Kimberly Erwin
Entrepreneur/Intercultural Communicator/Author & Educator
a NASDAQ Milestone Circle Member (supported by Wells Fargo)
“[The host is] a natural with a great handle on everything [and] what an amazing take and in-depth discussion with great connectivity, transparency and positivity [between her and her] wonderful guests!”
Garrett Roche, Host of The Roche Solid Truth podcast
RACE TALKS® with Kimberly Y. Erwin on WGXC-90.7 FM
🎧 Listen live: https://wavefarm.org/listen
📻 WGXC 90.7 FM-Radio for Open Ears — Upper Hudson Valley & worldwide
📣 Submit questions in advance via the RACE TALKS® Facebook page
🎙Travessia! From Brazil to Hudson and Beyond: Afro-Brazilian Fatherhood, Roots & Legacy 🔥
📅 Friday, August 22, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM ET
📻 WGXC 90.7 FM
💻 Listen live: https://www.wgxc.org/listen
🎧 This month on RACE TALKS® I’m celebrating 5 years on the mic, airing in August as the 3rd and last episode of a 3 part series on Black Men and Fathers this conversation invites us to consider the legacies we inherit, the responsibilities we embrace, and the JOY we experience!
🗣 What happens when race crosses an ocean? It doesn’t arrive unchanged.
The third and final chapter of our summer Celebration of Black Fathers series takes us from Brazil to Hudson—and through more than one generation of family, identity, discovery and legacy.
Executive Producer and Host Kimberly Y. Erwin welcomes father and son Ronaldo Alves de Azevedo, Founder of Ron’s Club, and Felipe Neiva, Co-Owner of Ron’s Club. Joining the conversation from Rio de Janeiro, they bring two generations, distinct perspectives and one shared family story to the microphone.
Travessia means “crossing.” In 1986, Ronaldo crossed from Brazil to Hudson as a foreign-exchange student—and encountered a way of understanding and naming race that differed from what he knew at home. Now, he and Felipe explore what happens when a father’s journey becomes part of his son’s inheritance—without becoming his limitation.
🎙 What’s Crossing the Airwaves?
A Hudson story with a Brazilian heartbeat. 🇧🇷Ronaldo revisits the exchange experience that connected him to Hudson nearly four decades ago—and the cultural questions that followed him home.
Fatherhood in motion. Ronaldo and Felipe speak candidly about education, creativity, identity and the ways parents influence who their children become.
History hiding in plain sight. Our signature DYK—Did You Know? segment revisits a charged American moment when race, disaster, political leadership and public perception collided. Then FIRSTS introduces a Black Brazilian revolutionary whose challenge to racial segregation belongs in American history.
Music with meaning. The episode’s musical thread carries memory, peace and generations across borders—including Milton Nascimento’s “Travessia,” selected by Ronaldo.
And if you stay with us until the very end—and you should—you’ll receive one final, colorful cultural treat. Let’s just say Brazil knows how to close a celebration.🎶
Join the VERY NECESSARY Conversation...Where no topic is TABOO!
LISTEN: Friday, August 21 at 7:00 PM ET on WGXC 90.7 FM or stream live at wgxc.org/listen.
SHARE: Add your voice on the RACE TALKS® Facebook Page.
EXPLORE: Hear past broadcasts in the WGXC/Wave Farm Archives.
Visit with Kimberly Y. Erwin and RACE TALKS® for more conversations on race, ethnicity, culture and the stories that deserve a larger microphone.
- Follow Ronaldo: @ronaldo.azevedo.teacher
- Follow Felipe: @astroneiva
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Garrett Roche – Podcaster of The Roche Solid Truth & production partner of Race Talks®, joins our conversation roundtable. Garrett brings lift, clarity, and that intentional spark we all need to be positive in the midst of chaos called AMERICA today.
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Re-Watch iCAMP Webinar TODAY!
iCAMP Team @ SBE
Kimberly Erwin (shown below, in LA with attendee) showcased small business owners at the Expo by Interviewing Entrepreneurs directly at the event where over 15,000 attendees signed up.
We bring this to you in MAY-October to recognize Small Business Month from the Small Business Expo-NYC
March 2026
Milestone Circles Program!
GRADUATION!
Nasdaq Tower
Congratulations Ms. Erwin!
InterCultural Connect, LLC's iCAMP * WINTER 2025-2026
Kimberly joined *NASDAQ's Milestone Circles Program!
A Business Opportunity?
Milestone Circles is the signature 12-week program helping U.S.-based founders build, scale, and lead with purpose. The community provides a dedicated space for business owners like me to learn alongside other like-minded entrepreneurs across America who share the passion for building something greater than themselves--iCAMP, Kessa's Klosets, etc.
IT IS PROVEN (period)
For five years, they've supported over 6,300 entrepreneurs through curated cohorts, expert mentorship, and milestone-driven growth. This proven program is designed to achieve significant strategic company growth in 12 weeks and SBOs accelerate their leadership goals.
GOALS for ICC & iCAMP: SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH of iCAMP ....and I did it.
Join the Circle!
Founders grow faster when they're surrounded by strong community and structured support.
Milestone Circles - a free immersive program experience at the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, made possible by the Wells Fargo Foundation - gave me tools, clarity, and accountability that transformed my business.
