THE PINK PURSE INTERNATIONAL STORY (#PINKPURSEINTL)

Sometimes you interview a soul so stirred up by the world & stirring, that they cry @ the end—and you mist up, too…after the mics, lights are dismantled &  the camera works & digital are being shut down…a reliving & a relief that the story will hopefully get up again & save…that help & understanding are soon on their way… 🙏🏽 So honoured to have had this interview with Nobel Peace Prize nominee (2005), human trafficking survivor, former child soldier, and women’s rights activist, Jolly Grace Okot Andruvile (Jolly Okot) 🙏🏽. 🎥 Watch:  https://youtu.be/CUPlzIatntk?si=EyjTdkGYI-iKPQet  Host (me): Fey Ugokwe, Esq. President, Wellesley College Alumnae Club of Dallas   Videography & Production: Russell Blair, Russell Blair Film   Production Assistance: Yolette García LaTrese Adkins   Special thanks to: Jolly Grace Okot Andruvile Wellesley College Alumnae Association (WCAA) June Chow of Hello Dumpling for her generosity, guidance, and video venue.

by Fey  Love that summer was a sizzling dizzy…like the everywhere Latin horns in their heads, back-kicks of spiced rum and hookah, and sloppy mouthfuls of scotch bonnet-kissed doubles…but his sin was too close, running them down in the high, chafing both worlds in its heat… Read my novella, “Wifey” by Fey Ugokwe, at Amazon.com or your fave online bookstore:  https://www.amazon.com/Wifey-Fey-Ugokwe-ebook/dp/B00BZ1NYZG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?nodl=1&keywords=wifey+fey&dplnkId=67597b8b-2af6-4e06-be15-40fdeaf71d40  http “A powerfully written exploration of the rites of power.” -Kirkus Reviews, kirkusreviews.com Featured on ABC-TV (“Chronicle”, WCBV-TV 5)

by Fey Ugokwe This world is full of noise and some people live to bring it to you—swooping in, trying to peck at your head with their upside down conceptions of you. And they can be so cool/casual on approach…or not…be they bestie or enemy, blood fam or just some mouthy stranger buzzing past you in the planetary streets. Some are self-esteem hunters so talented that they only need tap one pinhole into your mindset to make your whole sense of youness crack, splinter, break. My  🇬🇾 Grandmum used to say that they’re addicts, like any other—but that their fix is (paraphrasing here) the energies of pain, agony, and strife generated by others as they fall. She also said they can smell you and all your vulnerabilities from across a crowded room…yeah, that part. So keep your wits about you as you navigate all the spaces on this globe, my friends—energy shields up (i.e. protecting your peace), positive thoughts activated, and remembering *who and what* you are (energy lovingly transferred in

     📸IG: @ambi_reads by Fey  🎥:   @feyugokweesq 🇬🇧🇬🇾🇳🇬🇺🇸 🌎:  https://linktr.ee/feyugokwe.esq Hey, man!!🏝 June may have jumped (see what I did there?😂), but imo every month should be #readcaribbean month—we’re a people, not just a moment. So *do* make sure to add our works to your virtual or irl bookshelf as the summer rolls on! Here’s what I wrote about one of our cool Caribbean bookstagrammers on IG (whose recs will be sure to keep your beach reads well-covered): 🏝Now, what’s better for your juicy beach reads list than pages full of sweeping Caribbean imagery or winking intrigue? As you soak up summer🌞into your skin, soul✨, consider adding these #readcaribbean recommendations from another book bestie, 🇹🇹Trini’s 🇹🇹@ambi_reads!👏 A fierce list—also featuring 🇹🇹Trinidadian authors. Well done!!💃🏽#caribbeanreads

              🎥IG: @theonlybagirayouknow by Fey  🎥:   @feyugokweesq 🇬🇧🇬🇾🇳🇬🇺🇸 🌎:  https://linktr.ee/feyugokwe.esq Caribbean Heritage Month has brought with it the whirling richness that is the cultural diversity throughout the Caribbean nations/we peoples of Caribbean heritage—and our captivating, creative works. Here’s my 6/20 Instagram post on one of🌴our amazing artists, from a seemingly magical island just off the coast of my Mum’s native South America—but also nestled in the geographical Caribbean itself:  #Art.🎨It’s mixed up in living without breathing itself, can lure & reel & haunt without hunting…and storytells histories & moments & movements without a word well-placed, or misplaced, or pinned. It’s a reality play, played out in flecks & glints & visual whispers…It is what it is what you *perceive* it is. And it is all a magic✨.  This #CaribbeanHeritageMonth, I salute the truly keen & prolific #Caribbean visual artists amongst us, like se

