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Grateful for the opportunity to speak at the inaugural Black Leadership Summit at Virginia Commonwealth University today 🙏🏾😎

To be a leader is to put oneself at risk of praise and persecution in the pursuit of guiding others to a strategic direction that isn’t always clear.

To be a leader layered by identity is to carry the risk of leadership while also measuring the social capital risks of identities at the mercy of social value systems that consciously and subconsciously challenge the presence of otherness against the preference to “whiteness”.

It is the weight and joy of
leadership that I, a black male leader, am blessed and burdened to ponder as I rise and stumble onto the platform always aware about how I am perceived and perceiving myself as a leader grounded by the humanity of my soul.

I am a black male leader who faces perceived and real risks to hold space in leadership to shine my light while ensuring that light shines on the gifts of others.

I AM.

Thank you Lucy Hudson, Ed.D. and Sharron McDaniel, BSW for the opportunity to share and connect with fellow black faculty, staff, alumni and students. The event was exceptional 🙏🏾🙌🏾🎉 Thank you Stephen Kouevi for taking photos and capturing the moment 📸👊🏾 VCU Alumni VCU School of Business

Grateful 🙏🏾

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“I love the version of me that is close to God” — Pastor Greg Roland

a word my brother! 👏🏾🙌🏾 🙏🏾☝🏾

Happy heavenly bday Papa! You are truly missed, but we are still celebrating you. Let’s “go to Kentucky, go to the fair and see the seniorita with a ribbon in her hair.”🙏🏾🕊️💙🥲

Love you papa, I know you are turning up in heaven 🙏🏾🕊️💙

July 12, 1938-December 11, 2023

my day has been made 🥹
this is WHY I do what I do 🙏🏾
perfect way to start the school year 🎉
Virginia Commonwealth University

Go rams! 🐑

Thank you Canvas Rebel Magazine for the feature and for allowing me to share my story! This was so dope! 🫶🏾🥹

here is the link, check it out: https://canvasrebel.com/meet-nick-williams/

On the site, you can find it on the homepage in an article titled:

“Creatives on how they learned their craft”

nothing but God 👆🏾

Meet Nick Williams Alright - so today we've got the honor of introducing you to Nick Williams. We think you'll enjoy our conversation, we've shared it below. Nick, appreciate you joining us today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing...

The Power of the Pause • One of the best life lessons I’ve learned is intentionally taking moments to…

Stop thinking
Stop moving
Stop hustling
Stop counting
Stop measuring

and just sit still in the space I occupy. This pause creates room for us to see what’s happened, acknowledge what we’ve experienced and grieve what we’ve lost.

This pause allows us to hear the tempo of our own breathe and gives our minds the needed rest. In the pause we are our most productive, not because we aren’t moving, but because we are allowing ourselves to adequately process the world around us.

Take a moment at least once a month to pause. When we learn how to pause, we can effectively learn how to pivot and tap into the greatness we are called to.

Happy Tuesday
—Profe Chef Nick

WHAT 👏🏾 A 👏🏾CONVERSATION! Thankful to have shared alongside fellow black leaders & colleagues in Higher Ed about “How to Survive & Thrive in Higher Education as a Black Professional”. Share and tag anyone who would benefit from
hearing this conversation.

We talked about so much and had a great time. I learned a lot too 😎 I’m humbled to even be considered to share 🙏🏾

For those who missed it, check out the conversation in the video below and have a notebook ready because GEMS 💎 were DROPPED 🤯✍🏾 : https://www.youtube.com/live/fxSQELqdfmk?feature=share

For those who made it and wanted to connect with me, here is my universal link that holds my businesses, projects, other talks I’ve shared, etc.: https://lnkd.in/epJVBxXm

Black Excellence was FLOWING 🙌🏾😮‍💨

Thank you Dr. John C. Turner for considering me for this and for the invite. Such a great time and TIMELY conversation.

PANEL:
Rev. Michael Robinson, M.S.
Director, Community Outreach & Hiring
Temple University Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative

Marlynn R. J. Esq.
Director, Equal Opportunity and Inclusion and Title IX Coordinator
University of North Florida

Kesha T. Reed, Ed.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor & Associate Dean-Division of Academic and Student Affairs
North Carolina State University

Nicholas (Nick) Williams, M.Ed.
Assistant Director of Student Engagement Snead School of Business & Adjunct Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University

MODERATOR:
Dr. John C. Turner, Ph.D.
Virginia's Community College System

The Doc Chat BONUS - How to Survive and Thrive as a Black Higher Ed Pro The Doc Chat BONUS - How to Survive and Thrive as a Black Higher Ed Professional

CBS-6 Interview is NOW Live! If you missed here’s the link: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/how-to-get-ready-for-student-loan-repayments-pandemic-payment-freeze-ends-may-31-2023

University of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
SSSAS Alumni Association

How to get ready for student loan repayments when pandemic payment freeze ends Part of the federal debt limit deal Congress is currently debating includes an end to the pandemic-era suspension of student loan payments, impacting 1 million Virginians.

If you are in the Richmond, VA area…stay tuned because ya boy will be on CBS-6 News this evening at 5:30pm ✌🏾🤩 For those not in the area I’ll share the link once it’s posted 🙌🏾😎

Mama I made it! 🤩