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The NexusAfro-Ecofeminism and Preserving Black EcologiesOverview
The core of environmental practice is a resonance with the land at the register of the self and with concern for sustaining the productivity of the land for generations to come. Across the Black Belt South and Appalachia, Black women have been stewarding the cultural practice of memory and kinship to their daughters and children to come. The generations of learning have fortified Black approaches to land management and practice that require a deep reciprocity with giving to the land what is taken. Mavis Gragg’s great-great-grandmother, self-entitled “America,” laid claim to a nascent entrepreneurial spirit, owning land in her...
2025-04-2555 min
The HeirShares PodcastPart 4: Forest Focus: Farm and Tract NumbersIn part 4, Sam Cook explains how farm and tract numbers play a crucial role in managing and clarifying ownership of shared family lands.
2024-09-3011 minThe HeirShares PodcastPart 3: Forest Focus: Forest Management PlansForester Sam Cook explains how strategic forestry practices can help landowners preserve, protect and nurture their valuable forest lands for generations to come.
2024-09-3018 minThe HeirShares PodcastPart 2: Forestry Focus: The invaluable role of foresters and conservation programsThis short episode explains the invaluable role of foresters and conservation programs in empowering heirs' property owners with forest land.
2024-09-3017 minThe HeirShares PodcastPart 1: Forestry Focus: Understanding Heirs' Property Owners and Their Forest LandThis is the first episode of our multi-part series about heirs' property forest owners. In this episode, you'll meet Sam Cook, a renowned forester who has helped hundreds of families that own forest land as heirs' property.
2024-09-2917 minThe HeirShares PodcastSeason 3 2024We are excited to kick off the new season! Take a look at this brief introduction to see what's coming.
2024-09-2901 min
Hothouse EarthHeirs Property: Securing Family Real Estate for Intergenerational Resiliency and WealthJoin guest host Fran Miller, senior staff attorney and adjunct faculty, and her guest, Mavis Gragg, CEO of HeirShares, as they discuss her work empowering families to use real estate as a source for intergenerational resiliency and wealth, and her work building groundbreaking technology to facilitate affordable solutions for family real estate ownership.
2024-07-1728 min
Land MattersReclaiming Black-Owned Land As the US marks Juneteenth, self-described "death and dirt" attorney Mavis Gragg recounts efforts to secure title and reclaim legal ownership of Black-owned land, in the burgeoning field of heirs property.
2024-06-1724 min
Lowenstein Sandler's Trusts & Estates Podcast: Splitting HeirsDeath and Dirt: Addressing the Injustices of the Past in Heirs PropertyToday on "Splitting Heirs," host Warren Racusin speaks with Molefi McIntosh and Mavis Gragg about the "heirs' property problem--" or what happens to real estate when it is passed down within families without benefit of a will. The guests address the historical and legal impact as well as the economic and racial inequities that resulted from the fractionalization of real estate down through multiple generations, as well as recent efforts to right the injustices of the past through such legislation as the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act, and new technology that leverages data to clear title. ...
2024-04-3030 minThe HeirShares PodcastPart 1: Gentrification and Heirs' PropertyIn this episode, we use the booming tech city, Austin, Texas, to explain why gentrification is one of the most dangerous risks to heirs' property owners. It's so awful that we had to make it a two-part series.
2023-06-1015 minThe HeirShares PodcastPart 2: Gentrification and Heirs' PropertyIn this episode, we use the booming tech city, Austin, Texas, to explain why gentrification is one of the most dangerous risks to heirs' property owners. It's so awful that we had to make it a two-part series.
2023-06-1012 minThe HeirShares PodcastLessons learned: Aretha Franklin's EstateThe tea on Aretha Franklin's estate, the consequences of not having an estate plan, and what we can learn from it.
2023-06-1006 minThe HeirShares PodcastNicknames: Building a Tree with Cousin BookieNicknames can be funny, useful, or just plain confusing. When building a family tree, it can be all of the above. Make sure you listen to the end to hear about the name challenge!
2023-05-2304 min
Level Up Artists67 - How to Stand Out to Art Collectors with Mavis GraggOn this episode we interview Durham, NC based art collector Mavis Gragg. We talk about building an art collection as a financial investment, the power of building a connection with your collectors through stories, and how to stand out to collectors by having confidence, initiative, and persistence.