              📸IG: @orlandospringbreakfast   by Fey  🎥:   @feyugokweesq 🇬🇧🇬🇾🇳🇬🇺🇸 🌎:  https://linktr.ee/feyugokwe.esq Yes, *is* true—Caribbean Heritage Month has only one-and-a-small-piece weeks of wine💃🏽 remaining, so get out there and enjoy the truly 🔥 ongoing festivities if you’re a fellow Caribe/lover of the same. *All we* family under one palm tree🌴  —no matter what your flag(s) of heritage! Here’s my 6/2 🎥Instagram post about this truly historic🎉moon: 🥳Yes, man!! June, by official government proclamation, is 🥁Caribbean Heritage Month here in the 🇺🇸States (📸IG: @orlandospringbreakfast Follow them on IG!)! It’s time to commemorate & celebrate the dazzling contributions that people of our vast Caribbean diaspora have made, to this wondrous, welcoming nation. During the past few years, we’ve accelerated, at warp drive, our representation at all levels of society—particularly in prominent government & corporate positions. And, there’s never a shortage of u

by Fey   https://linktr.ee/feyugokwe.esq But it is life, here, that often moves against our currents—breaking too bad against our vessels to turn, tip, take them down, waterlogging our navigation, making us change course. We come to this planet prepped n’ ready to sail all the big tides and reach, walk hard on, all the shifting shores—but we each, we all, hit *walls*. So the question always is, what do you do when it does that? The answer is to right that ship, luv, and snatch *all* your power back.  I caught up with the ever-amazeballs #survivor, giver, live-r that it is holistic wellness influencer, IG’s @livi.love.xo , to chat all things #up—like...the vegan crush that’s turned her kitchen into a mini-corporate food lab, the tea on the luxe salt & sound therapy trends, the mysterious & miraculous in Sedona, and the real on lessons learned in pandemic-tide. A giggle fest, Yoda session, and straight up Godsend. Enjoy & do kindly share the listen.🧚🏽‍♀️ 🎙Listen (“The Wome

by Fey🇬🇾🇬🇧🇳🇬🇺🇸  @pinkpurseintl Fresh from the snap of another pandemipocalypse Autumn, this time the Big Apple food scene is #vaxxed, back, and biting, baby—and so is New York/Connecticut-based chef, author, journalist, TV host, healthy lifestyle influencer, and American Diabetes Association Ambassador (*whew!!!*), Chef Leticia Moreinos Schwartz! Life has only sped up for her in the matrix since our interview  here , which was hot on the heels of her role in the stirring,  Viola Davis-narrated,  Merck  documentary  A Touch of Sugar ,  and the release of her critically-acclaimed third cookbook, Latin Superfoods (affiliate link). Since then, the trilingual, Brazilian-born, French Culinary Institute-trained whiz—who honed her chemistry skills in prestigious kitchens like  Le Cirque  and  La Grenouille —has been mixing things up, with tv appearances such as  Netflix’s Best Leftovers Ever! , and projects like her wildly popular, international  virtual cooking classes . With a corpo

by Fey  Twitter: @pinkpurseintl So many things happen in a blink—so quick that our minds seem not to process them, like the first tiny drops misting our Afro puffs or pig/ponytails, as we toddled after school with our mothers in the rain. Not so was 2020, which dragged its feet sullenly on, from the time we found out about coronavirus-19, until and through some argue, each gloomily present pandemic day. But there were folks, in what became an epidemic storm, who lifted our spirits in quarantine with their fun and funky content creation. And they are, as my late Mum would so warmly and jubilantly say (lilting  🇬🇾 Guyanese accent here), “to be commend-ed!” One such is LaShonda Cooks ( www.shondasart.com , IG:  @shondasart ), whom I interviewed for the WOPH pod, after she and an extensive network of fellow artists took the global social media #DontRushChallenge (🎥Watch:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-uLipsg00t/?utm_medium=copy_link  )  to the canvas-side of the sandbox. (#ICYMI,  🎧 L

