Happy August! Check out my upcoming events.

Happy August All!

I am celebrating all of the creative women who inspire me this month. Many of these fabulous and fierce ladies will be featured during my August events. See the schedule below.  I hope you can join me online and offline.

Who are the creative women that inspire you?  Celebrate them this month.  Call or email them. Make time to see them in person. Tell your network about them. Sing their praises on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites. Support their creative efforts.

Ananda’s August Events:

1) August 15 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW, Room 307 (Washingtoniana Division’s Program Room), Washington, DC (Please register for the event: http://sisterhoodtheblogaugustfocusgroup.eventbrite.com)

Join Ananda for Sisterhood the Blog’s focus group on how creative women use the web and social media to express, share, market, and sell their creativity and/or creative services. Come share your thoughts, insights, and lessons learned. Guest panelists include (more names will be added shortly):

• Jade Andwele, actress, artist, poet, and member of The Saartjie Project
• Margaux Delotte-Bennett, poet, songwriter, performer, member of The Saartjie Project, and board member with the Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment Project
• Mahoganee DivaMilitia, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
• Adeline Heyman, photographer
• Simone Jacobson, managing editor of Words. Beats. Life: The Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture, writer at The Couch Sessions, company manager at Holly Bass Performance Projects, and program coordinator for Hip-Hop Dance Program at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,and founding co-director of Sulu DC
• Binahkaye Joy, founder and visionary space activator, JOYISM!, a mobile dance laboratory, and member of The Saartjie Project
• Amy Melrose, founder of Free in DC blog
• Michelle Sewell, founder and publisher of GirlChild Press
• Jessica Solomon, community artist, social entrepreneur, and founder of Spark Creativity and The Saartjie Project
  

Feel free to use the Twitter hashtag #STB10 to chat about the event and panelists.

If you are planning to participate, please complete an online survey about women and social media and release statement. The release statement gives Ananda permission to use information shared during the event as research for her book project Sisterhood, the Blog: Soundbytes from the 21st Century Women’s Online Revolution (December 2011).

2)August 16 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST, Online Conference Call – To access the call, dial (424) 203-8400 and enter Participant Access Code 943041#.

Ananda is hosting a fabulous conversation on how creative women use the web and social media to express, share, market, and sell their creativity.  Guest panelists include:

• Abiola Abrams, VH1 Tough Love TV host and author of DARE (Twitter ID: @abiolatv)
• Tara Betts, writer and author of Arc & Hue (Twitter ID: @tarabetts)
• Michelle James, CEO/Chief Emergence Office for The Center for Creative Emergence, founder of Capitol Creativity Network, and producer of Creativity in Business Conference
• Shantrelle Lewis, Director of Programs & Exhibitions for the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
• Jamie Ridler, professional creative self-development coach and founder of Next Chapter Book Blogging Group  (Twitter ID: @starshyne)
• Karen Seneferu, artist
• Kamy Wicoff, author and co-founder of She Writes

Feel free to use the Twitter hashtag #STB10 to chat about the event and panelists.

If you are planning to participate, please complete an online survey about women and social media and release statement. The release statement gives Ananda permission to use information shared during the event as research for her book project Sisterhood, the Blog: Soundbytes from the 21st Century Women’s Online Revolution (December 2011).

3) August 17 @ 9:30 pm EST, BlogTalkRadio – http://www.blogtalkradio.com/anandaleeke/2010/08/18/blogatique-with-ananda-leeke

Tune into the launch of Ananda’s new BlogTalkRadio radio show Blogatique with Ananda Leeke. People. Passions. Politics.  The first episode features creative woman extraordinaire Toni Blackman.  Blackman is an artist, cultural ambassador, and social entrepreneur, based in Brooklyn, New York. Toni is the author of Inner-Course: A Plea for Real Love.  She is also the founder and director of Freestyle Union, a cipher workshop that uses free styling as a tool to encourage social responsibility. Her “I Rhyme Like A Girl” series is a Freestyle Union initiative. In addition, she is a former Echoing Green Fellow and fellow with the Open Society Institute. Visit Toni’s blog to learn more about her creative endeavors: http://toniblackman.wordpress.com. Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/toniblackman.

4) August 18 @ 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm, MomTV – http://www.momtv.com/kg-yoga

Watch Ananda’s kg yoga life practices class on Mom TV on 8:00 pm EST.  The theme is celebrating Shakti, the creative feminine energy.

