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27 | Grown and Greek with Phaith "DJ Chocolate" Frazier
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Phaith Frazier began Grown and Greek® as a celebration of the service and achievements of members of the Divine 9. Host of the podcast of the same name, Phaith visited "Ethocast" to talk about why she took such an interest in the stories of National Pan-Hellenic Council Greeks, how she sees the D9 pooling resources for community progress, the criticism that D9 Greeks don't do enough, and how the D9 can cultivate the next generation of leaders.
Phaith was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. at the University of Montevallo in Alabama. You can see full episodes of the Grown and Greek® Podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@GrownandGreekPodcast.
About the Guest
Phaith Frazier is a marketing professional from Pell City, Alabama and a professional DJ known as DJ Chocolate. She also runs Eventful Media Group, Inc. and the luxury accessory and philanthropic-focused brand Grown and Greek®. She is also a ZeroZero Foundation board member.
Phaith has a strong body of work as a marketing expert in professional sports, entertainment, media, and business. Her professional career includes marketing director for a regional food distributor, manager of marketing and graphics for the New Orleans Pelicans G-League affiliate, the Birmingham Squadron, and marketing manager for a cluster of radio stations in Huntsville, Alabama, that included Country, Urban AC, News/Talk, Sports, and Contemporary Hit Radio music formats. Phaith’s expertise in branding and marketing made her indispensable to the teams she has worked with.
Phaith’s ties to Alabama run deep. She built an impressive personal brand as both a radio personality and an international DJ. During her high school years, Phaith was part of the Pell City High School state basketball championship team. She continued playing at the University of Montevallo, where she competed in the Final Four.
Her passion for giving back and helping impactful causes reflects her diverse background and unique experiences, which also include working abroad teaching English as a second language in South Korea! Phaith is also a talented artist who draws, paints, and performs in local theater. She spent three years traveling the country with a national theater company.
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Transcript
Introduction to Ethocast
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Speaker
Welcome to Ethocast, a podcast about sound leadership practices to boost life in college fraternities and sororities. I'm Eddie Francis, presenter of Followership to Leadership and the Black Greek Success Program, presentations designed to help Greeks become more ethical, Effective leaders on ether cast. I'll share lessons learned from my college days my career journey and leadership research. Ether cast is a four-hour edification limited series and presented by edify adventures. This is ether cast leadership to the letter
00:00:36
Speaker
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00:00:56
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Meeting DJ Chocolate and Grown in Greek
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com. So years ago, I ran across this social media account called grown in Greek, and i was immediately, immediately interested in what was going on. I started following the account and started noticing this sister doing all of these really, really cool interviews with folks and these features about people who are part of the divine nine. They were in alumni and alumni chapters, and she was featuring the work that they were doing. Very professional stuff and also service oriented stuff.
00:01:41
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Fast forward a couple of years down the line. I connect with her. She goes by the stage named DJ Chocolate. As it turns out, DJ Chocolate has a real name, and that is Faith Frazier. And Faith reached out to me and my wife, Halima, who was a member of Zeta Phi Beta. And we got this invitation to appear on a panel discussion with her. And the panel discussion was really well done. i love the way she moderated it. And I knew she was serious. But after that panel discussion and after some exchanges with her, I'm thinking, OK, she is she is serious, serious.
00:02:18
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So my good sister, Faith Frazier, is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. She was initiated at University Montevallo, smack dab, literally in the middle of Alabama. And i finally realized it would be good to talk to her and find out what grown and Greek is all about. And so here she is joining me on this episode of EthelCast.
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The views expressed on EthelCast do not necessarily reflect the views of the host's guests, or any entities with which this podcast's participants are
The Inspiration Behind Grown in Greek
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affiliated. Questions, comments, email eddie at eddiefrancis.com.
00:02:57
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First things first, how and why did you even create the growing in Greek concept? Where did it come from? So, um a fun, fun story. um Traveling and looking around me, but basically just saw an opportunity to highlight culture and pride and, you know, the contributions of alumni members of the D9 and, you know, tell those stories. ah We haven't really seen stories told or imagery and things like that since the days of the Cosby show and like a different world and even living single and everything where you see nostalgic stories.
00:03:33
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ah presence or whatever. And so through conversations and interviews um from travel and then, you know, me being a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha and in putting together a weekend of activities where we got like a community, got our community together to celebrate um with the weekend of activities. The concept became a brand and it's, you know, thriving and people appreciate it, thankfully, like you do. And just get a chance to do something fun and contribute to the positivity um that the alumni Greeks are doing in the world.
