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 LayerUp! sparks the curiosity to ignite personal development, growth, and self-transformation within: 

 

By mobilizing our proprietary  ET&I(Empathy, Transparency

& Inclusion) Edutainment learning modules, we holistically advance organizations--first by understanding them  and then successfully delivering curated programming through authentic storytelling experiences.

Curated Collab

 Life Coaching + Training

Non-profit 

Communities

Higher Learning Institutions

Corporate

Put Your “L” Up!

My sincerest goal  is for LayerUp! to ignite and align alongside a  community of enlightened Unicorns.

 

Together our collective platforms will spotlight BIPOC achievements, resetting a new Global standard for purposeful listening, learning,

and thinking.

  

 -Jocelyn R. Taylor, Founder, Social Enterprise Curator & Inspirational Speaker

Welcome

The challenges we face today in the World, our Communities,

and Workplaces are often influenced by

misinformation, misnomers, and misguided learned behavior.

 We accomplish our goals by working alongside organizations such as non-profits, businesses, youth development programs, and higher learning institutions by curating entertaining and interactive Events using various multimedia platforms. 

LayerUp! Creates Healing + Inspiration through:

 Edutainment. Turnkey Programming. Storytelling. 

Culture.

“BlaqVOICES”  - #KnowTheirNames- G.C.O.C., Profiles,
Trending News, Discover Your History, RhythmNation

Global Community.

SOCIAL SCENES -  Photos of People, Places & Things

Conversations.

"UnApologetically Jocelyn Taylor - Culturally Conscious and Curious"

What is a G.C.O.C.?

Global Citizens of CONSCIOUSNESS. CHANGE. COLOR.  

A  G.C.O.C.™ is a person or group who is part of the solution for driving culture change and transformation around unconscious bias behavior, and inaccuracies perpetuated within Global BIPOC communities.

 

LayerUp! enlists the talents and resources of professionals ranging from health, wellness, and holistic practitioners to Celebrity, Influencers and C suite Executives. As a Collective, we are  dedicated to serving, mentoring and empowering G.C.O.C.™ ethos.

ethos\ ˈē-ˌthäs \ NOUN

 

Merriam-Webster Definition: the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group or institution

OurPlatforms + Events

* Panel Discussions * Action Workshops * Fireside Chats
* TED Talks * Group Coaching * Symposiums * Team Building Exercises

* Roundtable Discussions * Master Classes
* Guest Speaker w/Celebrity or Influencer * Plenary Sessions

* Intimate Keynotes * Industry Sessions

* Lounges * Webcasts * Outdoor Classes * Moderation

"Why Should Guys Have All the Fun?" 

Jocelyn Taylor, Social Enterprise Curator hosts Fireside Chat with Author Loida Nicholas Lewis, Lawyer & Philanthropist at the global annual African Odyssey Women Empowerment Summit. On location at S.I.C. Film School at Lionsgate Studios, Mount Vernon, NY.

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On the Scene

Our Platfoms

Today we are living in a polarized world. We NEED to get back to a functioning civil society, engagement in our local communities, and positive day-to-day interactions and communication.

Our goal is to

“plants the seeds” of curiosity to elevate and re-educate
all individuals to walk away open to hear,

listen and share from one another.

This results in a proactive code of ethics supported from our customized proprietary business modules:

ET&I™ (Empathy, Transparency & Inclusion).

OurVision

OurMission

Our Mission

“When spiders UNITE, they can tie down a lion.”

– Ethiopian Proverb

The Collective

LayerUp! Collab

TheCollective

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Let LayerUp! reset the standards

for your organization.

Now is the time to listen to, hear from, and truly understand thriving BIPOC multi-layered conversations, cultures, and communities from around the Globe!

The LayerUp! Collective is a professional team of healthcare, media, technology, event marketing, branding, and business specialists. 

 

Our proprietary offline and online

activations and Events are curated for

domestic and Global stages. 

 

We collaborate with community, corporate, non-profit and higher learning organizations that procure our proprietary ET&I™ Edutainment healing initiatives. 

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Empathy

Transparency

&

Inclusion 

= Healing 

CommunityStakeholders

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G.C.O.C.-The Honorable Stephen K. Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, SC, Jocelyn, and Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, NUL Conference, Columbus, OH, August 2018  

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G.C.O.C. - Jocelyn, Guest Panelist alongside, Activists, Tarana Burke, April Reign and Tamika Mallory. Open Plenary - Beyond the Hashtag, From Online Actvism to Offline Change. National Urban League Conference, Columbus, OH.

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G.C.O.C. - Jocelyn, Guest Speaker with NYC Girl Scout attendees, C.R.E.W. (Civically Re-Engaged Women) Seminar Series Workshop Breakout Session, Seneca Falls Revisited Conference.

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G.C.O.C. - Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul with Jocelyn, at Seneca Falls, NY Revisited Conference.

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G.C.O.C. - Jocelyn, Guest Speaker at C.R.E.W. Seminar, Seneca Falls, NY Revisited Conference.

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G.C.O.C.- Actress, Lisa Bonet  representing LayerUp! -- Poised, Positioned & Prepared.

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G.C.O.C. - Omar S. Kamara. on stage with Jocelyn discussing his film, Mass Ave during  the HBO Shorts competition finals.

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G.C.O.C. - Dennis Williams, SVP of Corporate Affairs & Corporate Responsibility, Warner Media with Jocelyn, Moderator, HBO Short Film Competition at Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |NY Public Library.

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Community Stakeholders
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"Whoever controls the images, control your self-esteem, self respect, and self development, whoever controls your history controls your vision."

- Dr. Leonard Jeffries

OurJourney

TheInspiration

G.C.O.C. - Jocelyn with Common, award-winning rapper, actor and activist at the Sundance Film Festival during the “LayerUp!” launch, Park City, UT, January 2018.

TheBackstory

OnTheGround

LayerUp! brings a source of light, connection and much needed education to the overall  human experience.”

-Marc Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League

OurVOICES

LayerUp! leverages the blueprint for curating accessible multi-layered perspectives of BIPOC and their lived experiences to deliver genuine awareness, growth, and change.

Meet this week's nominated *G.C.O.C. 

#KnowTheirNames

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

First black valedictorian in

 

Princeton University's history.

A Community Thriver...
Nicholas Johnson

Discover Your Culture

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RhythmNation 

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My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and do so with some PASSION; some COMPASSION; some HUMOR & some STYLE.”

-Maya Angelou

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