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  • Coronavirus: Miracles and Molasses

    Coronavirus: Miracles and Molasses

    Blackstrap molasses. That's all my 82-year-old mother wants.

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  • Coronavirus: Calm in Chaos

    Coronavirus: Calm in Chaos

    I have anxiety. I've had it most of my life, but just recently admitted it.

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  • Coronavirus-The Only Way Out

    Coronavirus-The Only Way Out

    We all wonder if, how, and when we'll be personally impacted by the #coronavirus. Maybe like you, empty grocery store…

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  • University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management Graphic

    Global Women's Connect Strategic Advisory Board Member

    University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management

    - Present 1 year 11 months

    Education

  • Board Member

    ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC & EDUCATIONAL RADIO STATIONS INC

    - Present 9 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Ampers is the largest statewide association of community radio stations in the United States. Each of it's 17 stations are managed locally and serve populations in tribal nations, diverse communities, and students from Grand Marais and Thief River Falls, to Mankato and Winona, and just about everywhere in between, for a combined audience of ~300,000 devoted listeners.

    Ampers aims to assist member stations through generating revenue, developing and sharing programming, and actively…

    Ampers is the largest statewide association of community radio stations in the United States. Each of it's 17 stations are managed locally and serve populations in tribal nations, diverse communities, and students from Grand Marais and Thief River Falls, to Mankato and Winona, and just about everywhere in between, for a combined audience of ~300,000 devoted listeners.

    Ampers aims to assist member stations through generating revenue, developing and sharing programming, and actively work to change the narrative regarding historically underrepresented communities through accurate storytelling and reporting.

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    MPLS VISION 2035 Workstream Committee Member

    DOWNTOWN COUNCIL OF MINNEAPOLIS

    - Present 1 year 4 months

    Arts and Culture

    I am one of 200 stakeholders invited by the Minneapolis Downtown Council to participate in work sessions aimed at gathering a breadth of ideas across 8 workstream focus areas on what will be critical to making Minneapolis extraordinary in 2035

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    Consultant

    The Medical Alley Association

    - 1 year 11 months

    Health


    https://medicalalleypodcast.org/episodes/medical-alley-webinar-replay-panel-discussion-turning-passion-into-action-leading-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion

    Medical Alley is The Global Epicenter of Health Innovation and Care®, where healthcare leaders call home.
    In Medical Alley, you will find the world's leading health technology innovation cluster, the highest ranked hospital, and the globally recognized Destination Medical Center. Medical Alley is also home to the nation’s…


    https://medicalalleypodcast.org/episodes/medical-alley-webinar-replay-panel-discussion-turning-passion-into-action-leading-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion

    Medical Alley is The Global Epicenter of Health Innovation and Care®, where healthcare leaders call home.
    In Medical Alley, you will find the world's leading health technology innovation cluster, the highest ranked hospital, and the globally recognized Destination Medical Center. Medical Alley is also home to the nation’s largest private health insurer and more than 1,000 healthcare companies, employing more than 500,000 Minnesotans and millions more worldwide.
    Medical Alley has history. It is the birthplace of implantable medical technology, collaborative care delivery and innovative health plan models. The Smithsonian has recognized six "Great Places of Invention” in the U.S., including only one for healthcare, Medical Alley.org.

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    Board Of Directors

    TeamWomenMN

    - 2 years 6 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Member since 2017
    Our mission is to inspire, encourage, and support women in reaching their full potential.
    We have a clear sense of purpose, values, and integrity in our organization.
    We are a Team.
    We value relationships, community, life-long learning, mentoring and an atmosphere of shared empowerment.
    We support all women who work or live in Minnesota, providing opportunities both personally and professionally.
    We believe in leadership development, from entry level up to…

    Member since 2017
    Our mission is to inspire, encourage, and support women in reaching their full potential.
    We have a clear sense of purpose, values, and integrity in our organization.
    We are a Team.
    We value relationships, community, life-long learning, mentoring and an atmosphere of shared empowerment.
    We support all women who work or live in Minnesota, providing opportunities both personally and professionally.
    We believe in leadership development, from entry level up to the C-suite.
    We give back to the community and inspire others to do the same.

