Podcast appearances and mentions of holly charles

Holly Charles-Pearson, a dynamic force in Houston's artistic landscape, has captivated audiences through her non-profit theater company, Houston Play On Purpose, since 2017. Now, embarking on an exciting new journey, Holly is making a seamless transition from theater to film. With a background spanning from authorship to playwrighting, directing, screenwriting, and filmmaking, Holly's versatility shines as she dives into her upcoming short film project, "If They Took Us Back."In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Holly offers a unique perspective on how artists and creatives are navigating the path to recovery. Her insights provide a compelling narrative about the resilience and adaptive spirit of the artistic community in Houston, a city renowned for its vibrant arts scene. Through her experiences and expertise, Holly sheds light on the challenges and opportunities that arise as the creative world emerges from the pandemic's impact.Holly's artistic evolution takes center stage as she discusses her pivot from theater to film. Having worn multiple hats as an author, playwright, director, and now filmmaker, she delves into the exciting process of bringing her creative visions to life in new and diverse mediums. Her debut short film, "If They Took Us Back," tackles pressing issues such as reparations, systemic racism, oppression, and the current political climate. The film's daring premise envisions an alternate history where descendants of formerly enslaved individuals return to the U.S., exploring the complexities of their reintegration into a transformed America.Enjoy this episode!

On this week's episode Alyssa & Haley chat with the photographer and videographer Holly Charles. Holly is the sister of last week's guest, professional triathlete Lucy Charles-Barclay, and she has been at the helm of the Charles-Barclay media team for the last two years, creating videos and capturing the perfect Instagram photos to highlight Lucy's hardwork and success on and off the race course. A true artist, Holly studied fine art in university. She talks about the transition from analog photography to digital work and videography now that she is working in endurance sport media. Holly gives us her behind the scenes scoop on all of the work that goes into getting the perfect shot as well as filming, editing and producing videos for the Team Charles-Barclay YouTube Channel. Plus, she also gives us a few tips on how to get that perfect Insta-worthy shot of both yourself and your furry friends! You can see all of Holly's work on Lucy's Instagram page @lucycharles93 on her own page @hollycharlesphotography_ as well as on the Team Charles-Barclay Youtube Channel Enter to win the ultimate 12 Days of Feisty prize pack at https://livefeisty.com/12days/ **Support the Podcast** Sign up for the Feisty Triathlon Team at feistyteam.com Orca Sportswear: Code - IRONWOMEN15 = 15% off Zealios Skincare: Code - ironwomen = 15% off InsideTracker: 25% off at insidetracker.com/ironwomen Nuun Hydration: code StayFeisty for 30% off at nuunlife.com

Tonight, join the discussion I have with special guest, Holly Charles, as we tackle the excellence of black women in creative mediums. To keep up with Holly: FB: (personal) Holly Charles (HPOP) Houston Play On Purpose IG: (personal) @hollycdivine (HPOP) @houstonplayonpurpose18 http://www.houstonplayonpurpose.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Velvet-Holly-Charles/dp/1491838078/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=velvet+holly+charles&qid=1582751990&s=books&sr=1-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApdC9-CUWN0 To keep up with me: IG & Twitter @torichantalxx The Heyyy Chocolate Face podcast twitter @hcfpodcast or email heyyychocolateface@gmail.com If you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to reach out. Constructive criticism is always welcome but don't be rude --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bwbidness/support

A native New Yorker, Marvin Pierre began developing 8 Million Stories during his year as a TNTP Bridge Fellow. Before that, he served as the Assistant Principal at KIPP Polaris Academy for Boys in Houston, Texas. Prior to joining KIPP Polaris, he served as the Dean of Students at Excellence Boys Charter School in Brooklyn, NY. He was an Assistant Dean of Students at Summit Academy Charter School, and has also served as Director of Student Life at Achievement First Endeavor Middle School (Brooklyn, NY). Marvin also worked in the Investment Banking (Municipal Finance Group) at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Marvin holds a bachelor's in Economics from Trinity College (Hartford, CT) and a Masters in Education Administration and Supervision from the University of Houston. He is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and desires to pursue opportunities in community development and co-found a K-8 school for young boys of color in Houston, TX. In this episode we discuss: The intricacies of the school to prison pipeline that affects black and brown children. The success Eight Million Stories has received over the past five years. Partnering with Holly Charles from Houston Play on Purpose. Contact Marvin: Eight Million Stories Website Eight Million Stories Facebook Check out the play: Houston Play on Purpose: Black, White & Sunshine Contact Michelle: Patreon  Instagram LinkedIn Website

“Black, White & Sunshine” is a groundbreaking play exposing the disproportionate number of Black children lost in both the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Our distinguished partners this year are 8 Million Stories, a uniquely necessary school which disrupts the pipeline to prison for at-risk youth, and Child Advocates of Fort Bend, which provides resources to reunite children with their families. In this episode we discuss: HPOP creative process to create Black, White & Sunshine. The power of storytelling through plays. The correlation from foster care and the school to prison pipeline. Houston Play on Purpose is offering six (6) showings, August 1st - August 4th, three of which will feature expert panels and/or a reception. Purchase your tickets for Houston Play On Purpose's, “Black, White & Sunshine”  at Houston Play on Purpose. Showing at Midtown Arts & Theater Center (MATCH – 3400 Main) August 1st- 4th, 2019.