5) August 24 @ 9:30 pm, BlogTalkRadio – http://www.blogtalkradio.com/anandaleeke/2010/08/25/blogatique-with-ananda-leeke-people-passions-polit

Blogatique with Ananda Leeke. People. Passions. Politics. features Orlando W. Darden, Jr., owner of BodyFitDC (http://bodyfitdc.com) on the second episode of its first season. Darden is a Washington, DC-based certified personal and group fitness trainer,and running coach. He will discuss his life reinvention journey from a seasoned finance professional with 20+ years of experience and a MBA from New York University to a fitness entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people to become more fit and healthy,and improve their overall well-being. Follow Darden’s BodyFitDC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bodyfitdc.

6) August 26 @ 9:00 pm, Sisterhood the Blog Radio, http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/42015

Tune in as Ananda continues the creative women and social media discussion with the following creative ladies:

• Moya Bailey, a writer/blogger/community builder and founder of Quirky Black Girls social networking site http://grou.ps/quirkyblackgirls/home,

• Thien-Kim Lam, a crafter/baker/cook/blogger and founder of Cup of Creativi-Tea blog  http://www.mycupofcreativitea.com,

• Li of La Licenciada, an actress/writer/blogger/attorney and founder of www.HerDeepThoughts.Com,

• Mahagonee, a singer/songwriter and founder of DivaMilitia, LLC http://mahoganee.com, and

• Mary L.Tabor, an author/writing professor/blogger http://www.maryltabor.com.

Please register for the show: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/794878503.  This radio show is a follow up to an offline event held on August 15 in DC and conference call on August 16.

Feel free to use the Twitter hashtag #STB10 to chat about the event and panelists.

If you miss the live show on August 26, don’t fret. You will be able to listen to the audio posted on Sisterhood the Blog Radio’s web site: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/42015.

If you are planning to participate, please complete an online survey about women and social media and release statement. The release statement gives Ananda permission to use information shared during the event as research for her book project Sisterhood, the Blog: Soundbytes from the 21st Century Women’s Online Revolution (December 2011).

7) August30 @ 9:00 pm, Sisterhood the Blog Radio, http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/42015

Listen to Ananda’s second discussion about  creative women and social media with the following creative ladies:

• Carrie Ferguson Weir, a writer/former journalist/entrepreneur/publicist/ and editor of the TikiTiki blog http://www.google.com/profiles/CarrieFWeir,
• Philippa Hughes, an entrepreneur/chief creative contrarian of The Pink Line Project, and commissioner for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities www.pinklineproject.com,
• Patranila Jefferson, an actress/singer/voiceover artist/writer/producer and creative director at Pretty Smart Films, LLC http://www.patranila.com,
• Shawna Kenney, an author/journalist/creative writing instructor http://www.shawnakenney.com,
• Arielle Loren, a  writer/filmmaker/new media strategist http://arielleloren.com,
• Marielle Mariano, an artist/art therapist/art educator and East Coast coordinator for CHALK4PEACE, Inc. www.chalk4peace.blogspot.com,
• J.J. Michael, an author/publisher/blogger and founder of Pathtotruth.com http://www.jjmichael.com, and
• Felicia Pride, an author/writer/speaker and founder of BackList http://www.feliciapride.com.

Please register for the show: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/814373814.

This radio show is a follow up to an offline event held on August 15 in DC and conference call on August 16.

Feel free to use the Twitter hashtag #STB10 to chat about the event and panelists.

If you miss the live show on August 30, don’t fret. You will be able to listen to the audio posted on Sisterhood the Blog Radio’s web site: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/42015.

If you are planning to participate, please complete an online survey about women and social media and release statement. The release statement gives Ananda permission to use information shared during the event as research for her book project Sisterhood, the Blog: Soundbytes from the 21st Century Women’s Online Revolution (December 2011).

8) August 31 @ 9:30 pm, BlogTalkRadio – http://www.blogtalkradio.com/anandaleeke/2010/09/01/blogatique-with-ananda-leeke-shayne-lee-author-of-

Blogatique with Ananda Leeke: People. Passions. Politics. features Shayne Lee, author, sociologist, and Tulane University professor on the third episode of its first season. Lee will discuss his new book Erotic Revolutionaries: Black Women, Sexuality, and Popular Culture.