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Episode Notes My guest include Anasa Troutman, Executive Director, Clayborn Temple Restoration. We all know about the fire that destroyed the iconic structure that served as a living, Breathing symbol of the Civil Rights movement, a meeting place for Dr. King and the sanitation workers. She talks about its history and if any part of it can be saved. Violence and the path many of our young folks are taking is the wrong path. Durell Cowan is the founder and Executive Director of Heal 901. The non profit's goal is to cultivate the minds of young leaders while eradicating violence. I ask him how we can all as a city do more to help our next generation break the cycle of trauma for a more positive future. State Representative Torrey Harris just completed the 2025 Legislative Session. I ask him how it went ( or didn't)and whether anything that happened was beneficial to Memphis and Shelby County. That and more on air and online Monday, 6 pm on 91.7 FM WYXR. Also, the WYXR app, Tunein, Facebook Live and wherever you get your podcasts. It's time to talk!
"It is about leveraging all the stories that we have from the past -- every song, every story, every everything -- to be able to co-create the stories of the future." Memphis is making a smart business case for arts and culture because t_here's no business like show business, after all!_ New Memphis' Celebrate What's Right: Creative Economics brought local experts to the stage who shared how to artfully blend creativity and business at a scale that is shaping our city, its image, and its bottom line. Revisit this conversation with Jessica Mosley, Lakeisha Edwards, George Monger, Elizabeth Rouse, and Anasa Troutman. This event was powered by Duncan Williams Asset Management and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. Resources mentioned in this episode include: artsMemphis Greater Memphis Chamber Urban Arts Commission Connect Music Historic Clayborn Temple ArtsMemphis arts calendar Memphis Cultural Coalition Memphis' first mayoral arts forum This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.
Anasa Troutman is a cultural strategist, producer, writer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. As CEO & Founder of The BIG We and BIG We Foundation, Anasa works to build & execute stories & strategies that are aligned with her vision world where all communities can experience safety, abundance, creativity, and joy. Best known for her 20 year partnership as strategic advisor & executive producer for Grammy Award winning, singer/songwriter, India Arie, Anasa has provided strategic & creative support in many of the most important cultural, philanthropic, political, and social justice spaces, including being invited twice to the Obama White House to advise on cultural policy Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Anasa's latest project is the restoration of Historic Clayborn Temple, the Memphis church that was the organizing headquarters of The Sanitation Workers' Strike of 1968, Martin Luther King's last campaign, into a center to build cultural, economic power with Memphis' African-American community. Anasa works to embody her strong belief in creativity as a transformative practice & her understanding of the importance of capital access to elevate the voices and vision of underestimated communities.
Anasa Troutman is a cultural strategist, producer, writer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. As CEO & Founder of The BIG We and BIG We Foundation, Anasa works to build & execute stories & strategies that are aligned with her vision world where all communities can experience safety, abundance, creativity, and joy.Best known for her 20 year partnership as strategic advisor & executive producer for Grammy Award winning, singer/songwriter, India Arie, Anasa has provided strategic & creative support in many of the most important cultural, philanthropic, political, and social justice spaces, including being invited twice to the Obama White House to advise on cultural policy Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Anasa's latest project is the restoration of Historic Clayborn Temple, the Memphis church that was the organizing headquarters of The Sanitation Workers' Strike of 1968, Martin Luther King's last campaign, into a center to build cultural, economic power with Memphis' African-American community.Anasa works to embody her strong belief in creativity as a transformative practice & her understanding of the importance of capital access to elevate the voices and vision of underestimated communities.
Anasa Troutman joins us to share how the Historic Clayborn Temple is not only being restored for remembrance but revitalized as a resource and catalyst for stories that will shape the future. Resources mentioned in this extended-cut episode include: Historic Clayborn Temple Anasa Troutman's professional website National Trust for Historic Preservation Clayborn Temple Traveling Exhibit guide book PDF Clayborn Temple on Instagram Clayborn Temple and I AM A MAN Plaza This episode is made possible in partnership with Independent Bank.