00:04:14
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That's really interesting that you saw this opportunity to highlight the alumni of the D9. But ah did that kind of come out of frustration or did you just say or did you keep running across these stories where you say, man, this is a dope story. Somebody needs to tell this story. How did it come about? oh yeah, absolutely. um Me being a DJ, you mentioned that I've been able to travel.
00:04:39
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But, you know, thankfully, it's been a cool ride. But yeah. you know traveling different places and different gigs and things that I had, you always see somebody Greek. and you know They don't have to be an AKA. you know It could be an Omega, could be an Alpha or whatever. and you know Just having a conversation, you get to know people and it's like, man, you're doing some good stuff.
00:05:02
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like Are you telling anybody about it? and so My background is in radio. and so I instantly... you know I guess gravitate to an opportunity to talk to people, but also you know trying to figure out ways to tell other folks about stuff, you know tell stories. And so, yeah, just you know discovering what people are doing. It's like you need to tell people about what you're doing because do they know? like you are just You are just awesome and people need to celebrate you. And and that's pretty much how it came about.
Storytelling in Greek Life
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And you know what? We're not used to celebrating ourselves, are we? I mean, because because in D9 Greek life, I think, well, actually, I think among Black folks, I think we have this thing where we are constantly telling each other, don't you get too big. Don't you think you're too this. Don't you think you're too that. And so when it comes time for us to celebrate ourselves,
00:06:02
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ah A lot of us, we have a tendency, I think, to shrink ourselves, to fit into groups when honestly we need to be as big as we are and bring people with us. And so I i love this. I love this thing that you notice where people need need to tell their stories and they you need to talk about the stuff that we're doing.
00:06:27
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Absolutely. And I mean, there there are people from all walks of life that, you know, we we need each other. Right. And so, um you know, anytime it's it's bigger than networking, you know, yeah i think um's it's bigger than networking because somebody can connect you with someone that is not a direct person.
00:06:49
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ah line to what you need. But if you know those stories and those people are out front more, you have a direct line to them. You can say, hey, you know I saw ah this interview with Eddie Francis and you no he's this mad ah marketing group guru or whatever. I'm going to hit him up.
00:07:09
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Well, Somebody might know you, right, and know how to get to you, but because your story is out there on Front Street, you know, through the podcast or whatever, people have a direct line to you and they know instantly how to get to you and, you know, all of that stuff. And so that was that was the the goal and the mission, you know, to make sure that people are out on Front Street and you're celebrated, but also people know what you're doing, you know. Yeah. And, and you know, i one of the things i really love and respect about you is I can tell that radio background. I mean, that's something you and I have. We have a bunch of things in common. I mean, but one of the things that i I really like is that I can hear that radio skill set. And people don't think about what we do in radio as a skill set.
00:07:56
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Um, and I was actually telling faith right before we started the interview, i was like, you know, you have a talent for extracting the brilliance from the people you interview.
00:08:07
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Um, you made me sound like I knew what I'm talking about. And so, but I mean, that, that, how do you do that? I mean, uh, I was joking with you about, about one of my friends. I was like, man, he sounded so polished. I know this dude. I know this dude. So how, how, what is it about you? When you interview people, you are able to extract the brilliance from them so that they can tell their story in this robust way.
00:08:37
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Well, i'm Eddie, to be honest, because I'm genuinely genuinely interested in knowing about people. you know Ding, ding, ding. There we go. And it's crazy because i'm I'm really an introvert. I really am. But i love sense information. information.
00:08:57
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i love learning I love knowledge and I learn love connecting, you know, connecting the dots and planting seeds, if you will. And so um I do. I also have a background in um theater. And so I've studied. Another connection point. me too another connection yeah And so one of, you know, one of the techniques is in theater, you got to listen. So you don't listen music.
00:09:25
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respond, you listen to genuinely engage in dialogue. Yeah. And that makes the conversation or whatever you're acting or the scene real. And so ah i I really take that to to heart and I try to present that in interviews, if you will, and really, you know, just have a conversation with folks, but really gen genuinely I'm interested in what they have to say and what they're about and who they're about and, um you know, hope that,
00:09:58
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You know, I can learn something that I didn't know in my research, but also hopefully it's an aha moment for them to say, hey, you know, yeah, I need to tell my story more because that was that's pretty good, you know. But yeah, that's that's pretty much it.
