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90s Pretty Girls! 🤏🏾 Can you guess which year this photo was taken? 💚 #alphakappaalpha #pinkandgreen

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Eight months ago, I began criss crossing our nation, carrying the message of heart-centered leadership from a 500 year old institution that made its way into the corporate towers, and I proved it with science.

Call and Response released on Feb 10 globally and has yet to lose steam. I have more stops to make, from historic venues, to corporations, to book stores and churches and beyond, with orgs booking me clear into 2027.
Highlights:
1) Hugs and signing books at True Lee Missionary Baptist Church in Sunny South Dallas
2) The Experience is the Advantage Women’s Conference with fellow speakers, Richardson, TX
3) Standing with the Director of The Obama Center Library after he shouted out to everyone that this was my work, and promptly placed it in the collection, Chicago, IL.
4) A proud moment presenting Dr. Otis Moss III a copy of Call and Response at Trinity United Christian Church in Chicago, IL. The famous story about Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright is in the book.
5) My friend and former colleague opens her historic mansion to host a salon where many others happened in the turn of the century, Bronzeville, Chicago, IL
6) Signing books after speaking at AT&T HQs in Dallas, Tx
7) Signing books after delivering keynote message at the annual Pinkster celebration, a tradition dating back to the 1700s in Kingston, NY
8) delivering that message from the pulpit of the historic Old Dutch Church where sojourner Truth was baptized, Kingston, NY
9) Wall St power house Carla Harris giving me that, “Girl, you bettah preach” look during my book signing the the Upper East Side Barnes & Noble in NY, NY
10) Visiting with my acquiring editor Abby West at HarperCollins in New York, NY.
11) My Pastor and First Lady Bryan & Stephanie Carter celebrate Call and Response during two services at Concord Church in Dallas, Tx
12) Former AT&T colleagues pose for a photo with me at my book signing on my first trip to Chicago, IL at da Book Joint
13 & 14) Pastor Stephen Brown chats during service at Greater Bethlehem.
15) A’Lelia Bundles and I chop@it up at the MLK Library in DC
16 & 17) Chatting it up on Chat & Bother Pod in DC
18) TCU hosts me in FW, TX
19 & 20) Good St. BC & Cynt M

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Thank you God. This award is the culmination of years of hard work, sweat, tears, teamwork, and dedication to my passion: education. There’s so much to say, but I want to thank everyone for coming on this journey with me. You can watch my acceptance speech on LinkedIn and hear my full story, but in summary—always remember who you are. Remember what puts fire in you, and never let it go out. This moment is one of many milestones in my journey in special education technology, and I am eternally grateful for every bit of support I’ve received along the way. Thank you 🙏🏾 🤎

Follow the rest of my journey on @grantedtech 💚
📸 by @artizzzn

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Happy Founders Day to all the lovely, extraordinary, excellent, intelligent, and pretty ladies of Alllllpha Kappa Alpha Sorority INNNNcorporated—especially the ladies from @tcu_akas Kappa Lambda yard where I was made Sp 91 and Dallas’ mothership where I affiliated, @alphaxiomega29. A legacy shoutout to the yard where my mother was made, Alpha Tau at Texas College. Hard to believe that she pinned me 35 years ago!

To my Soror Besties who are spread out all over the country: Crystal Morgan, Kecia Kelly, Myra Mujtaba, all from the yard at TCU, and my “bestest” of besties, Eva Wilson who was made in the campus of NC A&T.

To all my Sorors, too beautiful and too many to call by name, SkeeWee and all that to all of you! 💚💕💚💕💚💕

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See my other videos in this Series for more information about Traveling safely and smartly while on hormonal medications, while #ttc or while pregnant.

#drcindymduke #ttcjourney #ivfjourney #tryingtoconceive

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✨💛 𝐀 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 & 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ✨💛

This classic Southern Caribbean Saturday soup is more than just a meal—it’s heritage in a bowl.

Mine is a variation straight outta #tobago with pork feet and honeycomb tripe, first tenderized in my Instapot, then simmered to perfection with butternut squash and yucca (cassava) and seasoned with my homemade green seasoning (message me for the recipe or check one of my older reels!). No dumplings, potatoes or dasheen/taro this time (going for lower calories), but trust me, every spoonful was divine!

Across the Caribbean and Latin America, variations of this dish go by many names—sancocho, menudo, caldo—and in Haitian culture, it’s known as Soup Joumou, a variation of which is made in celebration of Haitian independence. No matter what you call it, it carries the same essence: resilience, resourcefulness, and connection.