Apply today and learn more:
https://nasdaqcenter.org/milestone-circles/
P.S. When you apply, list my name so they know I sent you!
The Small Business University Webinar
I presented a webinar for The Small Business Expo's SBU this November. Please watch and share with me how much you learned. If you want MORE, I will invite you to the Master Mind in January 2026. Click here on this link. (And follow up with me!)
NOVEMBER 2025
The Donemaker Podcast - a Guest of Zivko's
COLLABORATION DONE CREATIVELY
From WGXC 90.7FM Radio to Donemaker on YouTube
OCTOBER 2025
RACE TALKS®: Fear Not Immigration – An American Conversation Carved Out Canadian Style
with Kimberly Erwin & Zivko Dodovski
RADIO EDUCATES - Spring/Summer 2025
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education
Kimberly Y. Erwin is a dynamic and passionate University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education alumna. As a lifetime member of UPENN's BAS, the Black Alumni Society, she is dedicated to making a positive impact in her community. Kimberly was recently featured in the Penn GSE Magazine's Spring/Summer 2025 edition, where she shared her insights on educating in non-traditional settings.
She hosts the popular WGXC 90.7 FM radio show "Race Talks," where she fearlessly tackles important conversations about race and ethnicity. With her motto "It's where we have the very necessary conversation on Race & Ethnicity" and "Where no Topic is Taboo!" Kimberly is a powerful advocate for open and honest dialogue.
iCAMP LIVE! @ SBE NYC 2025
Wednesday, May 7th
I enjoyed my 2nd visit to the SBE at the Javits Center, still very near to where I used to live in Manhattan. Wow! Interviews galore! And the Happy Hour experience where I spied Jordan, an author, there. She shared sentiments with me that made me tear up. The gratitude she showed me for helping her showcase her business and brand by interviewing her was why I started iCAMP. (Her interview here!). Click on Cierra's photo to hear her testimony.
SMALL BUSINESS EXPO
Thursday, May 2nd in NYC! 2024
I enjoyed my first visit to the SBE at the Javits Center, very near to where I used to live in Manhattan. Wow! What great changes. I met many fellow entrepreneurs there. In photos are UGGS Founder Brian Smith and Terry Rice, Entrepreneur Magazine staff writer, keynote speakers where I (literally) had front row seats! An inspirational experience. So much so that I went to the one in LA right after.
STAY TUNED...because NYC 2025 with iCAMP LIVE is on the menu!
January 2024
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Panelist
Monday, January 15th
At the invitation of Reverend Kim Singletary, I joined Eric Thompson and other esteemed guests as a panelist on Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. Day's Observance on January 15th. Discussion and pizza followed a most enlightened talk. Attendees filled the location. Great fun! @(Hudson, NY): @Light Forms
OCTOBER 2023
The Robinson Family Reunion
In Virgina and D.C.
Photos: KYE with family (Cousins Monique and daughters / Dee Dee and Allen at Hotel ballroom in VA,Right: @AfricanAmericanMuseum in D.C.
SEPTEMBER 2023
1st Annual Hudson Family Reunion
Hudson Waterfront Park
Reunion attendees stopped to share their thoughts for this first-ever occasion. Many also gave SHOUT OUTS on WGXC-90.7 FM (Community Radio) in remembrance of family and friends unable to visit, who were no longer with us. R.I.P. Buster & Helen Erwin, Patrica A., Peter & Moses (Marin) Erwin
May 2023
Hudson Children's Book Festival
Saturday, May 6th
Thanks for stopping by!
Learn How 2: Speak to you child about their ETHNICITY...and keep it REAL & Light.
(Hudson, NY)
Hudson Junior High School space!
February 2023
Leah Penniman's, Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists Book Signing (and dancing) Event
Over 150 participants joined Leah and family and friends in a festive and informative start of her book tour. Dancing, great music, and enlivened talks--fun for all ages and people of all cultures made for SRO space!
January 2023
THE TALK
1/16/23 at the Hudson Area Library in Hudson, NY.
Reverend Kim Singletary asked me to join her as she engages in a conversation with the Youth of Hudson in what it means to be African American in these days--over 50 years after the start of the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s. We will listen and impart the knowledge we have obtained directly from our lives - growing up in the 70s and breaking barriers to allow for a less color-discriminating (not color-blind) society.Both Kimberly and Rev. Kim Singletary are part of the Founder's Circle for Africa's Daughters of the Diaspora (ADD).
November 2022 (11/8-11/9)
USAWEC offered an all-expense paid trip to me, owner of 1UNIM to its 2022 Assembly in New York City.
CGE (The Center for Global Enterprise) chose Kimberly Erwin as one of 150 (out of 400) applicants to take part in an online cooperative for women entrepreneurs. Kimberly successfully completed all portions of the program and will meet other participants at this culminating event.
October 2022
Skidmore College invites Kimberly Y. Erwin, DEI author and Omari Edwards, Associate Executive Director of Programs at the Albany Damien Center for a panel on racial discrimination in the workplace.
A review of the event: [10/27/2022]
"My students were very engaged...[no one] put their heads down or used their phones. We welcome you back next year." (paraphrased)
~ Prof. Jina Mao, Associate Chair, Management and Business Department, Skidmore College (to the panelists after the event)
"Hey, Kimberly..."
Ask me anything.