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In this Black History Month special, we revisit a recording that took place during the peak of the George Floyd protests in 2020. In this episode, Anasa Troutman speaks on her empowered upbringing. She was surrounded by parents that encouraged a deep love for her skin color and the black culture. As we move into a new chapter in our evolution of racial equality, this episode is an excellent example of how we can uplift our children and prepare them for the world. Anasa also shares that her most excellent profession is LOVE and shares what it means to love through the vision of oneness.
Cultural strategist, speaker, writer, producer, philanthropist, entrepreneur – Anasa Troutman tells her amazing story of the crazy, bold, out of the box way she lived her life while being petrified yet staying true to herself. She inspires as she tells her story of attending Spelman and how she came alive while working at the Tower Record Store in Atlanta being surrounded by music and meeting famous artists. She brings her majestic spirit as she describes what drives her creativity and the significance of being the unique voice in the room.As CEO & Founder of The BIG We, Anasa works to build & execute strategies for artists & organizations that are aligned with her vision of a loving world & her belief in creativity as a pathway to personal, community & global transformation.Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Anasa awakened to her life's work during her time in Atlanta, Georgia, attending Spelman College & founding Groovement/EarthSeed Music, a successful record label & collective of young, cutting edge, visionary musicians, performers, & writers.Best known for her work as strategic advisor & executive producer for long time friend India.Arie, Anasa recently stepped into leadership as the first Executive Director of the historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis. Anasa has provided strategic and creative support in many important cultural, political & social justice spaces; she has designed & facilitated national learning exchanges, served as a consulting producer, trained & transitioned the leadership of organizations to integrate cultural strategy as a community organizing tactic, produced tours & festivals, curated artistic programming, shepherded many artists & creative thinkers through the process of manifesting their own creative vision & has been invited twice to the White House by the Obama administration to advise on cultural policy.Anasa works hard to embody her strong belief in creativity as a transformative practice & engages art making as a pathway to her own healing & spiritual expansion. While she experiments with many forms of creative practice, her deepest love is writing. She creates stories, songs & essays that reflect her unique point of view, commitment to loving kindness & thirst for beauty & adventure.Whisk & BlendBartender, Liv C joins us to talk about her segment on Whisk & Blend TV highlighting the hospitality industry as she introduces the sexy, classic Side Car cocktail. Check out our IG for the recipe and our Whisk & Blend TV series Tip Your Bartender! #whiskandblendtvBrought to you by Great Convo Media https://greatconvo.com/Subscribe: http://www.creativesovercocktails.com/Follow: https://www.instagram.com/coc_podcastLike: https://www.facebook.com/cocpodcastHostsEboné Merrimon https://www.instagram.com/deepsouleb/Brian Sexton https://www.instagram.com/iamspreadluv/Lonnell Matthews https://www.instagram.com/inspirewithlonnell/Audio Architect: Kamaal Malak https://www.instagram.com/kamaalmalak/Music Producer: A.B. Eastwoood https://www.instagram.com/a.b.eastwood/
Anasa Troutman is a cultural strategist, producer, writer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. As CEO & Founder of The BIG We and BIG We Foundation, Anasa works to build & execute stories & strategies that are aligned with her vision world where all communities can experience safety, abundance, creativity, and joy. Anasa's latest project is the restoration of Historic Clayton Temple, the Memphis church that was the organizing headquarters of the Sanitation Workers' Strike of 1968, Martin Luther King's last campaign, into the center to build cultural, economic power with Memphis' African-American community.