00:10:13
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All right. So going to make me geek out on something in theater because I was a theater minor in college. Okay. So I was a comm major theater minor. Okay. And so going to make me geek out because I remember the day that I was rehearsing for a play And a director said, Eddie, I can see you thinking about your line while the other character is talking.
00:10:35
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And you reminded me of that. Yeah. and you just made me realize that one of the biggest skill sets that you do pick up as an actor is listening because You can't be thinking about your line while the other character is doing their line. You actually have to listen to that character's line so that you can deliver your line much more authentically.
00:10:55
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Yeah. And so it's I remember this one play I did where every night I had to figure out how to not become robotic about my lines. Yeah.
00:11:05
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And so I had to find something new about the person who played opposite me. I had to find something new to react to in their lines every single night, like four nights in a row. And so you just remind me what ah what a valuable skill set that is. I mean, especially professionally, but it's a great life skill to yeah actually figure out how to shut your mouth.
00:11:31
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And to go ahead and open up your mind and don't worry about what you're saying. Listen to what the other person is saying so that what you're saying can be much more authentic. So, golly, man, you really took me back on that one. Theater and, you know, that training. was in, you know, still i I don't train like I should. um i need to get back into it. But those techniques and those tools are just when you when you, like you said, you can use them in your everyday life. Like it is legit because, you know, art m imitates life. It truly does. And if you really take it, you know, to heart and take it seriously, you you so you remain present, you know, more. Yeah.
00:12:16
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Yeah. You're listening to Ethocast. I'm Eddie Francis. We're talking to Faith, DJ Chocolate Frazier. She's the host of the Growing in Greek podcast.
Vision for Grown in Greek
00:12:25
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um And so one of the things that you and I talked about when when you interviewed me is at one point we had a conversation about the Divine Nine developing leaders um you know for for community action, for community leadership. And so We talked a little bit about pooling resources, what that could look like, if I remember correctly. But I wanted to ask you, based on the interviews that you have had with folks on Growning Greek and the conversations that you've had with folks over the course of the years, all these professionals, all these people from the divine now doing cool stuff, um we tend to do a lot of our stuff in silos.
00:13:10
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So for you, all the data that you've collected over all these years, how do you envision the divine nine pooling resources for community progress?
00:13:28
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It's a big task. ah Yeah. It's a big task, but my, um you know, I guess ultimate, um,
00:13:41
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way to be able to, to say that, you know, this is my, my contribution is to you know, utilize the platform. So grown in Greek is, you know, on our podcast past podcast platforms, um, it's on YouTube as well. And then, you know, we'll have a website, but from any, you know, area,
00:14:06
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ah I want the platform to be a one-stop shop. So, you know, whether there's farmer who, you know, has a beef, you know, whether there's a ah minister, you know, who has done some international work with, um you know, doing things in other countries and, uh,
00:14:32
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Supplying resources to other countries, whether there's, you know, ah ah a person with a nonprofit who is ah building libraries and resources for children.
00:14:44
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i want the platform and for. Groening Greek to be a place that houses your one-stop shop full of resources and people who are doing the work in those areas that you can go directly to to get answers and things that you need to do whatever you want to do. And and so um we are...
00:15:11
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you know, doing that work and finding, you know, people who are on the ground and who are passionate about, um, you know the serious part of what we vowed to do.
00:15:24
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And ah that's what i that's what I envision you know happening um years from now. you know we're just getting started with the podcast and really um figuring out how to um you know centralize everything. But so far, finding those you know, not so front and center um people, you know, who are doing those things has been a great reward and, you know, something that, um you know, I'm, I'm slowly, but surely, you know, kind of putting those, you know, like you, you, but you always want to put the right pieces in the holes, you know, yeah to fill those gaps and those voids and stuff. And so that's what I envision.
00:16:13
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That's what I envision. I just thought about something that as I was listening to you. What do you think of the criticisms that we often hear about denying alumni Greeks that we simply don't do enough?
Impact of Divine Nine Organizations
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what what What comes to mind when you hear people say that, especially especially when it comes to folks who are not members of the D9, but including those of us in the D9, when we get frustrated and say, oh, we just don't do enough, we don't do enough. What what do you think when you hear that?
00:16:47
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I just think they are unaware. They're ignorant to it you know um because and And maybe that's a testament to you know us you know collectively or whatever not telling our stories is well enough.
