Village Coeur D'Amour

It takes a village is a well-known African proverb that embraces the concept of the entire community providing a safe, physically, emotionally, and positively reinforced environment for a child to be raised up as a well-rounded productive adult. It may seem to be an old cliché but Village Couer D’Amour, a BAAADU Festival Inc. charitable organization’s mission, recognizes how powerful that cliché is and re-invents it with a clear understanding how important a village is within a community. It’s not just for the proper growth and rearing of children but for the support of parents who need the strength, support, advice, resources, and backbone of a community willing to extend a hand, a heart, and understanding on how difficult it can be to raise a healthy child with the abundances of negative influences and/or surrounding mental diagnosis and physical impairments of the child.

Village Couer D’Amour has a different approach. We know how hard it is to find a place to go and speak with people who are struggling at home. That’s why we decided to create a traveling village. Our goal is to seek out parents who need help and bring them into our community. Websites are informative and provide outstanding resources but once you close your laptop you may still feel alone. Village Couer D’Amour hosts events that bring people together that have a list of commonalities to share with one another through Mann Talk, which is centered on informational conversations with parents followed by meet and great mixers to connect and befriend other parents going through the same stresses. In other words, we walk the talk and bring real support and make connections for parents.

Welcome to the village

Join us June 24, 2023, in Woodland Hills, CA for our Village Community Social Event

Free Event for Parents who are struggling with children with various disabilities. Come and be part of an event that will give you a voice and provides opportunities to become part of the village. The event will be hosted by Trisha Mann-Grant of the Mann Talk Show.

Our Mann Talk events will provide the opportunity to:

Network & gain the support from other parents who are going through the same things you are.
Receive information to resources.
Ask questions.
Exhale in a judgement free zone.
Share your story and be heard because sometimes even other family members just don't get it.

Trisha Mann-Grant, Host of MANN Talk

Village Couer D’ Amour featuring Mann Talk events, are hosted by Trisha Mann-Grant, actress, entrepreneur, and author.

Trisha brings an understanding to the plight of struggling parents. She leads Village Couer D'Amour with special guests and conversations that are inclusive and very familiar.

This former Miss Black Chicago is a writer, motivational speaker and was a print model in Ebony and Jet magazines for Raveen and Fashion Fair for a span of ten years. She was also seen on billboards, commercials and toured with Luster Hair products. Her theater credits include: The Great Women of Color, in which Drama-logue said, “Trisha’s performance was anger-personified”. Trisha has hosted L.A. Webfests 2011-2013, Jon Gheri and Franzine Beauty Fashion Shows, Help Me Help You, BAFOL and others. Trisha is the author of AMAZING TESTIMONIES found on Amazon.com.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Guest Speakers & Motivational panelists

A multi-faceted woman of purpose, Transformation Coach, Browniesha Blackman has carved her own lane of success built on her personal battles with grief and self-worth with the help of her spiritual gifts. As the CEO/Founder of TransformUrLyfe Coaching & Consulting LLC, Browniesha creates digital and seminar spaces for transformative recognition, healing, and empowerment. She is the founder of the “Break Free'' Healing Experience Workshop which encourages people to push past their challenges and break free of barriers holding them back. The overwhelming response and testimonies of participants led to expansion of the workshop to be held to a wider audience in multiple cities. Browniesha’s ability to curate inspiring and transformational events is propelled by her incredible transparency. She even began an “Unmasked" Series where she invited her audience into her personal healing journey.

Browniesha’s intellectual aspirations culminated in multiple degreed certifications in social and behavioral sciences, ministry, event planning, and life coaching. Her scholarly accomplishments empowered Browniesha to pursue many entrepreneurial endeavors including B.M.B Ministries (formerly known as FreeUrHeart Ministries), “Meet with B '' an individualized coaching program, Bold & BeYou-tiful apparel, Free Talk international radio show, and the FreeHer Mentorship Program.

Certified Coach

As a professionally trained and certified Transformation Coach, I have the tools and understanding to help you to create the life you imagine and get a renewed sense of self. I can help you change your perception of life so that it is filled with vitality and enthusiasm.

I'm Here For You

My goal is to help you re-imagine your life and let go of thoughts and behaviors that undermine you, so that a renewed and fulfilled you can emerge. With extensive experience and being a certified coach and a vast history of success, my individualized approach will help you attain your goals.

Steven Houston, SUDCCII

Impact Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
1680 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena CA 91103
626-798-0883x308
https://www.facebook.com/steven.p.houston/

I first served in the US Army for 11yrs. For the last twenty-three years, I have been working as a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, at Impact Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center. I have extensive experience, providing direct services to individuals living with Substance Use, HIV, Homelessness and various Mental Health/ Co-Occurring Disorders.

I am currently working in the capacity of The Family Services Coordinator, working with both Addicts and their families, in a residential treatment setting, providing education and counselling services with a focus of helping the families learn how to navigate into healthy boundaries while dealing with a family afflicted with addiction and related behaviors

Rev. Kirkpatrick Tyler, Senior Pastor

Rev. Kirkpatrick Tyler is the Senior Pastor of Parks Chapel AME Church San Fernando Valley. Along with his service as a pastor, Rev. Kp has provided faith based leadership, youth empowerment and team building training and development for various community and faith based organizations. Professionally Pastor Tyler has a 15 year history in community organizing and organizational development and in 2014 launched his company The Fig Tree Development Group.

Pastor Tyler serves as the Chief of Government and Community Affairs for Urban Alchemy, one of the largest employers of formerly Incarcerated and Long Term Offenders in the Country and the former Director of Skid Row Strategy for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. An activist in heart and in action Pastor Kp uses the ministry of Jesus Christ as His Guide for Activism.

Pastor Tyler is the Grandson of Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry(Ret.) the Nephew/ Godson of Rev. Timothy E. Tyler pastor of Shorter Community AME Church in Denver CO.

He is an Alum. of Morris Brown College in Atlanta Ga. with his Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Management, he is a National Urban Fellow Alumni with a Masters of Public Administration from the City University of New York Bernard M. Baruch School of Public Affairs and pursuing his Master of Divinity at Azusa Pacific University.

Pastor Tyler stands on the Promise of Job 36:11 and has committed to a life of Obedience and Service, he has a deep Love for his family Gods People and God's word!