Cultural strategist, speaker, writer, producer, philanthropist, entrepreneur – Anasa Troutman tells her amazing story of the crazy, bold, out of the box way she lived her life while being petrified yet staying true to herself. She inspires as she tells her story of attending Spelman and how she came alive while working at the Tower Record Store in Atlanta being surrounded by music and meeting famous artists. She brings her majestic spirit as she describes what drives her creativity and the significance of being the unique voice in the room. As CEO & Founder of The BIG We, Anasa works to build & execute strategies for artists & organizations that are aligned with her vision of a loving world & her belief in creativity as a pathway to personal, community & global transformation.Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Anasa awakened to her life’s work during her time in Atlanta, Georgia, attending Spelman College & founding Groovement/EarthSeed Music, a successful record label & collective of young, cutting edge, visionary musicians, performers, & writers. Best known for her work as strategic advisor & executive producer for long time friend India.Arie, Anasa recently stepped into leadership as the first Executive Director of the historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis. Anasa has provided strategic and creative support in many important cultural, political & social justice spaces; she has designed & facilitated national learning exchanges, served as a consulting producer, trained & transitioned the leadership of organizations to integrate cultural strategy as a community organizing tactic, produced tours & festivals, curated artistic programming, shepherded many artists & creative thinkers through the process of manifesting their own creative vision & has been invited twice to the White House by the Obama administration to advise on cultural policy.Anasa works hard to embody her strong belief in creativity as a transformative practice & engages art making as a pathway to her own healing & spiritual expansion. While she experiments with many forms of creative practice, her deepest love is writing. She creates stories, songs & essays that reflect her unique point of view, commitment to loving kindness & thirst for beauty & adventure.Whisk & BlendBartender, Liv C joins us to talk about her segment on Whisk & Blend TV highlighting the hospitality industry as she introduces the sexy, classic Side Car cocktail. Check out our IG for the recipe and our Whisk & Blend TV series Tip Your Bartender! #whiskandblendtvBrought to you by Great Convo Media https://greatconvo.com/Subscribe: http://www.creativesovercocktails.com/Follow: https://www.instagram.com/coc_podcastLike: https://www.facebook.com/cocpodcastHostsEboné Merrimon https://www.instagram.com/deepsouleb/Brian Sexton https://www.instagram.com/iamspreadluv/Lonnell Matthews https://www.instagram.com/inspirewithlonnell/Audio Architect: Kamaal Malak https://www.instagram.com/kamaalmalak/Music Producer: A.B. Eastwoood https://www.instagram.com/a.b.eastwood/MentionsJust Play Entertainment: https://www.justplayentertainment.com/Deep Soul with EbonéCheck out Deep Soul with Eboné Merrimon on IG: https://www.instagram.com/deepsouleb/
Cultural strategist Anasa Troutman joins Konda Mason for a conversation around intentional communities, white supremacy, and what freedom really looks like.As CEO & Founder of The BIG We, Anasa Troutman works to build and execute strategies for artists and organizations that are aligned with her vision of a loving world and her belief in creativity as a pathway to personal, community, and global transformation. Best known for her work as the strategic advisor and executive producer for her longtime friend - Grammy-winning singer and songwriter India Arie. Anasa recently stepped into leadership as the first Executive Director of the historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis. Learn more about Anasa and her work at anasatroutman.com.
This episode on practicing politics features Nelini Stamp from Working Families Party, Rev angel Kyodo williams author of Radical Dharma, Anasa Troutman of the Big We and Carinne Luck, a well known organizer and activist.What I learned from this conversation is that building a politics of care is multidimensional. It’s telling a new story of who we are and who we are becoming, it’s building community depth and power wherever you are, it’s going up against old systems of oppression even while we dream up new systems of liberation. And it’s doing the internal work of decolonizing and deconstructing our own beliefs so that we can live into our greatest potential together.This is the practice of politics that is internal and external, that is individual and collective, that is cultural and systemic, that is tactical and transformative, that is resistant and imaginative. And as Nelini reminds us, we can be all those things. And we need to.
