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​Young, Black & Widowed Inc. is a progressive 501(c)3 nonprofit, plus podcast, which connects Millennial & Generation Z widow(er)s of color to a daily one-on-one peer support line, grief resources, scholarships and professionals within their home cities, across the United States.

Young, Black & Widowed

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Introduction

Young, Black & Widowed

​Young, Black & Widowed Inc. is a progressive 501(c)3 nonprofit, plus podcast, which connects Millennial & Generation Z widow(er)s of color to a daily one-on-one peer support line, grief resources, scholarships and professionals within their home cities, across the United States.

Black votes matter

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Voter Suppression

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Across the United States our Young, Black & Widowed Inc. nonprofit community voted. Some waited as long as 10+ hours. Join us! Head to the polls and vote.

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Military Widow,

6w Pregnant

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Internationally acclaimed journalist, Markeeta Davis, discusses the crushing loss of her decorated military husband, while she was just 6 weeks pregnant. She explains what it is like to raise a newborn as a solo-parent during the beginning of the global pandemic.

Living Trust & Estate Planning

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Estate Planning

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Award earning top Black Attorney Amanda Jelks discusses the importance of estate planning when widowed. Wills, Trusts, Healthcare Power of Attorney are all discussed in depth.

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Herban Doula

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Herban

Doula

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Lexi is the Herban Doula servicing Chattanooga and the surrounding areas who has nearly 30K followers. She provides pregnancy, birth, postpartum & lactation support and education, yoni steaming, placenta encapsulation and herbal products and virtual support services. 

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The Fly Widow
Giving Grace

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The Fly Widow influencer, Dr. Alisha Reed, discusses pandemic self-care for widows. How do we begin? Simply give yourself grace during this challenging pandemic era. 

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Dating Expert Brock Olsen 

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Dating Expert Brock Olsen explains how to date with standards, date safely, setup an online profile and debuts his NEW matchmaking service!

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Funeral Directing

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Funeral Director, Felicia Lashley-Verrett, speaks to us about what to do immediately after the loss of a loved one.

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Founding

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Why the Nonprofit Young, Black & Widowed Inc. was founded and how we can serve you!

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Parenting

Children with Autism

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America Inc.'s Maryland Mother of the year and Vice President of Maryland's Autism Society, Taya Dunn Johnson, discusses the challenges of raising children with Autism while widowed.

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Veteran Father

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Army Veteran,

Father of 4

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Decorated Army Veteran, father of 4, and widower, Marcus Waters, speaks about the challenges of losing his wife under pandemic shutdown restrictions and solo-parenting 4 children during the Covid-19 shutdowns.

Wedded Couples

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Elope 

Chattanooga

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Featured in Martha Stewarts wedding magazine, co-author of the book Planners Unplugged and 7 time award winner of the Couples Choice Awards for the top 5% of the wedding professionals, Shaun Mosley, showcases her amazing business Elope Chattanooga. 

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Women Repair Zone

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Former Girls Inc. CEO founded  the Women Repair Zone in June 2018 to address the societal imbalance in which too few women and girls learn home repair, home improvement, and auto maintenance skills. 

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Black Mental Health

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Black Mental Health professional, Jeigh Billingy, speaks about My SUSPIRE, a Chattanooga community based mental health organization that provides training, therapeutic groups, individual therapy, trauma informed services, workshops, awareness events such as the Mental Health Fun Fair.

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Life Insurance

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Life Insurance Agent, Tyneshia Perine, explains the importance of having a life insurance policy, especially after being widowed.

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Young, Black & BRITISH

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Young, Black, BRITISH & Widowed, Abi Shotade's prospective on all things from across the pond in England.

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