On this International Women’s Day, I feel deeply nurtured and connected—to my Afro-Caribbean roots, to my departed mom, and to the generations of women before me who endured, prayed, cried, and persevered. Their strength, their dreams, their wisdom—I carry it all.

So tell me, what do you call this dish in your culture? 💛

#InternationalWomensDay #AfroCaribbean #CaribbeanFood #Sancocho #Menudo #Caldo #SoupJoumou #HaitianIndependence #FoodHistory #WomenWhoEndure #RootsAndCulture #SouthernCaribbeanEats #HeirloomRecipes #iwd2025 #drcindycooks #drcindymduke #corapantinchildren #tobagolove #trinidadandtobago

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Happy Founders’ Day to the illustrious Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated! 💗💚 I am proud to stand on the shoulders of our visionary founders, serving all mankind with gratitude, grace, and purpose. Here’s to a legacy of sisterhood and service that continues to shine 117 years and beyond!

To my Sorors, thank you for guiding me, loving me, and allowing me to lean on the shield through you! 💕🫶🏾💚

✨ #akafoundersday #aka1908 #servicetoallmankind #prettygirls #explorepage #fypシ

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Returning and all new February 2024...

The Culture Soup Podcast ®️ returns after a year-long hiatus. This time, once monthly and more powerful storytelling and interviews than ever. This show streams in 70+ countries and boasts more than 315 episodes. It can be streamed on Apple Podcast and YouTube in audio and video formats, and it can also be heard where ever fine podcasts stream. As executive producer, host and creator I have been interviewing my friends, notable and those you should know, that exemplify innovation and thought leadership at the intersection of tech, culture and business, and sometimes,I share my own thoughts based on trending conversations and hashtags.

Called one of the best Black podcasts to binge by BLAVITY & AfroTech and listed as one of the podcasts you can’t miss by Black Enterprise, binge it now. Binge watch and listen to more than 315 episodes over the holiday to catch up!

Now:

Introducing Her Next Power Move ™️ , the new bi-weekly podcast. These 10-minute audio episodes, will feature me sharing evidence-based leadership insights, thought leadership and opinion that will move high-performing leaders closer to their life and leadership aspirations through behavioral and mindset shifts grounded in applied positive psychology and neuroscience. It’s based on my Substack with the same name. Subscribe: lmichellesmith.substack.com

Like, share, tell a friend to tell a friend!

#PodcastsToWatch #PodcastsToListenTo #TheCultureSoup #HerNextPowerMove

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Day 8 #mentalhealthawarenessmonth2024 Healing is not linear!
#leavingjupiter #anxietyawareness #anxietyrecovery

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Last Monday I was reminded that I had told someone the things I wanted. She reminded me that my TEDx Talk was on that same list along with several other things that I have achieved in the last 5 years. Thank you to my dear friend and sorority sister Eva Greene Wilson for that reminder. Eva and her family were my special guests at my talk and I am so grateful they were there. I am quite independent but my parents are always at these major milestones in my life. Unfortunately they couldn’t make it but The Wilson’s stood in the gap.My talk was one of the hardest things I’ve done in my life. It has taken almost a week for me to recover. I do not have the link yet but when I do I will be blasting it everywhere and I will need everyone to watch, share and like.
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#asthmaallergynetwork #TEDxUofIChicago #TEDx @AKAGreatLakes #AKAGreatLakes #AKAGreaterTogether #AKA1908 #AKAGLR100 #AKAGreatLakesCentennial #AlphaKappaAlpha #AKALPO #AlphaKappaAlphaSororityinc #servicetoallmankind #phirstandphinest #ASeriousMatter #prettygirls_20pearls #akasnaturalhair

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90% eclipse animation from my telescope captures.
#eclipse #solareclipse #solareclipse2024 #celestron #celestrontelescope #celestronnexstar130slt

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Disclaimer: Always consult your healthcare provider when considering any medicine or vitamin. I am simply sharing my OWN positive experience and giving my OWN testimony. Your experience may or may not be different. L-theanine, lemon balm extract, and magnesium my have calming effects and helped personally take the anxiety edge off. Combined with breathwork, I’ve been able the effectively calm my mood multiple times with no side effects.
#anxiety #anxietysupport #anxietyrelief #anxietyattack #anxietyawareness #leavingjupiter #therapysession #therapymatters #chillaxgummies @ollywellness

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