Khari Cabra Simmons is a pioneer of Atlanta's eclectic underground Soul scene. In the mid 90's he co-founded the Atlanta collective Earthseed, along with friends India Arie,, Sirius B, Anasa Troutman and Donnie. Shortly after the disbanding of Earthseed Khari began to play with then Naked Music recording artist Gaelle, and remained an in demand bassist playing alongside the likes of Donnie, Roy Ayers, Gaelle, Russel Gunn and eventually signing on as India Arie's bassist in early 2000. When India.Aire was offered the opening act for Sade's Lover's Rock tour, she didn't hesitate to invite Khari to join her on the road and after the three month tour, Khari was asked to become a full-time member of her band. As a recording artist Khari has garnered a reputation for crafting Brazilian-influenced soul sounds via his band Jiva and now in his solo career. Khari's collaborations on his many musical projects have included work with Monday Michiru, Bluey of Incognito, Cecelia Stalin of Koop, Chantae Cann, Brenda Nicole Moorer , Grant Green Junior and Sabrina Malheiros. His latest EP "Soul Bossa" Khari continues this exploration into his unique style of soul bossa paying homage to cats like Burt Bacharach, Sergio Mendes and Quincy Jones. https://kharicabralsimmons.com/
What's different this time? Today, African-American community leader Anasa Troutman discusses race relations in America, and how the pandemic, unemployment, and systemic police brutality led to a breaking point. What does leadership look like in this moment? And amidst the suffering, is there hope? To hear more from Anasa, you can also listen to her TEDTalk here: http://www.anasatroutman.com/tedtalk
What's different this time? Today, African-American community leader Anasa Troutman discusses race relations in America, and how the pandemic, unemployment, and systemic police brutality led to a breaking point. What does leadership look like in this moment? And amidst the suffering, is there hope? To hear more from Anasa, you can also listen to her TEDTalk here: http://www.anasatroutman.com/tedtalk This show is made possible by: Skillshare Cannaquility Raycon
Wellness Beyond Whiteness is one of our favorite conversations we've ever had at CTZNWELL - exploring how we perpetuate a culture of exclusion in wellness spaces, how to move beyond #DiversityAndInclusion, and what the cost of whiteness is on our collective wellness.Kerri recorded this panel with Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Michelle Cassandra Johnson, Seane Corn, and Anasa Troutman at the 2018 Wellspring Conference hosted by Wanderlust, and we’re dropping it today to give you a taste of the deep conversations that we - along with Anasa and Nicole Cardoza - have organized starting THIS MONDAY, May 25, for our free series The Wellness of WE!The Wellness of WE is an 8-day online practice and conversation series to advance collective wellbeing. It features incredible leaders like India Arie, Mia Birdsong, Valarie Kaur, Taj James, Sonya Renee Taylor, Reggie Hubbard, Manoj Dias, the badass women on this original panel...and more.Sign up for free at www.thewellnessofwe.com, and starting Monday you’ll get a daily themed email with a guided practice, lots of juicy content, PLUS an invitation to join a live conversation each evening. (No worries if you can’t join live. We’ll post the recordings afterward.)Topics include:The WE in WellnessWorthy & WellFrom Self-Care to Community CareRevolutionary LoveWellness Beyond Whiteness (with these original panelists!)Rest & ReparationsPolitics & Economics of WellbeingJoyful RevolutionWe hope you can join us. Be sure to RSVP for free at www.thewellnessofwe.com.If this conversation resonates, we’d love for you to take a screenshot of the podcast and tag us on Instagram at @ctznwell!And to invite your Facebook friends to The Wellness of WE, here’s the event.Follow Rev. angelFollow MichelleFollow SeaneFollow Anasa
Anasa Troutman joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as a writer, music producer and entrepreneur. Anasa has worked in progressive politics, been a fellow at the Movement Strategy Center, and has a TED talk, podcast and her own company, Culture Shift Creative.
