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Back on July 19, 2012, we did our first Dr. Vibe’s Allies broadcast. Well, since we are approaching the Dr. Vibe’s Allies two year anniversary, we thought that we should have a reunion. So, live tonight we have Mike Ramey, Victory Unlimited and Henri Morris live on the show.
After graduating with her B.A. in Television and Film production, from Iona College, Evita Robinson (Evie) hit the world running, or creating, rather. Within weeks of graduation, in 2006, she attended the New York Film Academy, studying Digital Filmmaking in Paris, France at La Femis film school. There, the seed for Nomadness LLC was planted after receiving acclaim for the films created through the duration of her program.
Since her first taste of Europe, at age twenty-one, Evita has traveled to twelve countries, on three different continents. She has since lived in New York, Paris, Japan, and Thailand.
After concluding a year and a half of traveling around the world, while videotaping her life on the NomadnessTV web series, Evie came back to New York on a mission to bridge her love of production and new found need for travel. In September 2011, she created the Nomadness Travel Tribe, an online social community for travelers all around the world, who have the similarity of an urban background or stylistic when traveling. For Evie, it’s about being the representation for the under represented. Within a year, the Tribe has augmented to a world wide movement, with over 3,000 members, boasting over 4,000 passport stamps, from nearly three dozen countries. She was named one of Clutch Magazine’s “11 Black Women Inspiring Us To Travel”, and the Tribe’s first ever NomadnessX group trip to Panama was featured in the July 2012 issue of Ebony Magazine. From the success of the online group, Evie thrust herself into the world of entrepreneurship, and in April 2012, launched the business home for all things Nomadness and travel oriented, Nomadness LLC. The business end of Nomadness includes the online community, merchandise line, travel series, group trips, and much more to come in the future.
Previously, while in New York City she worked in televsion and film production. Her resume included production work with names such as A&E, HBO, MTV, BET, BBC, TURNER, the reality travel series JET SET ZERO, and Spike Lee’s 40 ACRES AND A MULE FILMWORKS.
Countries Evie’s been to: Japan, Jamaica, Panama, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Cambodia, India, Thailand, China, Spain, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico (US Commonwealth)
Favorite Quote: ‘Step out on nothing, and land on something.” Dr. Cornel West
Nomadness Travel Tribe, created by Evita Robinson, is an urban travel movement that spans 8,000 members, and over three dozen countries. We’re the edgy, under represented demo in the international travel industry, and we’ve formed our own Tribe. In the invitation-only platform, we share stories, advice, photos and conversation about our personal experiences around the world.
During our conversation, Evie talks about:
– She catches up on what has happened with The Nomadness Travel Tribe since we last had her on the show in 2013
– Why does she connect so well with college students
– Her journey writing her first book
– Some of her takes on entrepreneurship including some of her entrepreneurial journey
– What are young people telling her about entrepreneurship
– What she she is doing to achieve life balance
– Her future vision for her life and for Nomadness Travel Tribe
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Evie in her own words …
Khalilah BrooksFeels Good to be Kind – Khalilah Brooks
Khalilah was born in Halifax Nova Scotia. Like most singers Khalilah grew up in the church, singing with her family. Khalilah learned through song, there was joy, tears and praise. At the tender age of 16 Khalilah really began to flourish when recognized by David Woods, the Artistic Director of the Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia.
David Woods gave Khalilah her first break to dance for his production group” Voices”. It was here where she discovered the need to perform. In 2002, Khalilah took the lead vocalist in the band “faith in the making where she performed steady throughout Ontario until 2004. After the band parted Khalilah continued to preserver and joined a Hip hop group called “DaMovemeant” where she joined forces with two male artists to create a new Canadian sound.
”DaMovemeant” (Khalilah, Fuzzy J, and Katt Fayme) became a great success with full house live performances throughout Ontario , and a strong fan based following, with a single on local mainstream radio stations such as “The Border” and even doing jingles for local businesses and radio advertisement. The group sold single handedly over 5,000 cds within the short period of 9 months.
Khalilah was recognized by American Modeling Talent Convention (AMTC) in 2005 where she traveled to Kansas City Kansas and ranked top 10 out of thousands of competitors for her unique style and vocal skill. Khalilah also did a short film where she made an appearance playing the character of “Sadie” the rebel biker in the film called “Sitting Kills”.
Her journey to Toronto since September 2009 has already been successful. She’s performed at local Toronto hotspots such as Sydney’s and Jo Mamas, Placed 2nd in the Istars Zack Warner(Candaian Idol Judge) competition for singer / song writer in April 2011, and 2nd place for her vocals in the “La Musique Circle” competition in May 2011. You can also find her in new commercials for year 2012, tv interviews 2012 with rogers, on discovery channel, doing live theatre,and of course her famous one women story telling shows . story telling, and live performances in Toronto.