Holly Charles is the author of Velvet and playwright of In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story of Freedmen’s Town, a stage play celebrating the triumphant rise of an ex-slave settlement in Fourth Ward Houston.  In this episode we discuss: What is to being a woman and redefining motherhood? What does self-care include? How can men support women during this process? I’m Still a Woman is an episodic performance made up of eight monologues from women of color confronting the topic of delayed motherhood, as well as the expectations, timelines and social constraints which often hinder the emotional welfare of women.  The intimate account of each character sheds light on the increase of Black and Latina women in education and business, misconceptions concerning infertility, as well as statistics concerning dating and marriage culture in minority communities. Each woman embraces her journey to motherhood, whether by way of proactive health care, fertility assistance, adoption or other acts of faith, by first proclaiming the piece’s title, I’m Still a Woman. Date: Saturday, August 25, 2018 Location: Midtown Arts & Theater Center (MATCH)                   3400 Main Houston, TX 77002.  Tickets available for I'm Still a Woman at ww.HoustonPlayOnPurpose.com Contact Holly: Website: www.HoustonPlayOnPurpose.com

Holly Charles is the author of Velvet (initially written as her English Creative Thesis as Velvet: the Burden of Melanin and Motherhood). Her latest literary effort, a play entitled In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story of Freedmen’s Town, is a joint venture between the arts community and the Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, purposed with raising awareness and funds towards the conservation of Houston 4th Ward’s rich African American History.   Quote: I create what it is I want to be and what kind of mark I want to leave on the world. 3 Questions I Ask: What does it mean to be an African American woman in 2017? How does she have the ability to time travel and write creatively? How can we live a life of forgiveness? 3 Learning Points: How she turned her thesis into a novel? Learning to respect each others truth. Understanding the perspective of our parents as we become adults. Resources: Velvet by Holly Charles Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce Rutherford B. Yates Museum Purchase tickets for the play In All Thy Getting

Tonight on Circle Sister's Podcast, we welcome Holly Charles from, "In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story Of Freedmen's Town." On Sunday, June 18 following the morning's "Freedmen Town Walking Tour," we will Meet-Up at 8pm to enjoy "In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story of Freedmen's Town." On tonight's episode of #CircleSistersPodcast, Holly Charles, M.A. will to discuss the relevancy and necessity of this play. Told through the lives of 3 generations of families, this play will humanize a highly charged topic: Gentrification of Houston's Freedmen's Town. 