00:17:04
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Because that's it's absolutely not true. It's absolutely absolutely not true that we don't do enough. We do. it's it's I think it's just we don't have, you know, platforms, enough platforms to make sure that those stories are told and those those high level highlight moments are put out there.
00:17:26
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arm Because, i so I see things every every day in the community, you know, and it's because, you know, I'm tapped in, you know, if you will, but you do a general search and people are really doing some great work. Now, the the other part of that is we don't wear our letters, you know, all the time in professional settings or, you know, everywhere we go. And we're not supposed to. You know what i mean? It doesn't always have to be. ah
00:17:58
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We don't have to wear it all the time. But. We, I don't think, um like I said, have enough platforms out there to tell those stories. So yeah, that whole you know idea that we're not doing enough is, I don't think it's true at all. I think we are. I think we're doing more than people realize that we're doing.
00:18:22
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I'm going to ask you a really unfair question. Okay. What would be your definition of enough? Okay.
00:18:34
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My definition of enough. That's a great question. um
00:18:42
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Fruit. you know The production of fruit I think is enough. Once harvests are
00:18:57
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generated, um they always reproduce, you know, because those seeds are always there. But I think, yeah, that the the enough part is is evident because of the fruit that is is born from that.
00:19:15
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Yeah, I think, you know, I think about, so you and I, one thing we have common, we were both initiated at predominantly white institutions. You were initiated at University Antivolo, literally middle of Alabama. yeah um I was initiated Loyola University New Orleans.
00:19:34
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And i always think about the D9 Greeks who I saw on campuses, and I was almost one of them, but i always think about, particularly at PWIs, when you have somebody who is a chapter president,
00:19:48
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but they're also an SGA. They're also vice president of the community service organization of the university. They're also the president of the black student union.
00:19:59
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They're also involved in this. And you have this one person who is spread so thin because i do think in those cases, Sometimes we tell ourselves, you know and and this is where i feel bad for some of our college members. I do think that they feel that they're not doing enough a lot of times, and they have this idea of perfectionism.
00:20:23
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And so they feel they have to keep doing stuff and keep doing stuff. And this poor kid is burned out, right? By the time they hit junior year, they're burned out. And you look at those types of people, and we see it again in professional lives, right? Where somebody is I don't know. They're the chief of police, but they're still active in their frat chapter.
00:20:44
Speaker
And they still find time to go do that. They're a CASA volunteer or and or I don't know if that can happen, but they're they' they're volunteering for these different things. They already have a big professional responsibility, but they give up a lot of time to their church. They give up a lot of time to community service. And somebody goes to them and says, well, know, you don't do enough.
00:21:04
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and And they're thinking to themselves, I'm not doing enough. I got to do more. And so those are the kinds of people I think about when you gave your last answer. um Who I think we can say professionally, this person is bearing fruit.
00:21:20
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Community, they're bearing fruit. They're bearing fruit in their faith practice because they're always present in church or temple or synagogue or wherever they are. or you know there are you know um um They are always present they're always doing something Yet, and and they're the ones who just happen to have a big, sexy title.
00:21:40
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We're not thinking about somebody who works customer service somewhere and they're doing the same thing. You know, they're they're very active in frat sorority chapter. They are very active raising money for the gala so that students can have scholarships. You know, they're raising money for Marshall Babies. They're the ones who, you know, you can always depend on these people to be there.
00:21:59
Speaker
And they start to hear, well, y'all aren't doing enough. you know And so that I thought about those types of people when you when you said what you just said about people about bearing fruit. And that's what enough looks like. And and i think I do think that's a conversation for us to have.
00:22:18
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within a D9 about what it does look like for us to to talk about what we do more without it looking braggadocious, without it looking like, you know, just just gaudy or or or, you know, or crazy or something like that. i I think there's a lot to chew on right there. I really appreciate your outlook on that because I wasn't, I was just curious about what you thought, especially as someone who has gotten the opportunity to talk to so many D9 Greeks. And so I definitely appreciate I appreciate your outlook on that. um And you know, like the the thing is you know ah of the people that I've, I've talked to their subject matter experts because they honed in on, you know, something that they're passionate and about, but also something that they're good at, but mainly because they saw things being produced, you know, from the work that they're doing. And so, you know, I,
00:23:13
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Yeah, you're right. And I've been guilty of this, you know, in my life and, you know, try to figure things out and everything, just being busy. But that doesn't mean that you're being purposeful and it doesn't mean that you're being productive.