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    Honorary Lifetime Member

    Girl Scouts River Valleys

    - Present 8 years 8 months

    Children

    Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys serves 32,000 girls in southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, one of 112 Girl Scout councils that make up the national Girl Scout Movement, sharing the mission to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. Our work is supported by more than 11,000 volunteers. River Valleys provides an inclusive environment where girls develop the skills they need to become future leaders. Through specialized…

    Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys serves 32,000 girls in southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, one of 112 Girl Scout councils that make up the national Girl Scout Movement, sharing the mission to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. Our work is supported by more than 11,000 volunteers. River Valleys provides an inclusive environment where girls develop the skills they need to become future leaders. Through specialized programs and events, including the ConnectZ a program that helps girls from diverse back ground overcome economic barriers, Girl Scouts provides a safe place for girls to grow and share new experiences, develop core values and contribute to society.

  • Artist In Residence Selection Committee Judge

    Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery

    - Present 1 year 9 months

    Arts and Culture

    The Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery (MAAHMG) preserves, documents and highlights the achievements, contributions and experiences of African Americans in Minnesota.
    This mission is carried out through exhibits, programs and events that educate and inform the public about the history, culture, and art of African Americans in Minnesota. Opened in 2018, the museum is also a community gathering place where people meet and celebrate Black history. The museum is free and…

    The Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery (MAAHMG) preserves, documents and highlights the achievements, contributions and experiences of African Americans in Minnesota.
    This mission is carried out through exhibits, programs and events that educate and inform the public about the history, culture, and art of African Americans in Minnesota. Opened in 2018, the museum is also a community gathering place where people meet and celebrate Black history. The museum is free and accessible to all.

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    Community Advisory Board Member

    Park Square Theatre

    - 2 years 1 month

    Arts and Culture

    The Community Advisory Board is an advisory council to Park Square Theatre's Board of Directors and leadership staff. This working volunteer board serves as a bridge between Park Square's art and communities of color by assuring culturally relevant, rich, respectful and engaging programming, developing volunteer leadership and staff of color at Park Square and engaging communities of color.

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    Torch Awards for Ethics Judge

    Better Business Bureau

    - less than a year

    Economic Empowerment

    BBB presents Torch Awards for Ethics each year to for-profit companies owned or operated in Minnesota and North Dakota that display integrity in all aspects of their operations. Nominees are offered the opportunity to submit an entry to BBB, where a panel of independent volunteer business and community leaders review the entries and choose the winners. Nominees must be in good standing with BBB; however accreditation is not a requirement to compete for the award.

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    Miss Minnesota Scholarship Pageant Judge

    Miss America Organization

    - 1 month

    Education

    The Miss Minnesota Scholarship Pageant is a non-profit organization that awards scholarships to outstanding young women to help advance them academically and professionally. Participants have gone on to achieve major success in diverse fields including medicine, law, business, broadcast journalism, theater, politics, literature and more.

Publications

  • Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy Choosing to Be Free- Amazon Best Seller

    Whitaker House Publishing

    I sold the Pockets of Joy manuscript to Whitaker House Publishing, the nation's largest faith-based publisher, which in 2017 released Pockets of Joy:Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free . With the help of influencers Maria Shriver and Tavis Smiley, Pockets of Joy, which I had initially self-published, went on to become an immediate Amazon bestseller and was re-released again in paperback in February of 2022.

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  • A Little Bit of A Lot: 6 Tips for a Balanced, Happier Life

    mariashriver.com

    The diet? The work out routine? The new project? If you’re like a lot of us, by now those well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions have started to wane a bit. According to recent research, by the time February rolls around, more than a third of us have broken those promises we made to ourselves amid the confetti and champagne.

    I resolved to never resolve again.

    Instead, the goal for me is balance.

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  • Winning A Billion and Half Dollars Won't Make You Happy-Here are 3 Tips That Will

    Mariashriver.com

    If anything, a two dollar ticket holds FOMO –fear of missing out- at bay, buying us the right to chew the fat around the social water cooler, purporting our intentions of what we’d buy, where we’d go, and who we’d tell to go where if we won an unprecedented 1.5 billion dollars, give or take a few mill after taxes.
    Think about what all that money could buy. Is the real quest possessions or something more? The Powerball frenzy is undoubtedly fueled by dreams of financial freedom, which we…

    If anything, a two dollar ticket holds FOMO –fear of missing out- at bay, buying us the right to chew the fat around the social water cooler, purporting our intentions of what we’d buy, where we’d go, and who we’d tell to go where if we won an unprecedented 1.5 billion dollars, give or take a few mill after taxes.
    Think about what all that money could buy. Is the real quest possessions or something more? The Powerball frenzy is undoubtedly fueled by dreams of financial freedom, which we just assume will lead to what we’re really after: happiness.
    Yet that assumption is as much a misnomer as beating odds of 292.2 million to one.