We’re talking with writer, producer, and entrepreneur Anasa Troutman, who besides being a well-known cultural disruptor and love activist, is challenging us to go beyond justice and towards sustainable joy for all.-Tune in to The BIG We Podcast-Follow Anasa on Instagram-Check out Anasa’s other offeringsIf this episode resonates for you, we’d love for you to take a screenshot add tag us on Instagram stories @ctznwell and @anasatroutman, and click below to tweet:"You can't transform something you don't love." @anasatroutman drops so. much. wisdom. on the latest #CTZN Podcast with @kkellyyoga. Check it out! ctznwell.org/ctznpodcast @ctznwell #loveactivist #joy #justice #radicalloveMore about this episode:I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this one thing Anasa said in our conversation: “You can’t transform something that you don’t love.”And as someone deeply committed to personal and collective transformation, it had me reflecting on how I love. Not, how I do more activism or be a better ally, but how do I love for real? That too is justice. Justice calls us not only to correct whatever is in the way of love, but it also invites us to live into that love.And that inquiry starts with self-love. Because how we love ourselves IS how we love everyone else. But the truth is, we live in a culture that does not reinforce self-love. It says love yourself only when you are smarter, healthier, more productive, more perfect. We are taught that love is conditional and so it’s no wonder that we project conditional love to others and make choices that are not loving to the whole of humanity.But when we can claim radical love for ourselves - the kind that is expressed through grace and compassion and forgiveness - then we can start to extend that kind of love outwards in relationship, in how we repair the breach and love across lines of difference and disagreement and in how we love through our choices, through our votes and especially through our money.Anasa reminds us that love is not some idea or intention. Love is who we are and what we do. And when we embody that kind of love fully, then justice and joy will flow. This conversation is a reminder and realignment with the very thing that is most important and essential to our work: LOVE. Check it out.-Join CTZNWELL on Patreon-Follow CTZNWELL on Instagram-Sign up for CTZNWELL’s weekly email WELLread and check out our free action guides at ctznwell.org.
Everyone wants to feel like they belong. We can’t “other” people and then ask them to join us. We need spaces of belonging. Meet my friend Anasa Troutman. CEO of Culture Shift Creative. A strategist and storyteller who is wise beyond her years. She radiates a deeply cultivated love. And she wields creativity as a path of transformation. For more information, check out her website: http://www.anasatroutman.com/
When Anasa Troutman walked into the historic Clayborn Temple, “I could literally hear the building talking to me,” she said. “I knew I was meant to do something in that space.” Listen to this episode of StoryBoard 30 and our interview with Ms. Troutman, Executive Director of the Clayborn, and hear how she came to Memphis to help continue the building's historic resurgence. You will be inspired.
The Transform Network Podcast - A Progressive Christian Podcast
The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network. A cultural strategist, writer, and producer, Anasa Troutman has dedicated her work to the importance of culture and the power of love. As founder and CEO of her company, Culture Shift Creative, and the Executive Director of Historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis, TN, Anasa works to build and execute strategies for artists and organizations that are aligned with her vision of a loving world and her belief in creativity as a pathway to personal, community and global transformation. www.anasatroutman.com www.clayborn-temple.org FB & IG: @anasatroutman FB & IG: @clayborn_temple
A writer, producer, and entrepreneur, Anasa Troutman has dedicated her work to the importance of culture and the power of love. As CEO of her company, Eloveate, Anasa works to build and execute strategies for artists and organizations that are aligned with her vision of a loving world and her belief in creativity as a pathway to personal, community and global transformation. Through this work she has only deepened her belief in the power of transformative artists and cultural organizers. Anasa is sought after for her innovative thinking on the transformative role of art, culture and creativity, and infusing Love as a fundamental core value of any transformative work and every interaction. Visit www.SheStories.net & www.anasatroutman.com. Donate to the America Meditating Radio Show! Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna. Like America Meditating & on Twitter. Visit www.americameditating.org. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.