00:23:26
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But, you know, when you really when you do stop sometimes and, you know, somebody can say, hey, you know, i really appreciate you because, man, you helped me this. And, you know, i get this more than anything.
00:23:39
Speaker
more now than i ever have in my life. And maybe it's maybe it's because I've been you know in so many settings, but um a lot of people have come to me and say, you know well, Faith, I remember when you said this to me or when you hooked me up with this or when you you know did this for me or whatever. And I'm like, man, really?
00:24:00
Speaker
And i'm just I'm just going on my way. You know what i mean? But that let me know that my the seeds that I was planting, We're bearing fruit and that means so much. But yeah, I'm like, okay, i'm doing I'm doing enough because something is happening.
00:24:23
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Something is happening from whatever i I did or said or whatever. And that's that's so joyful to to you know to know and to experience.
00:24:35
Speaker
You're listening to EtherCast. I'm Eddie Francis. We're talking to Faith Frazier, DJ Chocolate, and she is ah the host of the Growning Greek podcast. And i have got to ask, um what have you learned from your membership um as ah as a good sister of Alpha Kappa Alpha? ah What have you learned from your ah membership that has been really good for you personally and professionally?
Personal Impact of Alpha Kappa Alpha
00:25:06
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Well, first things first, it was one of the best decisions that I've ever made in my life. Not just because, you know, being a member of a k um it was the right decision for me to join that organization. um Nothing against any of the other D9 organizations because i think they're wonderful. But...
00:25:26
Speaker
being a member of a collective group of individuals who are you know professional, who are experts, who believe in excellence, who carry themselves with dignity and respect, who demand presence, ah was one of the best decisions of my life. um What I've also learned from it is that ah There's nothing greater than to work and be in communion with people that look like you, who have who share the same values, who want the same things and who are striving to
00:26:06
Speaker
do the the greatest work um possible to make the world a better place. um On a professional tip, um I wouldn't have the career and wouldn't have had the career, I'll say it like that, that I've had had it not been for one of my sorority sisters um who was became a mentor and ultimately became a great friend. She gave me my first job in radio and it sparked everything.
00:26:35
Speaker
everything that you see to this day. So that connection was the reason why I became, you know, DJ Chocolate, who I, you know, became a radio personality that introduced me to all these wonderful people that I know or whatever to this day. So it has been, like I said, the the the absolute greatest decision. um And then on top of that,
00:27:00
Speaker
ah to be a part of a legacy of individuals who have shaped, you know, not only firsts that have come, you know, in this world, but you cannot take those things away, you know, and our names will be written down in the history books for, for you know, perpetuity and of as people who, you know, shaped what brilliance and excellence is all about.
00:27:30
Speaker
Hmm. So I cracked the joke with Halima once and I said, i think one of the things that has always taken root with me in my process is the simple phrase, I'll find out.
00:27:45
Speaker
As opposed to, I don't know. and and and it is And I remember the day we went over that and I was like, oh, really, y'all? Seriously? I mean, and we're talking 1989. So I was i was number one i was Swing Swing Swing, number one, standing online you know on a yard. and And it's just like, Swing Swing, don't you ever say, I don't know. Say you'll find out. I was like, what's the difference? you know But I can't tell you how many times that saying I'll find out versus I don't know has rescued me either personally or professionally, not because i was able to get away from something or with something, but because it shifted my mentality. Hmm. To being a bit more proactive and to being much more solutions focused.
00:28:34
Speaker
um And that that's that's one of the... that's one of the it' is' funny how you It's funny how I think about the simple things that I have taken with me in my career and personally from becoming a member of fraternity that I just never i never thought it would make a difference.
00:28:53
Speaker
I never thought it would be that big a deal. And for what you just said, i think there's something that we miss out on. And i do think we miss out on. Well, I don't think we miss out on I don't think we you sound like you are very intentional about understanding legacy and whose shoulders you stood on.
00:29:15
Speaker
um And I think we miss out on that intention, not the legacy part, but really being intentional about the legacy. And when we think about that, here's what I would love to know from you.
00:29:27
Speaker
Again, as somebody who's gotten this opportunity to talk to so many cool people in a D9, so many a cool alumni, so many accomplished alumni, what do you see us doing to help generate ah to help cultivate the next generation of truly effective leaders, whether they're D9 or not?
