As many of you know, I lost my paternal grandmother last Thursday to a long and brave battle with Parkinson's disease. She was my first creative muse and one of the safest and most nurturing people in my life as a child. I recorded this video today that is, as usual, being suppressed like crazy due to a dip in my online activity over the past week, as well as the mention of Black History Month and a gathering I'm not paying LinkedIn a cut of. I'd appreciate if you'd go give it a listen and some engagement. All of this said, the webinars are on for this week, February 24-25-26 at 3:30pm Central US/10:30pm Central Europe. If you have not yet registered, you may do so at this link. Replay available for all registered attendees. Contributions over the suggested add seats to our community sponsorship pool. Global Black community members, your seat is on us—please DM me your email address to be registered. For non-Black people experiencing financial difficulty, a limited number of community pool seats are available. Please DM me ASAP to claim one, no questions asked. These webinars will much more off-the-cuff than I'm used to. There won't be a lot of bells and whistles. But I think it's important to still show up for the community and for myself this week. I'd love for you to do the same. See you there. 🤍

Sharing this post here with an ask: Sharing this with an ask to all who see this: react, comment and share this post. Taj M. Smith is a truly great human. Thanking you all in advance for your support For folks in countries where Venmo and Cashapp are not available, here is Taj's PayPal : @tajdor https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tajmsmith_donate-to-help-a-black-healer-heal-organized-activity-7429716842342072320-2zcx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAADMcucBSKN6zuQruDb0nk67IiKCY3EEu2A

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