Pierce Freelon is the founder and CEO of Coco Fro, a Grammy-nominated artist, Emmy Award-winning creator of the PBS series Beat Making Lab, and founder of Blackspace, an Afrofuturist digital makerspace. A former Durham City Council member and UNC Chapel Hill alumnus, Pierce has spent his career building at the intersection of art, education, and community. Born and raised in Durham, NC.

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Awakening Your Mentor Genius with Makiah McClellan

Hosts Brant Evans and Jordan Bowman are joined by Adam M Lamb and Triangle JMan, Makiah McClellan

to talk about how Makiah's experience with Journeymen enabled him to find his

voice, and the confidence to speak it.

Brant speaks about our "Awakening Mentor Genius" weekend that's coming up May 12th - 15th and a great

round-table discussion on the archetypes of King, Warrior, Magician, Lover and how they show up for us in

our daily lives.

More information at: https://journeymenasheville.org/spring-event-awakening-mentor-genius/

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