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If you’re seeing this, then you’re invited to The Second One: our second annual evening of great music, inspiring conversation, and a shared vision: building a philharmonic orchestra of musicians impacted by homelessness in New York City.

We’ll be celebrating our progress and raising support to bring our ensemble to life in 2027. Come be part of what we’re building. RSVP via the link in our bio.

🗓 November 18 at 7 PM
📍 Grace & St. Paul’s Church
123 W 71st Street, NYC · Main sanctuary
🎟 $35 per person

#NYCEvents #NYCMusic #NYCArts

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let’s catch up

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When people ask us what makes Awards Week special, our answer is always the same: the people. Where else do you sit down to dinner next to a young founder who started with nothing but an idea, a diplomat, and someone who has backed world-changing companies, and walk away a few hours later feeling like you’ve known each other for years?

You can join us for the full week, with intimate dinners in the homes of friends of Moonshot, a morning of movement and meditation, and conversations with UN ambassadors. Or you can come for the Gala on November 12. Either way, these are rooms you’ll want to be in.

Get your tickets before October 12 to secure early-bird pricing 🚀

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What a powerful reminder from our friend @iamrashadrobinson and his new book From Presence to Power, a call to move from spectators of social change to active players shaping it.

Recently, 40+ friends and changemakers from across the Moonshot community came together to celebrate the book and dive into a conversation about power, presence and participation - with Rashad and Marla Blow, CEO of the @skoll.foundation.

Because sometimes it’s not about getting a seat at the table. It’s about having the courage to shape what happens around it.

📖 From Presence to Power is out now. Read it. Share it. Do one thing differently.

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“Don’t give up all your power for a table that’s never going to be yours.” 🔥 That line from our dear brother @iamrashadrobinson is still ringing in me this morning.

Last night our home became a gathering place for people who are the very definition of walking the talk!

We came together to celebrate him and his new book, From Presence to Power, and the growing movement behind it.

The rain tried to move us, so we moved up 🌧️➡️🌆 From the terrace to the rooftop Sky Lounge, with more than 40 friends from the USA, Nigeria, India, South Africa, Canada, the Czech Republic and beyond.

The heart of the evening was a conversation between Rashad, our dearest Marla Blow, CEO of the Skoll Foundation, and me, and then with everyone in the room. Voices from every corner of the world, sharing, questioning, and celebrating the good we have built together.

Rashad wrote this book to help spectators of social change become players, and players become winners. Last night, in that room, I felt that energy.

Thank you to everyone who came, to our Moonshot leaders who filled the room with so much light - @ade_koyejo, @dianavirgovicova, @chantalzuzi, @ritzairlines and @chen.jefferson and to my partner Rich for co-hosting and making this event unforgettable 🙏🏾

Go get the book. Read it. Share it. Then do one thing differently 📖

Much love, Yemi

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Summer: Encore.

Cheers…
To the newly engaged.
To those I’ve known for decades and are still here.
To dogs halfway across the country.
To homemade community dinners.
To Duds.
To the next generation.
To the family at Wayne’s.

God bless.

When you pass on, what are you gonna pass down?

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Here’s to more travel, more pushing through discomfort (usually a sign you’re onto something good), and never-ending evenings with real friends & family 🙏🏻

Next big adventure: Bhutan. My first time - and I cannot wait. 🇧🇹

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“I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 7.

For as long as I can remember, my ideas lived scattered across notes, emails, and half-finished voice memos I’d lose before I could act on them.

With Stream, that scatter becomes something I can actually use and share with my volunteers and partners — at the speed of whisper.

For me (with neurodivergent levels of extraversion and verbal processing), it softens the barrier between my inner voice and my actual voice. It feels surreal. Organic. Limitless.

I can brainstorm with myself like I’ve never experienced before.”

— Ritz Mpindi (@ritzairlines)

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Meeting someone is easy. Remembering why they matter is the real work

As a Strategic Advisor to brands, investors, and builders (and the founder of @vlg.nyc), Ritz Mpindi (@ritzairlines) is in the business of creating meaningful connections

This is where Stream can help capture the context behind every conversation, so you don’t have to

We’re spotlighting different ways people live, work, & think with Stream in our new series — “What’s on Your Mind?”

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There it is again.
The wild scuttle of tomorrow
Climbing up your throat.

I urge you though, to swallow.
Like honey from the comb,
or the juice of overripe raspberries—
this too will pass by.

Tomorrow will blink itself free,
like an eyelash you may wish on—
or a duck searching for lawless crumbs
flung from young, and wrinkled hands.

I am new again. And still again.
Before a moment is gone, the next has begun it’s knocking.

It’s here again, the changing.

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The last few weeks 👯‍♀️🌃
- my amazing mom came to visit. She is the most loving and fun. A mix of Sophia Loren and mother Theresa but funnier. 100% Italian.
- hosted a bootcamp meet up for NYC based clients (founders building iconic personal brands)@madebyhw3
- hosted an @investorsforclimate dinner for founders and investors pushing the envelope for a healthy planet (thank you for the work you do)
- missed my friend’s birthday in Switzerland because I was waiting for US visa renewal but best news ever it came through 😍
- hung out at @barpisellino @chezmargauxnyc and in the Hamptons but mostly at my laptop let’s be real 👩🏻‍💻🤓

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