastermind Woman of Impact: Raquel Cespeda Go to her website See the film, Some Girls   Don't forget to subscribe!

In this episode, I chat with Stacey Ferguson, CEO of Be Blogalicious, the premier platform for multicultural women influencers. Stacey tells us how to find the social platform that works best for you and your business. We also talk about how women of color can make more money by talking about money, and specifically why influencers shouldn't be afraid to tell each other how much money they make.  In each episode we profile a woman of impact, sharing the stories of incredible women you've probably never heard of. This week our woman of impact is Loujain Al-hathloul, Saudi women's rights activist currently jailed for protesting a ban on women driving inside Saudi Arabia. Loujain is known for defying the ban by driving a car inside Saudi Arabia and being arrested. Currently, Loujain is facing a major prison sentence for her activism even though the driving ban has been lifted.  Expand your knowledge: Check out Be Blogalicious Get to know Stacey Ferguson Find out about the Influencer Marketing Association Woman

Although this is our final daily episode for the month of March, Women's History Month, it does not have to be our final episode. We'd love to hear from you on how we may celebrate women EVERY DAG ON DAY!

If you've seen the Black Panther movie, then you are familiar with the Dora Milaje, the elite all-woman warriors tasked with protecting the king, the throne and the kingdom. Well, these bad ass on-screen sisters are based on some bad ass off-screen sisters, the Dahomey Amazons of current-day Benin, Africa. As we wind up Women's History Month, we end on a high note. Be inspired.