by Fey  Twitter: @pinkpurseintl Congrats to award-winning actor and previous #woph podcast guest, Edna Lee Figueroa (Post📸:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQ878TH4a7/?utm_medium=copy_link , Episode🎧:   https://anchor.fm/woph/episodes/Award-Winning-Actor-and-Producer--Edna-Lee-Figueroa-  on her success with her new podcast #enespañol, “Todo Bien” (IG:  https://instagram.com/todo.bien.podcast?utm_medium=copy_link ), which is lighting up Puerto Rico—and the world! 😱  A true advocate, Edna Lee (IG:   https://instagram.com/ednaleefigueroa?utm_medium=copy_link  ) and her co-host & partner Alice Flecha (IG:  https://instagram.com/alicecruz8920?utm_medium=copy_link ) got into #humanrights chat and more in episode 27, with Representative Eva Prados (IG: @evapradospr)! And, they’re both taking a long-overdue siesta before airing their big episode, 30!!!🎉🎉 Keep up the great work, mamis!!! 🎤👏🏽👏🏽

by Fey  Twitter: @ pinkpurseintl Coronavirus cases almost everywhere are alarmingly on the rise, and if you’re US-stateside, you’ve also just tuned into another rollercoaster episode of Open Enrollment—that once-a-year, mind-blowing altar-call to enroll in, re-enroll in, or change your healthcare coverage in the insurance marketplace.  WOPH has your info gap covered—especially for those of you critically-needed traveling frontline healthcare workers, hard-toiling small business owners, and working families—with US Health Advisor and Senior Agent for insurance giant, USHealth Advisors (USHealth Group), Lisa Ann Landry. Lisa explains how to receive and *maintain* healthcare coverage for yourself and anyone in your bubble, during these precarious pandemic times.  The WOPH (Women of Power Hours) podcast keeps company with the Women Influencers in our world. Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq.; Guest: Lisa Ann Landry.  🎧Listen:  https://anchor.fm/woph/episodes/US-Health-Advisor--Senior-Agent--United-He

by Fey  ( https://amzn.to/319POd5 ) She was born here, taken from here as a child, and then returned here—as if her life had no agency. And then she was forced to funnel the energies of onset culture- and gender-bullying, and her mixed feelings of loss, into becoming an educational champion for herself, and later, a bulwark for new San Francisco-area women in business. Rosalidia Dubon, a Los Angeles-to-Honduras-and-back again citizen of the world, has become a symbol of what womanhood, women’s mentorship and entrepreneurship—and single motherhood—can be.  The Women of Power Hours continues The Conversation about the epic sociocultural experiences of Women in the world.  🎧Listen:  https://lnkd.in/gtkFh8f Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq.; Guest: Rosalidia Dubon.

by Fey ( https://amzn.to/319POd5 ) And then there are actors who are activist, living their truth onstage, onscreen, and in the rallying streets. Edna Lee Figueroa, a SAG-AFTRA transplant from Puerto Rico, began living the dream at home and then in the grit of the NY theatre and indie movie scene. And then her anxiety hit harder, and she uncovered a secret she’d hidden away, even from herself, and found herself in the thick of things back in Puerto Rico, advocating for change.  WOPH catches up with this tremendously courageous and accomplished returning guest, and reveals how truly communally pivotal her past few years have been. The Women of Power Hours continues The Conversation about the epic sociocultural experiences of Women in the world.  Listen: ‪ https://lnkd.in/gz77NwB Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq.; Guest: Edna Lee Figueroa.

by Fey  ( https://amzn.to/319POd5 ) Every artist has a secret. During our recent 2020 #Covid19Quarantine, Akaimi Davis, https://akaimidavis.com   and her fellow contemporary artists in various cities around the nation—and the globe—posted a catching #dontrush challenge video, from the belly of self-isolation in their homes. The upbeat vid highlighted the talents of independent artists and encouraged the support of their works during the tandem, globally tough economic season. But not everyone’s lives on that video read the same.  WOPH learns what self-isolation in a pandemic, under the threat of serious pre-existing conditions, was like for that vid’s San Antonio-based artist.  Listen: https://anchor.fm/woph/episodes/Trending-Urban-Artist--Akaimi-Davis-eelvd5 The Women of Power Hours continues The Conversation about the epic cultural and sociocultural experiences of Women in the world. Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq.; Guest: Akaimi Davis.

