From: Alabama, USA & California, USA Talk About: Coming to terms with skin color Connect with: Julius Maye • LinkedIn: LinkedIn/in/juliusmayejr Shelly Tochluk Video: • Racial Justice Freeway - https://youtu.be/0UvBukJ7zwU Books/Articles: • Witnessing Whiteness: The Journey into Racial Awareness and Antiracist Action, Third Edition • Living in the Tension: The Quest for a Spiritualized Racial Justice • On-ramps and Lanes on the Racial Justice Freeway Shelly’s monthly newsletter - https://www.shellytochluk.com/newsletter/ Website: www.shellytochluk.com Resources: • Homeland (TV show) • Dear White People - https://www.netflix.com/title/80095698 Books: • My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com. #NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Race #EqualJusticeInitiative #Reconciliation 💬Let's connect💬 • Website: http://www.valeriehope.com • NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/ Challenge: Ask the children in your life to share why they like their favorite foods/sports/movies.

💫 Ep. 55 - Not Quite Strangers: Meet Chivan Lim & Kyra Isaac From: Olympia, Washington & Edmonds, Washington (USA) Connect on: Connecting with your community and yourself Connect with: Chivan Lim • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chivanfromswing/ • Spotify: Band: Winehouse - https://open.spotify.com/artist/07PoSY2wSNOxr0Bgby5IxJ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/winehousetheband/ Kyra Isaac • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyra.isaac/ Resources: • In the U.S. to find out more about whose land you’re on, go to https://biamaps.doi.gov/indianlands/ • https://land.codeforanchorage.org/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com. #NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #CreativeExpression #Music #Community 💬Let's connect 💬 • Website: http://www.valeriehope.com • NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/

Ep. 54 - Not Quite Strangers: Meet L.D. Carter & Lee Bycel From: Texas, USA & California, USA Connect on: Purpose-driven “geezers” make the world better Connect with: • L.D. Carter: https://www.facebook.com/ld.carter.98 • Lee Bycel: https://www.facebook.com/lee.bycel.7 Resources: • Book: Eric Fromm “Art of Loving” - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14142.The_Art_of_Loving • TED Talk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | TED - https://youtu.be/D9Ihs241zeg Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com. #NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Activism #Spirituality #Community #Retirement 💬 Let's connect 💬 • Website: http://www.valeriehope.com • NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/

Ep. 53 - Not Quite Strangers: Meet Karen White & Ken Blackwell From: Maryland/California, USA & New Jersey, USA Connect on: Managing life when caring for aging parents Connect with: Karen White: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-white-77a4bb/ • Website: https://www.turntwocoaching.com Ken Blackwell: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethjblackwell/ •Website: InKlaritas.com Resources: • Margaret Wheatley post: Freeing ourselves from addition to hope. https://margaretwheatley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Freeing-ourselves-from-addiction-to-hope.pdf • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com. #NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Aging #Parents #Caretaker #Alzheimer #eldercare 💬 Let's connect 💬 • Website: http://www.valeriehope.com • NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges • YouTube: www.youtube.com/ConnectToJoy • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/

Ep. 52 - Not Quite Strangers: Meet Monica Youngblood & Kristine de Guzman From: California, USA & California, USA Connect on: Representing your true self from the inside out Connect with: Kristine: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinedeguzman/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristine_dg/ • Website: https://kristine-dg.is/ Monica: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicayoungblood/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com. #NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #authenticity #creativity #communication 💬 Let's connect 💬 • Website: http://www.valeriehope.com • NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/

Ep. 51 - Not Quite Strangers: Meet Jenny Price-Watterson & Jihann Pedersen From: Panama/Texas, USA & Panama/England Connect on: Connecting to your own culture Connect with: • Jenny Price-Watterson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-watterson-0a2b7317/ • Jihann Pedersen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jihannpedersen/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com. #NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #travel #Panama #culture #Panamanian 💬 Let's connect 💬 • Website: http://www.valeriehope.com • NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges • YouTube: www.youtube.com/ConnectToJoy • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/

Ep. 50 - Not Quite Strangers: Meet Alicia Williams & Kai Maddox From: New York, USA & Alabama, USA Connect on: Getting to know familiar strangers Connect with: Alicia Williams o Hair Me Out Loft Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehairmeoutloft/ Kai Maddox o linkedin.com/in/kai-maddox-0366b021a Resources: Your talents/gifts: o https://www.marcusbuckingham.com/gift-of-standout/ Wealth Dynamics for entrepreneurs: o FREE TEST https://app.geniusu.com/my-genius-test o https://wealthdynamics.geniusu.com/ o https://youtu.be/cLtmRwv1r1E Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com. #NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #family #entrepreneurship #college #cousins

Ep. 48 - Not Quite Strangers: Meet Al Dawson & Anne Redelfs From: Texas, USA & Pennsylvania, USA Connect on: Healing the body and soul through conversation Connect with: Al Dawson: o Dawson2504@gmail.com Anne Redelfs: o https://anneredelfs.com/ o https://artoftheheal.now.site/home Resources: Books: o Artist, Shaman, Healer, Sage by Katherine Skaggs (https://www.artistshamanhealersage.com/) o Conversations with God – An Uncommon Dialogue by Neale Donald Walsh (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/309504/conversations-with-god-by-neale-donald-walsch/) o The Reluctant Shaman by Kay C. Whitaker (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-reluctant-shaman-kay-c-whitaker?variant=32117987213346) o The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker (https://giftoffear.com/book) Movie: o Altered States (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080360/) Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com. Let's connect • Website: http://www.valeriehope.com • NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/

Ep. 48 - Not Quite Strangers: Meet Jorge Enderica & Sal Mendoza From: Ecuador/Texas, USA & El Salvador/Chicago, USA Connect on: Latinos and our threads of commonality Connect with: Jorge Enderica • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgeenderica/ • Business website: assurnet.biz Salvador Mendoza • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salmendoza/ • Business website: https://www.nbcuni.com Movies/Shows: Jorge’s Picks: • As Good as it Gets • My Cousin Vinny Salvador’s picks: • Remember the Titans • West Wing • Friday Night Lights Valerie’s picks: • What Women Want • Band of Brothers • The Godfather Trilogy Subscribe to my YouTube channel and access new and past episodes! To receive episodes and personal 'Connection Challenges' in your inbox, subscribe at www.NotQuiteStrangers.com. #NotQuiteStrangers #ConnectToJoy #Inspiration #Diversity #Inclusion #Latin #Latinx #Hispanos #Immigrant 💬 Let's connect 💬 • Website: http://www.valeriehope.com • NQS Challenges: https://www.valeriehope.com/nqschallenges • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeriehope/i • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieVHope • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieVHope/