Adulting: Career Changes with Daphne Benford - Smith

Bay Davis is a Model, Poet, Trans Advocate and South Central native rooted in liberation, abolition and love. She explores communal disparities, structural racism and gender identity through the lens of her own experiences and ancestral informed wordsmanship. We chat about everything from making your presence known in unfamiliar spaces, to the underlying morality in gang culture and more!Bay Davis: tiktok.com/@baydavissBlacspiration: Linktr.ee/blacspirationCallMeAzia: callmeazia.comAsk Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show

Jasmine T. Williams-Jacobs (they/she) is the founder and director of Black Remote She, a community-driven platform for Black queer, trans, nonbinary people, and allies interested in working remotely. We chat about what it means to be a resource hub for others, how is it being an entrepreneur and more!BlackRemoteShe's website: https://www.blackremoteshe.com/Blacspiration: https://linktr.ee/blacspirationCallMeAzia: https://callmeazia.comAsk Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show

Ebonie Butler aka Metal & Coffee is a metal connoisseur multifaceted creator who is all about covering the wide wide variety of metal music. She is a DJ, Full-Time Software Engineer and apart of The Claw which is a group of diverse tech streamers from across the world.We cover everything from the tech industry, carving out your own path and of course, Metal music!MetalAndCoffee: https://metalandcoffee.com/Blacspiration: https://linktr.ee/blacspirationCallMeAzia: https://callmeazia.comAsk Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show

AmbitiousBoogie or SheIsBoogie is a Cosplayer, Gamer, Streamer, and Mentor. She plays games like Tekken and Apex Legends! She is an Apex Legends coach and COO for an all women organization called SistaShootas, a Gaming Collective for Black women in Esports with a focus of FPS competitive gaming for skill, profit, and content creation. She recently joined TeamInferno, an EA licensed tournament host. She streams mainly on twitch where she is a part of the Twitch black Guild and recently celebrated 5.1k followers. Ask Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show

KalesDad is Father, Music Artist, multifaceted Digital Creator, and great Conversationalist.We chat about everything from content creation being fuel for his music, what it means to have a community support your journey, how to take a chance on yourself, Blasphemous, Kendrick Lamar and more! KalesDad: https://linktr.ee/kalesdadBlacspiration: https://linktr.ee/blacspirationCallMeAzia: https://callmeazia.comAsk Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show

Amira Young - Kingsawan is a Community Organizer with Worker Center of Racial Justice, which is a grassroots organization fighting for Black Liberation and a fair and inclusive society that benefits all people through direct action organizing, policy advocacy, leadership development and voter engagement. She is also an advocate as a member of VOICES Member: Domestic Violence Awareness of the Sojourner Center and a Lupus Foundation of America advocate. We chat about her journey as a community organizer, what is restorative justice and how we can learn from it, why voting matters and more! Amira & WC4RJ: https://www.center4racialjustice.org/Blacspiration: https://linktr.ee/blacspirationCallMeAzia: https://callmeazia.comAsk Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show

Shawn Cameron aka ShawnCamGaming is a Digital Creator and Streamer. He is a BigCreatxr, Ubisoft Creator, KatVR Ambassador and Twitch Affiliate who specializes in VR and Metaverse content. We chat about the ins and outs of being a full-time creator, his journey starting out with Vine and how some people take RP a little too seriously, his journey becoming a Meta Partner and KatVR ambassador and more! Be sure to check him out on Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube!ShawnCamGaming: https://www.tiktok.com/@_shawncameron?lang=enBlacspiration: https://linktr.ee/blacspirationCallMeAzia: https://callmeazia.com/Ask Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show

On this episode we chat with member of DC3, Disabled Content Creators Collective, and YOUphoria, Miktastic! We chat about challenges faced by marginalized communities in gaming, the need for intuitive gameplay for all gamers especially those who are disabled, the power of a finding your community and more! Be sure to check Them out on Twitch!Miktastic: https://www.twitch.tv/miktastic/about Blacspiration: https://linktr.ee/blacspirationCallMeAzia: https://callmeazia.com/Ask Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show

As we are continuing our journey to find the true meaning of adulthood, Daphne stops by to give us her insights! We chop it up about how careers changes affect your mental health in both bad and good ways, how she has found ways to balance outside opinions and her own expectations, what it took for her to take a leap of faith, how she refills her cup and more!Daphne's LinkedIn: Daphne Benford-Smith, Esq. | LinkedInBlacspiration: https://linktr.ee/blacspirationCallMeAzia: https://callmeazia.com/Ask Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show

On this episode we chat with Sway Steward about some tips and tricks when it comes to personal branding. Consuela "Sway" Steward is the Owner and CEO of AfroArcher, a consulting organization that fosters collaboration within public media organizations by promoting self-reflection and leveraging diverse perspectives for enhanced workplace culture and content. She is the Equity and Inclusion Advisor for Greater Public, which is a professional development association for public media fundraisers and the director of Our Hour, which are town hall sessions which focuses on connection and empowerment for public media Professionals of Color.AfroArcher LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/afroarcherAfroArcher Website: https://afroarcherllc.com/ Sway Steward LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sway-steward/ Blacspiration: https://linktr.ee/blacspirationCallMeAzia: https://callmeazia.com/Ask Us Anything! We will discuss it on the next show!Support the show