Have you ever wondered about your family history, and how family traditions or secrets through the years may affect you, your behavior, and major aspects of your life? Velvet (AuthorHouse, 2013) begins with Ludie, a young, unwed mother escaping reality down a dusty Southern road. Author Holly Charles also found a way to escape reality; or, rather, found a means to cope with reality years ago when she first began to write about her complicated relationship with her mother. It was through her own extensive research and many meaningful conversations with her grandmother that she identified several common themes in mother/daughter relationships particularly in (but not exclusive to) the African American community. All mothers, regardless of race and culture, seek to protect their children from the demons and disappointments they themselves have been hindered by. Trying to spare their own daughters the pangs of womanhood and colorist ideals causes African American mothers to reproduce their own personal feelings of inferiority, fear and lack of esteem. Velvet is series of vignettes that chronicles poignant conversations and pivotal moments in the lives of four generations of women, all connected by blood, circumstance and the common tug-of-war that exists between mother and daughter. Holly Charles was raised just north of Chicago and attended Purdue University for her undergraduate studies. She later earned a graduate degree in English from Prairie View A&M University. Writing has been a therapeutic outlet for her since childhood, whether through music, poetry or prose. Her personal journey to find herself as a woman and as a writer became her graduate thesis: Velvet: the Burden of Melanin and Motherhood, which has now been transformed into her first book, Velvet. In addition to her work as a writer, Charles teaches English to high school students through a Houston-area community college. She will debut her first stage play, In All Thy Getting, this spring at Houston’s Ensemble Theater. James Stancil is an independent scholar, freelance journalist, and the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area non-profit dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered about your family history, and how family traditions or secrets through the years may affect you, your behavior, and major aspects of your life? Velvet (AuthorHouse, 2013) begins with Ludie, a young, unwed mother escaping reality down a dusty Southern road. Author Holly Charles also found a way to escape reality; or, rather, found a means to cope with reality years ago when she first began to write about her complicated relationship with her mother. It was through her own extensive research and many meaningful conversations with her grandmother that she identified several common themes in mother/daughter relationships particularly in (but not exclusive to) the African American community. All mothers, regardless of race and culture, seek to protect their children from the demons and disappointments they themselves have been hindered by. Trying to spare their own daughters the pangs of womanhood and colorist ideals causes African American mothers to reproduce their own personal feelings of inferiority, fear and lack of esteem. Velvet is series of vignettes that chronicles poignant conversations and pivotal moments in the lives of four generations of women, all connected by blood, circumstance and the common tug-of-war that exists between mother and daughter. Holly Charles was raised just north of Chicago and attended Purdue University for her undergraduate studies. She later earned a graduate degree in English from Prairie View A&M University. Writing has been a therapeutic outlet for her since childhood, whether through music, poetry or prose. Her personal journey to find herself as a woman and as a writer became her graduate thesis: Velvet: the Burden of Melanin and Motherhood, which has now been transformed into her first book, Velvet. In addition to her work as a writer, Charles teaches English to high school students through a Houston-area community college. She will debut her first stage play, In All Thy Getting, this spring at Houston’s Ensemble Theater. James Stancil is an independent scholar, freelance journalist, and the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area non-profit dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered about your family history, and how family traditions or secrets through the years may affect you, your behavior, and major aspects of your life? Velvet (AuthorHouse, 2013) begins with Ludie, a young, unwed mother escaping reality down a dusty Southern road. Author Holly Charles also found a way to escape reality; or, rather, found a means to cope with reality years ago when she first began to write about her complicated relationship with her mother. It was through her own extensive research and many meaningful conversations with her grandmother that she identified several common themes in mother/daughter relationships particularly in (but not exclusive to) the African American community. All mothers, regardless of race and culture, seek to protect their children from the demons and disappointments they themselves have been hindered by. Trying to spare their own daughters the pangs of womanhood and colorist ideals causes African American mothers to reproduce their own personal feelings of inferiority, fear and lack of esteem. Velvet is series of vignettes that chronicles poignant conversations and pivotal moments in the lives of four generations of women, all connected by blood, circumstance and the common tug-of-war that exists between mother and daughter. Holly Charles was raised just north of Chicago and attended Purdue University for her undergraduate studies. She later earned a graduate degree in English from Prairie View A&M University. Writing has been a therapeutic outlet for her since childhood, whether through music, poetry or prose. Her personal journey to find herself as a woman and as a writer became her graduate thesis: Velvet: the Burden of Melanin and Motherhood, which has now been transformed into her first book, Velvet. In addition to her work as a writer, Charles teaches English to high school students through a Houston-area community college. She will debut her first stage play, In All Thy Getting, this spring at Houston’s Ensemble Theater. James Stancil is an independent scholar, freelance journalist, and the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area non-profit dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered about your family history, and how family traditions or secrets through the years may affect you, your behavior, and major aspects of your life? Velvet (AuthorHouse, 2013) begins with Ludie, a young, unwed mother escaping reality down a dusty Southern road. Author Holly Charles also found a way to escape reality; or, rather, found a means to cope with reality years ago when she first began to write about her complicated relationship with her mother. It was through her own extensive research and many meaningful conversations with her grandmother that she identified several common themes in mother/daughter relationships particularly in (but not exclusive to) the African American community. All mothers, regardless of race and culture, seek to protect their children from the demons and disappointments they themselves have been hindered by. Trying to spare their own daughters the pangs of womanhood and colorist ideals causes African American mothers to reproduce their own personal feelings of inferiority, fear and lack of esteem. Velvet is series of vignettes that chronicles poignant conversations and pivotal moments in the lives of four generations of women, all connected by blood, circumstance and the common tug-of-war that exists between mother and daughter. Holly Charles was raised just north of Chicago and attended Purdue University for her undergraduate studies. She later earned a graduate degree in English from Prairie View A&M University. Writing has been a therapeutic outlet for her since childhood, whether through music, poetry or prose. Her personal journey to find herself as a woman and as a writer became her graduate thesis: Velvet: the Burden of Melanin and Motherhood, which has now been transformed into her first book, Velvet. In addition to her work as a writer, Charles teaches English to high school students through a Houston-area community college. She will debut her first stage play, In All Thy Getting, this spring at Houston's Ensemble Theater. James Stancil is an independent scholar, freelance journalist, and the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area non-profit dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies