We get to the heart and soul of entrepreneurs, connect them with resources to grow their businesses and teach them how to balance work, life and play!
We focus on the health and wellness of your business!
Our work life balance trainers help clients project manage their busy lives and get to the heart and soul of their business and their life! We help clients execute well so they can escape back to what makes them feel great! Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc….the ”just ask us” therapists!
You talk, we listen. We share, we collaborate, You breathe!
Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc., a Certified NYC & NYS Minority Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE)
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Happy MWBE Tuesday, Black History Month,
National Entrepreneurship Week and Valentines Day to our Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. Community Family!
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We hope that everyone is focused on staying and remaining healthy and well, especially since The Black History Month 2022 theme is “Black Health and Wellness”. Good health is good wealth! Breathe, be mindful of the many “balls” that you are juggling daily. Minimize the added “emergencies” that come your way and take the time to focus more on your health. Helping blacks live longer, healthier lives is the goal of this year’s Black History Month. The Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. team is here to help you get physically, mentally and spiritually well in all that we do! Sharing is caring! |
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Below are some Black Women who have made Black History by following their gut feelings and passion, staying healthy, being wealthy and not allowed others to define them or what they can or cannot do! They are tops in their professions, are business owners and are philanthropists!
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Full name: Serena Jameka Williams
Country (sports): United States
Height: 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Turned pro: October 1995
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach:
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Full name: Venus Williams
Country (sports): United States
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro: October 31, 1994 (aged 14)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach
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Born: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
February 20, 1988 (age 34)
Occupation
- Singer
- Actress
- Businesswoman
Years active: 2003–present
Organisation
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Born: Sheila Crump
January 25, 1949 (age 73)
Occupation: Businesswoman
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Oprah Winfrey
Occupation:
- TV host
- actress
- producer
- media executive
- author
Years active: 1973–present
Title:
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Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Also known as African American History Month, the event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history. We thank and salute Carter G. Woodson today and every day for recognizing that Black History is made every day and needs to be acknowledged and celebrated by everyone.
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Portrait of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, ca. 1915
Scurlock Studio Records Archives Center
NMAH, Smithsonian Institution
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Woodson's Early Life
Born on December 19, 1875 in New Canton, Virginia, Carter Godwin Woodson was the fourth of nine children born to parents who had been enslaved. As an African American boy growing up in central Virginia during the late 19th century in the Reconstruction era, Woodson had few educational or employment opportunities. In pursuit of
a new life, he and his family moved to Huntington, West Virginia where he worked in the New River Gorge coalfields to help supplement the family’s income. Finally, at the age of 20, Woodson saved enough money from his days as a coal miner to begin his formal education at Frederick Douglass High School in Huntington, one of the few black high schools at the time.
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He received his diploma in just two years, as he was already self-taught in basic reading,writing, and arithmetic. Woodson then earned his first collegiate degree from Berea College in Berea, Kentucky in 1903 and continued his education at the University of Chicago, obtaining another Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree,
both in 1908. In 1912, he earned his PhD in History from Harvard University, making him the second black American (only following W.E.B. Du Bois) to graduate with a PhD from Harvard; and the only person of enslaved parentage to earn a PhD in History from any institution in the United States.
Around the turn of the 20th century, as he began his own academic career, Woodson noticed a glaring hole in the educational system in the United States. The public knew very little about the role of African Americans in American history, and schools were not including African American history in their curriculum. He worked tirelessly throughout his life to remedy this problem, becoming nationally recognized as “the Father of Black History.”
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Copies of the Negro History Bulletin, created at the request of Mary McLeod Bethune, edited by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, and published by ASALH beginning in 1937. ASALH Photo
Institutionalizing the Field of Black History
As Woodson immersed himself in the world of education, he noticed the prevailing ignorance and lack of information concerning black life and history. In an attempt to correct such an obvious oversight, Woodson, on September 9,1915, co-founded the
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH). The organization aimed to inform the American public about the contributions of black Americans in the formation of the country, its history, and culture. On July 18, 1922, Woodson purchased his home at 1538 Ninth Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C., and he located the association's headquarters on the first floor. He resided on the third floor of the home until his death on April 3, 1950.
While running the organization, Woodson also took on many other roles within the academic world. He taught at both the public school and collegiate levels, trained researchers and other staff at the organization, and wrote books and articles on the subject that was his life’s work. Woodson held the position of Dean at the School of Liberal Arts and Head of the Graduate Faculty at Howard University from 1919 to 1920. He also served as Dean at West Virginia Collegiate Institute, now known as West Virginia State University. Although he was well-respected and sought after in the academic arena, Woodson retired from teaching in 1922 to devote his full attention to ASALH, research, writing, and grooming young scholars for the historical profession.
Woodson also started the academic publication The Journal of Negro History in 1916 and The Negro History Bulletin in 1937. In 1921, he founded the Associated Publishers, Inc., a publishing company that took on works that other companies would not, such as the writings of black scholars and women on African American and African Diaspora history.
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Mary McLeod Bethune, Lucy Harth Smith, and Dr. Carter G. Woodson at ASALH's Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois in 1940.
Bethune-Cookman University, Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation National Historic Landmark
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A Champion of Women and a Mentor to Many
During Woodson's lifetime, the Association had five presidents. In 1936, Mary McLeod Bethune was elected president of the organization, filling the vacancy left open after the death of educator John Hope. Bethune not only was the first female president, she was also its longest serving, wearing the title until 1952. Woodson, unlike most male scholars during this time, welcomed African American women as equal co-workers and leaders in the ranks of his movement and also facilitated productive, cross-generational dialogues and relationships. He was a mentor to many up-and-coming historians and scholars such as Alrutheus A. Taylor, Charles H. Wesley, Luther Porter Jackson,
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Lorenzo Johnston Greene, Rayford W. Logan, Lawrence D. Reddick, and John Hope Franklin. The association's headquarters Woodson's office-home served as a training center and these scholars in turn trained succeeding generations of African American historians that helped to legitimize black history. While Woodson developed young men and women, the association developed important relationships with black churches, colleges, universities, schools, and community centers all around the country.
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This week, Westchester County continues to celebrate Black History Month and Preserve Our Legacy with their Trailblazers Awards Ceremony! The Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. Team congratulates “Black History Month Trailblazer Honorees Dial Hewlett, Jr. MD, FACP, FIDSA, Westchester Community College President Belinda S. Miles, Ed.D and Westchester County Board of Elections Reginald Lafayette! |
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Get Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests
The federal government has announced every household can order four free at-home rapid antigen COVID-19 tests through a new website, www.covidtests.gov.
Westchester has added COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Yonkers on Mondays to help reduce the virus's spread, County Executive George Latimer said in a statement. The new vaccine clinics, available for free by the county Health Department, begin today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., in Yonkers at 20 South Broadway, 2nd Floor. They will continue to be held during the same time on Mondays, with the exception of Feb. 21 when there's no clinic.
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Appointments are encouraged but walk-ins are welcome, according to the county.
The county said people can click on these links to schedule Yonkers appointments:
The county has also been offering vaccines at the Westchester County Center in White Plains on afternoons by appointment only: Wednesdays through Fridays and on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The county has also been providing PCR tests for COVID at the County Center and will continue to through February.
To schedule a test, go to www.westchestergov.com/health. New appointments will be added every three days, the county's statement said, as follows:
- Mondays and Tuesdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Wednesdays, 8 a.m. to noon
- Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon
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By the way, Kecia and Kevin helped a fellow MWBE out this
past weekend by being extras in his Director Antoine Allen’s film, “Lola 2”. Read all about our fun day on the movie set as extras.
Book your appointment today with the Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. Team to get your business back on track in 2022! We provide business coaching, workforce development training and help MWBE’s get certified as they navigate the government and corporate procurement process! MWBE’s, Government Agencies and Non-Profits are our favorite clients!
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Below are some networks and resources that Minority Women Owned Business Enterprises and small business owners can connect with to help them get through these challenging times. We’ve got your back! |
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AERO-BA-SOUL, INC. partners with Westchester County to provide Technical and MWBE Assistance to Westchester based MWBEs. |
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Calling all Westchester based MWBES. Westchester County has partnered this year with Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. to provide business coaching, workforce development training, help MWBE’s get certified and register on the Westchester County Minority and Women-Owned Business Program directory as they navigate the government and corporate procurement process!
MWBE’s, Government Agencies and Non-Profits are our favorite clients!
Book your appointment today with the Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. Team to get your business back on track in 2022!
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CFA 101 and Opportunities Showcase Webinar
and Networking Event
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NYS Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and
NYS Senator Shelly Mayer Hosts “A Taste of History”
(Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc.’s COO Kevin Cousins and CEO Kecia Palmer-Cousins attended
this engaging, cooking show hosted by their mother and mother-in-law,
Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins.)
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Dear Friends,
If you missed last night's program, please check out "A Taste of History," our healthy foods cooking show in honor of Black History Month on my Facebook page.
State Senator Shelley Mayer and I were joined by two of New York’s most famous rappers, Jadakiss and Styles P, owners of Juices for Life, and Chef Nikko of Evanders Fish & Chips, both in Yonkers.
