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AudioDiasporaEp. 19: THE CIPHER REWIND: Chantal Miller - Island Girls Rock!We're celebrating International Women's Month by replaying our favourite conversations with powerful women who are changing the world before we drop our NEW season on April 14.Straight from Nevis, we have a Caribbean connection for our final Women's History Month celebration — @chantal_olivia_miller_ from Island Girls Rock.Chantal started islandgirlsrock.com as a cultural movement. A movement for positivity. A movement to represent those from her diaspora in community and entrepreneurship.She and Christabel unpack the impact the mis- and under-representation of their communities had on their sense of nationhood. They also ta...
2023-03-2429 min
AudioDiasporaS3: E4 - THE CIPHER REWIND: Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström - Telling Black Women’s Stories. Her way.The Cipher podcast is celebrating International Women's History Month by replaying conversations with some of OUR own change-making faves!Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, the author of In Every Mirror She’s Black, photographer and wanderluster, drops serious gems about self-belief, individuality, and what a culture’s relationship to work and play says about it.If you’re stressing out about writing that first word or wondering how to pivot INTO the job or life you love, this conversation with Lola is just for you!—'The Cipher' podcast amplifies Black creators worldw...
2023-03-2228 min
AudioDiasporaS2:E5 - Chantal Miller Black Girls Rock!In this episode, we take the mic to… Nevis (brapp! We’re in Nevis!) talking to the Founder of Island Girls Rock, Chantal Miller.Island Girls Rock is a cultural movement and a creative entrepreneurial community for women from the Caribbean and its diaspora. The movement offers events, a podcast, and an accompanying blog that delves into the stories of prominent black women from the community.Listen as Chantal and Christabel reflect on growing up Black in the UK, how the under-representation of African and Caribbean communities in the media made both women feel invisible, and...
2023-02-1729 min