00:29:48
Speaker
But with the D9 having something to do about it, to generate, to cultivate the next generation of truly effective leaders, how do you see us doing that? Especially based on the people you've met and the conversations you've had with people, what does the future look like? Please get your crystal ball. So, I mean, I think we, we need to be, um, just intentional, you know, um, more intentional, um,
00:30:15
Speaker
One of the things, you know, that um as far as AKA goes, we, you know, have a motto that says we help each other. And, you know, when you really think and think about it and break that down, it's absolutely true. You know, you can't get to the next part of your journey without someone's help.
00:30:35
Speaker
You know, i believe, yeah, to a certain degree that, you know, you can be self-made this or self-made that, but come on. No, but are we really? No, you're not. We're not. when you're not You have to have the help from someone else. And so, you know, whether it's you know yeah Young folks, I'll say this, next generation, they don't know what they don't know, but someone before them knows.
00:31:03
Speaker
So if you see an opportunity, because there there's an opportunity every time you go out your door to so you know speak life, to mentor, to correct things.
00:31:17
Speaker
to advise whatever the next generation. i think especially members of the D9, you have an obligation to help someone and to help each other. um And then on top of it, you know, your brother or sister, regardless of affiliation, regardless of organization that they're in, you have an obligation to help because, know,
00:31:42
Speaker
you know something or have something that they need. and it And it could be something simple. You know, you you know what's up? i see I see you don't, your energy is off. You know, let's let's talk.
00:31:55
Speaker
You know, um you having a hard time? Okay. I ain't got a lot, but what I got, you got. You got. Little things like that, I think, will help to not only show an example of what leaders for the next generation should be about, but it will you know drive that thought of intentionality. And I think, you know, that's what's missing. You know, like you said, we do operate in silos, but ah when you really think about it, yeah, you are a member of your organization, but you are ah a member of the divine nine.
00:32:32
Speaker
And, you know, yeah we're, we're members of a collective and we're members of, something bigger than ourselves. And so, you know, in order to make sure that things continue for the next generation when we're long dead and gone, you know, like our founders, they didn't know what they were doing.
00:32:51
Speaker
They didn't know the impact that they were going to have, but it was intentional. It was intentional and it was written and it was stamped. And they went through all of the processes and procedures to ensure that something was sustained for us And so I think that we, you know, as members now need to really be, um you know, intentional about going back to what I was saying about planting seeds, you know, intentionally plant whatever seed you are called upon to do.
00:33:26
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when you step out your door every day. And um if you really want to be intentional, make sure that you do that. So say, okay, I'm on my way to work today. I got to stop for gas. Well, I'm going to make sure that I see somebody or meet somebody and I'm going to say something to them or, Hey, I got a little extra money on my check or whatever. I'm going to buy somebody's gas or buy somebody a coffee. You know, I'm going to go buy,
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you know, the doctor's office or something and make sure I say thank you for the great service that, you know, somebody gave. So I think you have to just be intentional about everything that you do. And by your example, that's going to show others how to lead um and not necessarily follow. You know, you're always doing something that sets you apart.
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You really, really believe strongly in a human connection, don't you? Yeah. I do. i I do. But I believe that you have to be, um you have to, you know, like you have to listen and be led, you know, to to do that.
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i I do. Everybody's not for you. Everybody's not your, what's the word that they say? It's not your ministry or it ain't you your calling. Everybody's not your calling. You ain't supposed to save them or nothing like that. But I do believe that um you have an opportunity all the time to be called upon and answer the call. I do do believe that.
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Well, the dog believes in the connection as well, as you might hear in the background. I have three. So mine are behaving today, thank God. Oh, goodness. Oh, bless you and bless them. Good pups. Good job, pups.
Connecting with the Community
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All right. So when people want to find out more about you, how can they find out more about you? So I am easily found, I think, I'm on all social media platforms, as DJ Chocolate. So um on IG, which is where I prefer to engage, I guess, is djchocolate.com. You spell the D-O-T-C-O-M. Facebook, same thing. um And also Grown Greet Podcast. So you can find that on Instagram. all social media platforms. Of course, please listen. We're on all podcast platforms, wherever you get your podcasts, you can watch full episodes on YouTube. um You can also DM me. that' That's cool. DJ chocolate.com or at grown a Greek podcast. And I'm not hard to find. I'm not hard to find on LinkedIn as well. So you can check me out on LinkedIn. So yeah, just look for DJ chocolate in and the big frozen. You got me. Yeah.
00:36:19
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Yep. And Faith's information is also in the show notes. My sister, thank you so much for a great conversation. Thank you. Thank you. Enjoyed it very much.
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