Chef Nikko discussed the traditions of soul food in America and how healthy food can recharge ourselves and maintain our well-being. The Chef prepared BBQ chicken, a vegetarian alternative, and various sides.
We also visited Juices for Life, an organic juice bar owned by Jadakiss and Styles P and discussed the importance of making fruits and vegetables affordable and convenient. The Juices for Life crew prepared a healthy smoothie made of my favorite fruits, and dubbed “The Senator.”
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Andrea Stewart-Cousins
New York State Senate, District 35
President Pro Tem, Majority Leader
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Albany Office:
907 Legislative Office Bldg
Albany, NY 12247
518-455-2585
District Office:
28 Wells Ave, Bldg 3, 5th Floor
Yonkers, NY 10701
914-423-4031
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They are providing $1 million in grants to New Yorkers on the front lines of rebuilding our city. Each grantee awarded will receive up to $10,000 and have access to our vast network of like-minded community leaders to help implement and support their projects.
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Approved Grant Applications can assist New York State companies and not-for-profit organizations with:
- Market customization
- Participation in trade shows/missions
- Export workshops
- Product adaptations to meet foreign regulatory requirements
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SBA February Webinars
Recovery Planning, DIY-Building a Blog, Doing Business with the Government,
Meet the Lenders, How SBA Can Help You Succeed, Marketing Strategies
Thurs. 2/24/2022 10:00am-11:00am (SBA and McNulty Veterans Business Center)
Thurs. 2/24/2022 1pm-2pm (SBA and Renaissance Economic Development Corp)
Thurs. 2/24/2022 2pm-3pm (SBA and Renaissance Economic Development Corp)
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Contact: Man-Li Lin, Economic Development Specialist
District International Trade Officer
New York District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration
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Guest Speaker
Phillip D. Woolfolk,
African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey
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Black History Month: Grants & Loans
In honor of Black History Month, join us as we share grant and loan opportunities for women and people of color. COVID-19 relief, as well as general funding options will be highlighted.
The on-going pandemic has impacted minority communities the hardest. Equity is needed now more than ever.
We'll share current programming for grants, micro-loans and other funding options to help minority-owned small businesses thrive.
Thursday, Feb 24 at 1:00pm
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March 15 from 12:00pm–1:45pm
Women at the helm of studios, networks and creative teams are changing the way we tell stories, consume media and manage entertainment businesses. Join WSJ to hear from the female decision makers shaping entertainment.
Use code: WCEC
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SBA Small Business Federal Contracting Programs
The Woman-Owned Small Business Certification Program
Thursday, February 24, 2022 from 10:30am-12:30pm
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Have a safe and great week! Stay connected with us so you stay connected! Follow us on our social media! We will get through 2022 together! We thank each and everyone of you for your continued support and business!
Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc! We help MWBEs focus on the health and wellness of their business!
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Let’s us help you make your dreams, business and professional and goals come true in 2022! We are here for you! Just give us a call at 914-737-7237 or schedule a consultation with us at www.aerobasoul.com. You’ll be glad that you did!
Stay safe and continue to reach for excellence! Try to put your best foot forward every day. Most of all, be kind to yourself and others! Special shout out to our parents, family and friends for your continued love and support to us!
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See you on
Philanthropy Thursday!
Sincerely,
Kecia and Kevin
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Contact Kecia with questions about
starting or growing your business!
At Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc. we bring dreams to life with heart and soul! Like a trusted friend and confidante, our personal project managers tap into their vivid imaginations, hearts and souls to analyze clients’ projects, processes and people training. Stop suffering in silence! Rent our brainpower and we will connect you with the resources and technical assistance to address your needs and build your business.
Entrepreneurs and non-profits constantly juggle projects and their own self-care. Breathe! We can relate! We are small business owners who have survived and thrived by collaborating with a “think tank” of other socially conscious businesses/community partners! Our work life balance trainers help clients project manage their busy lives and get to the heart and soul of their business and their life! We help clients execute well so they can escape back to what makes them feel great! Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc….the ”just ask us” therapists! You talk, we listen. We share, we collaborate, You breathe!
Our services include:
- Business Management Consulting Services
- Life Coaching
- MWBE Consulting/Prepare NYC/NYS MWBE Certification Applications
- Public Speaking
- Project Management
- Training
- Career Preparation
- Customer Service
- Entrepreneurship
- Leadership
- Networking
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Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc.,
a Certified NYC & NYS Minority Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE)
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Kecia Palmer-Cousins, MBA
Aero-Ba-Soul, Inc.
Office: 914.737.7237
Cell: 914.512.4373
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