by Fey (Twitter: @pinkpurseintl ) In the very recent time of our year 2020 #Covid19Quarantine, LaShonda Cooks, www.shondasart.com and her fellow contemporary artists in various cities around the nation—and the globe—posted an epic #dontrush challenge video, from the depths of self-isolation in their homes. The upbeat vid highlighted the talents of independent artists and encouraged the support of their works during the tandem, globally tough economic season. WOPH learned (📸 Post: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-uLipsg00t/?utm_medium=copy_link ) what weeks shut away in quarantine with her kin and canvasses did to one of the video’s Dallas-based artists.  🎧Listen Here: https://anchor.fm/woph/episodes/Trending-Urban-Artist--LaShonda-Cooks-eeiefb The Women of Power Hours continues The Conversation about the epic sociocultural experiences of Women in the world.  Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq. Guest: LaShonda Cooks

by Fey Ugokwe, Esq. @pinkpurseintl Orig.: 10/26/10 But   if you  could  swoon throaty like her you probably  would --laying 'cross syllables with your vixensexy sounds like your body--fit or flab--on that beach vacay, that one unbelievably fabulous time...mellowing out every nanosec of a melody like a good lover on still-swirling, high-octane after-dinner wine. That is what she, Award-Winning Vocalist Laura Theodore--Jazz Siren and Meatless Chef Maven--does to you on disc after 6-solo-CDs-disc, and in this "The PPI Women of Power Hours" interview,   http://tobtr.com/s/1207692 the media darling, who has been featured on NBC, ABC, CBS, and in  People,  The New York Times ,  The New York Post  and  USA Today , amongst others, proves that she can equally draw you in with a smooth, grounded logic on socially-conscious cuisine and contemplation that feels as sensible and sensuous as drawing a hot bath on a well, but long-hard-lived-life-of-a day.  And  whenTheTheodore

Download on iTunes Podcasts: "The Women of Power Hours"!  And, listen to the newest episode! Popular TV Host/Entertainer/Influencer, Kanika Lal, with reporting featured on The Hollywood Reporter, including The 71st Golden Globe Awards; The Daily Mail; Zee TV USA;  ORA TV (Larry King's digital network), AfterBuzz TV (Maria Menounos' digital network), and more; and currently host and producer of Tastemade's Snapchat and Instagram Discovery channels on  food/travel/lifestyle:  https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-women-of-power-hours/id1437946904?mt=2   OR  http://tobtr.com/11010277 The new "The Women of Power Hours" (WOPH) broadcast continues The Conversation of the rich, variegated experiences of Women worldwide, via interviews with Celebrity & Influential Women. BY PINK PURSE INTERNATIONAL: Twitter:  @pinkpurseintl Facebook:  @pinkpurseinternational Instagram:  @feyugokweesq ______ _____________________________

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Listen to the latest "The Women of Power Hours" (WOPH) Pod Interview! This  episode   with recurring Pink Purse International Radio/Times  Guest ,  Carmen Milagro , International Latin Musical Artist and Founder of  Borbón Luxury Organic/CBD Skincare, www.borbonskin.com  Topics: Women's Entrepreneurship, CBD, CBD Oil, Hemp, Sustainability, Cancer, Chronic Illness. Additional WOPH Pod Guest Resources:  www.insightforwellness.com  and  https://ellementa.com   Episode: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/pinkpurseintl/2019/07/03/international-latin-musicianorganic-luxury-skincare-founder-carmen-milagro Featured on ABC-TV's "Chronicle" (WCVB-TV), the new WOPH podcast (@iTunes:  The Women of Power Hours ) continues The Conversation of the rich, variegated experiences of Women worldwide, via thought-provoking interviews with Celebrity and Influential Women. Host:  Fey Ugokwe, Esq., https://lnkd.in/eaKrTdk

For #WomensHistoryMonth Fey features 2 of her previous podcast guests—who have died. Listen to this epic #TBM episode of “The PPI Women of Power Hours”(iTunes): Her interview with the late, prolific #Celebrity #Author, her dear friend, Monique Raphel High:  goo.gl/zSgUGs French, Jewish, & a child refugee who fled the Nazis with her parents, Monique—a film exec's daughter  https://en.m.wikipedia.org —picked up the pen & became a force in print; screen. She spoke of her sweeping historic novels, life & passions. But, little did they know their lives would mirror each other in loss: Monique’s husband would be felled by cancer; & Fey, seeing Monique’s saga online, would live it herself in caring for her Mum—who would die within months of Monique’s husband, also from cancer. Fey visited Monique, just after her dealing with her mother's passing, not realizing it would be the last time she would see Monique alive. Both the celeb-chef L.