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2022-07-2659 min
The Bakari Sellers PodcastBlack Real Estate and Intergenerational Wealth With Mavis GraggBakari Sellers is joined by attorney and CEO of HeirShares Mavis Gragg to discuss her career fighting for Black land ownership (3:03), the systemic racism of property law (5:54), and actionable tools and steps to take when owning land (16:01). Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Mavis GraggProducer: Donnie BeachamExecutive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-02-1423 min
Xeo CastXeo Cast - Monica Gragg, Co-Counder, Black Women Drone, October 8th, 2021Black Women Drone was founded by two adventurous, entrepreneurial sisters, Monica Gragg and her sister Mavis, who are not afraid to do things differently or to work in spaces where we stand out as "different". We embrace being extraordinary!
At the same time, we deeply value having a community that supports us to thrive and not be held back in spaces where we are extraordinary or different. During an annual family trip, Monica and Mavis shared their mutual curiosity about drones and opportunities in the drone industry.
Excited by this, we embarked on our journey. Very quickly we discovered that th...
2021-11-1716 minThe HeirShares PodcastA Cautionary Tale About DYI estate planningThe risks DIY estate planning and wills have on family wealth management decisions—they're not "one size fits all.""Succession planning for heirs property should be geared towards multiple generations of ownership, and simply doing a will online or drafting your own deed or drafting your own will is not." - Mavis Gragg, Co-founder of HeirShares
2021-05-3013 minThe HeirShares PodcastIt's Our One Year Anniversary! An interview with tech partner, Rakia Finley from Fin DigitalListen to our one-year anniversary episode with co-founder Otis Jennings and our tech partner, Rakia Finley, founder and CEO of the black woman-owned tech companies Fin Digital and Copper and Vine Studios. #blackgirlmagicHeirshares is a recipient of the Copper and Vine Recode grant. The service grant provides $50,000 #codethechangecredits towards innovation projects that support the fight for true equality within corporations, educational institutions, and nonprofits globally until 2022.
2021-05-3011 minThe HeirShares PodcastUsing Your Land in Creative WaysOnce you’ve inherited land, there are a number of things to consider. What do you want to use it for? How much experience do you have with managing a property? Do you want to use the land to make money? Co-founder Mavis Gragg shares 14 creative ways to use your land.
2021-05-2907 minThe HeirShares PodcastPredatory Practices that Lead to Families Losing Ownership of Their LandWhen local governments monopolize property taxes, partition actions, and special assessments, predatory practices can lead to landowners losing ownership of the land they've held for generations. Co-founder Mavis Gragg explains how.
2021-05-2909 minThe HeirShares PodcastHow Does the Heirshare's Algorithm Work?What the heck is an algorithm, and why is it our underlying magic? We'll explain it simply and clearly.
2021-05-2908 minThe HeirShares PodcastWhat is Heirshares?Listen to our founders Mavis Gragg and Otis Jennings talk about their journey to create Heirshares, which will help families protect their land (and save time & money in the process).
2021-03-1010 minThe HeirShares PodcastQuestions and answers about Prince's estatePrince's estate was valued at $200 million by the IRS. That's twice as much as the valuation submitted by Comerica Bank & Trust. What does that mean for his unreleased music?
2021-03-1008 minThe HeirShares PodcastCelebrity’s Marital Drama Highlights Estate Planning NightmaresWhat do you think Larry King and Lamar Odom's biggest estate planning mistake was? What can happen to your estate when you die during or just after a rocky relationship?
2021-02-2709 min
Lunch AgendaEating the Green New Deal, Episode 6: LandLosing two-thirds of US farmers this past century while farm size tripled, has disproportionately squeezed out small farms, especially African-Americans—where we’ve lost 98% of farmers. Julie Kurtz hosts attorneys Jillian Hishaw and Mavis Gragg, who discuss the strategies they pursue to keep African-American landowners own their land, sustainably managing forests or maintaining their agricultural heritage. They discuss how reimagining government institutions, USDA programs, and reparations would be necessary food system elements of a Green New Deal.
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2019-11-2000 min
The Leadership Nature PodcastIt's One Thing to Help People but Another Thing to Empower ThemMavis Gragg graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and Pepperdine School of Law and also has her own law practice, Gragg Law Firm. At her firm, she helps individuals and families maintain and grow their wealth. Her expertise is in estate planning, estate administration, and heirs property. Mavis shares what a lot of prominent black families have to go through when it comes to heirs property, things programs and universities can do to attract more diversity, and her personal experiences as a woman of color that works one-on-one with foresters. Key Takeaways: [:55] A message from Leadership Nature. [1:35...
2018-06-131h 02