Name: CreativeMornings: VISION: Collaborators Anita Patel and Stephanie Walters Talk about building creative connections, community and belonging
Start: 2024-10-18T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-18T10:00:00-04:00
Location: The Garage VB

CreativeMornings: VISION: Collaborators Anita Patel and Stephanie Walters Talk about building creative connections, community and belonging

VISION: Collaborators Anita Patel and Stephanie Walters Talk about building creative connections, community and belonging.
Oct 18, 2024 • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDT • The Garage VB FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. Please RSVP to save your seat.
FREE Parking at Hearth 605 Virginia Beach Boulevard across the street from The Garage VB event space.
Light refreshments provided. Come network with your creative community.
This event is supported in part by grants to the ViBe Creative District nonprofit from Virginia Commission for the Arts, NEA Arts and the Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Anita is a creative producer, community builder and strategic partner. She currently leads Special Projects at YELLOW.
She is passionate about building impactful initiatives through a multi-disciplinary approach and has led MarComm projects on local, national, and global scales. With over 20 years of leadership in brand development and social impact campaigns, Anita has led initiatives and special projects for Gordon Ramsay, Zaha Hadid and spent 7 years honing her craft at Louis Vuitton Europe, Louis Vuitton Americas and thereafter independently for brands across the LVMH and Kering portfolios, as well as a range of Fortune 500 organizations.
Anita is driven by delivering projects that build cultural currency; centers + connects communities; and amplifies voices and stories. She was born and raised in London, and a graduate of the University of London; Chelsea College of Arts and Central Saint Martins.
As a graduate of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University, TV Host and Producer Stephanie (Steph) Walters has edified her skills in journalism, storytelling, and production through education and experience. From moderating empowerment and lifestyle panels and hosting at music festivals and conferences, to covering fashion week shows and reporting on live red carpets, Stephanie is a dynamic talent who brings out the depth and intriguing personality in those she interviews. Following college, Stephanie became the co-host of ‘The View From Hampton U’ and created her own lifestyle TV show, Montage, airing on several public access stations around the country including Atlanta (GA), Washington, D.C., Manhattan (NY), and Fresno (CA). Stephanie frequently hosts fashion, beauty, empowerment and food lifestyle TV segments on local and national NBC, FOX, and CBS affiliates. Stephanie is the creator and host of Before Brunch, a television show with a mission of women ‘Pouring Into Each Other, Then Their Glasses.’ Believing that we are all connected in some way, Steph has purposed Before Brunch as a space for women to not feel like they’re alone in their thinking, current state of life, or their past experiences, engaging guests in thought-provoking conversations that we typically have behind closed doors.
Alongside her media career, Stephanie is also the Director of Engagement & Communications for YELLOW, a 501©(3) non-profit founded by musician, producer, and philanthropist Pharrell Williams whose mission is to EVEN THE ODDS through education. In her role at YELLOW, Stephanie is responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships between community and civic organizations; developing and implementing special projects at the local and national level; creating hyperlocal community activations; and curating YELLOW’s digital footprint and internal and external press, currently hosting their conversation series, Bright Sparks Live, which has now expanded to different parts of the United States and has been hosted at Netflix Studios (Fall 2023) and SXSWEdu (Spring 2024). Stephanie’s skills have been displayed locally and nationally: she was the host for More Than The Music conversations for Pharrell’s inaugural Something In The Water Festival (SITW and; host of the It Takes a Community conversations in Washington D.C. at the 2nd annual SITW; a host, moderator, and Voice of God for the Mighty Dream Forum; a 2021 panel host for the National Urban League’s Annual Conference; a red carpet correspondent for Philo TV at TVOne’s 2024 Urban One Honors; and moderator for Starz’s Take The Lead: Transparency Talks, to name a few. She also served as the Head of Media Relations + Communications for the inaugural Cousinz Festival in Norfolk, VA, co-founded by rappers Pusha T and Fam-Lay. In August 2023, Stephanie launched her company, Dream Pusher, which is a story-telling + vision-building studio to help women reclaim and accomplish their dreams through content creation, media training, and lifestyle and empowerment workshops, now located inside The Mustard Seed Place. Stephanie is a 2021 inductee in Hampton University’s 40 Under 40; a member of Norfolk State University’s School of Education Advisory Board; an Advisory Board Member of the Cash In Grad Out Foundation; and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and GirlFriends, Inc.