Khalilah also plays an important role in the Toronto community working with Mentoring Junior Kids Organization (MJKO) through the sport of non-contact boxing.
Khalilah is now the founder and president of B-AM Brooks Artist & Management where she is able to mentor children ages 0-12 through her story telling workshops on bullying. The story telling workshops allows Khalilah to touch the collective and assist with teaching children how to love themselves and others, while learning to say NO! when feeling hurt or violated by words or touch.
Khalilah is excited to continue to embrace her lifes journey and contributing her part through the entertainment industry.
During our conversation, Khalilah talked about:
– What it was like growing up in Halifax, Nova Scotia
– The importance of music and spirituality when she was growing up
– Being in foster care from the age of six until twenty-one
– Her performing journey
– the experience of growing up without her parents for most of her teenage life and what it was like finally reconnecting with her mother and her father
– How growing up in foster homes for many years has been a blessing
– What brought her to Toronto to live and how her career has grown since she arrived in Toronto
– When did she discovered that performing for children was her purpose
– Her passion about bullying and young people and her concerns about this issue
– Where did Aunty B come from
– How can parents role in preventing bullying
– the story behind her first book Feels Good to be Kind
– Where did her fascination with puppets come from
– Her message to others about her experience
– Her message to parents, to children in foster care and black
– Should Barack Obama be doing more for black women
– The death of Maya Angelou and their thoughts
– The US military’s policy that bands women from wearing braids, twists, cornrows and deadlocks
– Dr. Dre selling his Beats Entertainment for $3 billion dollars
– Their response to Raynard Jackson’s article, “Why Black Men Need More White Women”
– The lack of diversity in social media and technology
After graduating with her B.A. in Television and Film production, from Iona College, Evita Robinson (Evie) hit the world running, or creating, rather. Within weeks of graduation, in 2006, she attended the New York Film Academy, studying Digital Filmmaking in Paris, France at La Femis film school. There, the seed for Nomadness LLC was planted after receiving acclaim for the films created through the duration of her program.
Since her first taste of Europe, at age twenty-one, Evita has traveled to twelve countries, on three different continents. She has since lived in New York, Paris, Japan, and Thailand.
After concluding a year and a half of traveling around the world, while videotaping her life on the NomadnessTV web series, Evie came back to New York on a mission to bridge her love of production and new found need for travel. In September 2011, she created the Nomadness Travel Tribe, an online social community for travelers all around the world, who have the similarity of an urban background or stylistic when traveling. For Evie, it’s about being the representation for the under represented. Within a year, the Tribe has augmented to a world wide movement, with over 3,000 members, boasting over 4,000 passport stamps, from nearly three dozen countries. She was named one of Clutch Magazine’s “11 Black Women Inspiring Us To Travel”, and the Tribe’s first ever NomadnessX group trip to Panama was featured in the July 2012 issue of Ebony Magazine. From the success of the online group, Evie thrust herself into the world of entrepreneurship, and in April 2012, launched the business home for all things Nomadness and travel oriented, Nomadness LLC. The business end of Nomadness includes the online community, merchandise line, travel series, group trips, and much more to come in the future.
Previously, while in New York City she worked in televsion and film production. Her resume included production work with names such as A&E, HBO, MTV, BET, BBC, TURNER, the reality travel series JET SET ZERO, and Spike Lee’s 40 ACRES AND A MULE FILMWORKS.
Countries Evie’s been to: Japan, Jamaica, Panama, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Cambodia, India, Thailand, China, Spain, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico (US Commonwealth)
Favorite Quote: ‘Step out on nothing, and land on something.” Dr. Cornel West
Nomadness Travel Tribe, created by Evita Robinson, is an urban travel movement that spans 8,000 members, and over three dozen countries. We’re the edgy, under represented demo in the international travel industry, and we’ve formed our own Tribe. In the invitation-only platform, we share stories, advice, photos and conversation about our personal experiences around the world.
Evie will be live on our show tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific.
During our live conversation, you have the opportunity to call in and share with us and ask questions via Skype. If you would like to do this, please call us at: doctorvibe42. If you get through, please be patient and we will get to your call as soon as possible.
All you need to do listen to the show live is to go to http://mixlr.com/drvibe/ tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. You can also provide your comments and questions during the event via Twitter (@drvibeshow#DrVibe) and at our Facebook Fan Page at “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan Page.
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Evie in her own words …
What are the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges that black men experience while working in the corporate business world today? Join the Allies tonight as we attack this controversial topic.
During our live conversation, you have the opportunity to call in and share with us and ask questions via Skype. If you would like to do this, please call us at: doctorvibe42. If you get through, please be patient and we will get to your call as soon as possible.
All you need to do listen to the show live is to go to http://mixlr.com/drvibe/ at tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. You can also provide your comments and questions during the event via Twitter (@drvibeshow#DrVibe) and at our Facebook Fan Page at “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan Page.
