Cocktails, Culture, and Conversations

Maine and David examine the state of black relationships and love. Fresh off the heels of the relationship scandal that highlighted the partnership between Actress Nia Long and Ime Udoka of the Boston Celtics coaching staff, Maine poses the question to David, “What does it take to build a successful relationship in the black community?”

This week on the C3 Interview series, we have newly minted Principal Marvin Smith stopping by to talk be an educator and administrator. The challenges and opportunities he sees in the education system for black children and what teaching means to him.

Welcome to the Cocktails, Culture, and Conversations Podcast! On this episode of The C3 Podcast, David, Laurel, and Maine dig into the feasibility of African American descendants of slaves FINALLY getting reparations from the government.

Welcome to the Cocktails, Culture, and Conversations Podcast! On this episode of The C3 Podcast, Maine, Laurel, and David explore the legacy of the Jim Crow era practices imposed by the state governments throughout the country. Are we STILL suffering from the impacts of these practices that were put in place in the 1860s? How has society adjusted since the implementation of the Civil Right’s Act of the 1960s?

Welcome to the Cocktails, Culture, and Conversations Podcast! On this episode of The C3 Podcast, Maine, David, and Laurel tackle the sexualization of media in pop culture and discuss how it has affected the development of young black children. Are black kids exposed to sexual images too early in their formative development?

On this episode of The C3 Podcast, Laurel, David, and Maine reckon with the legacy of white supremacy imbedded in the U.S Constitution and how it has affected the Black community from its inception

This week on the C3 podcast special guests: Shameka Ottman and Darryl Foster swing by the pod to talk about a couple of things. One their company Nexus Federal. They give the behind the scenes story of how it came together, and what they want to accomplish going forward. We also get into the significance of HBCU's and the impact it's had on their lives and careers. And of course, we wrap up with the Last Sip and talk about legacy.

This episode I continue the Implementer Series with a conversation with Alisha Scott as we talk about her career in Identity and Access Management.

This episode I sit down with Darran Rolls and discuss the state of identity, our first encounter, and the glorious invention that was SPML. We also talk about diversity and inclusion, and Darran gives some perspective from an executive level.