The Secret Black Meeting

THE CHAIR (S1/Ep28) — The Secret Black Meeting

Hello Beautiful People, 

I’m Your Host Dreme. 

I’m a Black woman, an educator turned tech entrepreneur but still an educator. Building a platform called THE CHAIR is a Black and Brown centered tech platform dedicated to supporting people on their hair journey. You can design hairboards, connect to hair stylists, and share hair care tips all in one space for a more joyous and streamlined experience. I built THE CHAIR Podcast to highlight hair journeys. A reminder to keep creating magic. As people sit in THE CHAIR you will get more than just hair stories. You will be immersed into experiences surrounding education, entrepreneurship, and identity. I hope you enjoy listening to my stories and the stories of my guests as we sit in THE CHAIR. 

THE CHAIR (S1/Ep28) — The Secret Black Meeting

Periana and I met in college and as she says in the interview the rest is history. Periana is a magical human being with a heart that grows bigger every day and I wanted this opportunity to give her her flowers. She led the charge to get the approval of the African American Studies minor turned into a major on Lake Forest College campus. Because of her, many many students and generations to come will have the ability to see themselves and various perspectives of the cultural disapora in their assignments and in their dreams for their futures. Periana is one of a kind and is absolutely living Black History.  

Her Bio:

Periana resides in the DFW area, but was born and raised on the west side of Chicago. She is a wife, a mama to two beautiful girls (Kai and Kobe), a foodie, and so much more. Periana spent the bulk of her career in higher education, supporting and advocating for first generation, low income, and underrepresented student populations. Currently, she is working to improve maternal health outcomes, especially for Black and Brown mamas who are disproportionately affected by the maternal healthcare crisis, and she plans to become a full spectrum doula within the next year or so. 

Host & Exec Producer: Dreme Flynt, M.Ed, MBA
Editor: Lila Woodbridge
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Music Creators: Your Host Dreme & Seoul (@xSeoulMusicx)

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Voice Actor: D. Ruff (@d_ruff3), The Poet
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My explorations through poetry, diary entries and photography as a Black woman, an educator in Guangzhou, China.
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Chapters

• 0:16 Introduction to Ms. Dreme, Your Host
• 1:55 Section 1: Periana Explains how she got into the world of Higher Education
• 3:49 Section 2: Shoutout to Professor Judy Dozier
• 5:44 Section 3: Periana talks about student explains that kept her in the world of Higher Education
• 10:50 THE CHAIR Platform Commercial
• 12:48 My Book Commercial: From Nowhere & Everywhere: Captured Emotions of a Beautifully Broken Love Story
• 13:20 Section 4: Periana, talks the monumental feet of leading the charge to transfer the African American Studies Minor to a Major on Lake Forest College
• 19:01 Outro with Your Host, Ms. Dreme