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  • Finding Joy by Discovering Who You Want to Be

    Mariashriver.com

    I read Just Who Will You Be? in one sitting then slept with it on my nightstand for months. This tiny blue book with the lilting white balloon on the cover and modest yet impactful words inside became a beacon for me. It gave me hope and marked a turning point as I began to come out from under the brokenness.

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  • 6 Tips for Journaling

    Mariashriver.com

    My second book, the Pockets of Joy Journal, encourages people to be intentional about discovering pockets of joy in their lives—those moments, however fleeting, when they felt truly happy. My advice: write it down!

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  • Pockets of Joy Journal- #1 BESTSELLER Amazon single parenting

    Beaver's Pond Press

    As a follow up to the best selling personal memoir Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free,” I’ve created the Pockets of Joy Journal to inspire you to write down your very own pockets of joy¬¬¬¬—the times in your life when you felt of all things, happy. I believe that we must be intentional about seeing joy; it’s all around us, if we look for it, especially when life gets a little hard.

    Remember meeting your old college roommate for coffee and how you laughed the…

    As a follow up to the best selling personal memoir Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free,” I’ve created the Pockets of Joy Journal to inspire you to write down your very own pockets of joy¬¬¬¬—the times in your life when you felt of all things, happy. I believe that we must be intentional about seeing joy; it’s all around us, if we look for it, especially when life gets a little hard.

    Remember meeting your old college roommate for coffee and how you laughed the afternoon away? Or what about the day you saw the most gorgeous sunset? Or the time you shared a delicious piece of chocolate cake at your favorite restaurant? Or the day the one you love said “I love you too.” Those are all wonderful pockets of joy and your life is filled with many many more.

    Rather than post or tweet those moments, the Pockets of Joy Journal is the place to write them down for keeps. Bound in beautiful gold foil and royal blue leatherette, this journal is the place collect your most treasured happy memories. Write a little or write a lot, whenever you want. We all know how journaling is supposed to be good for us.

    The Pockets of Joy Journal includes:
    • a personal introduction by the author
    • joyful quotes appearing on every other page
    • a satin ribbon bookmark
    • a pocket envelope to store mementoes

    There’s even a place to jot down a personal #hashtag for each wonderful memory. When you’ve completed the journal you’ll have your very own pocket of joy to look back and remember the times in your life, however fleeting, when you were truly happy. The Pockets of Joy Journal may become the best book you’ve ever read, for the simple reason that it was written by you! So what are you waiting for? Start writing and become part of the #pocketsofjoy movement!

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  • Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free

    Beaver's Pond Press- #2 Best seller Amazon single parenting

    If happiness has a hiding place, Roxane Battle may have found it. *(www.roxanebattle.com)

    As a new mom with a divorce decree and a reporting job on the 5pm news, she landed on a few thorns among the roses as she learned to raise a child by herself, while trying to keep it together in front of the camera. Guided by a strong belief things could and would get better, Roxane shed a few tears and found a lot of joy. Pockets of joy are what she calls them- moments where it feels like every…

    If happiness has a hiding place, Roxane Battle may have found it. *(www.roxanebattle.com)

    As a new mom with a divorce decree and a reporting job on the 5pm news, she landed on a few thorns among the roses as she learned to raise a child by herself, while trying to keep it together in front of the camera. Guided by a strong belief things could and would get better, Roxane shed a few tears and found a lot of joy. Pockets of joy are what she calls them- moments where it feels like every thing is going to be okay.

    With a little bit of humor and lots of grace, Roxane shares the intimate and private details of her very public life. In story after story that resonate with authenticity and truth, Roxane opens up and candidly reveals her life as a single mom with a little boy who finds her way by making decisions in the name of dignity, values and faith.

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  • What is Your Life?

    Influence Women Newsletter

    What would go through your mind in the moments just before your feared your life was about to end? Read my reaction in the March edition of the Influence Women newsletter.

    Other authors
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Honors & Awards

  • Board Service Award

    Team Women

    Awarded for outstanding board service 2019-2022

  • Volunteer Service Award

    Breast Cancer Education Association

    Awarded for Outstanding Dedication in the field of breast cancer.

  • 2018 Illumination Book Awards Gold Medalist

    2018 Illumination Book Awards

    Gold Medalist/ Family Parenting: The Illumination Book Awards are designed to honor the year's best new titles written and published with a Christian worldview. A Gold, Silver and Bronze medal are awarded in each category. Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free won the Gold Medal in the Family/Parenting category. The 2018 winners are made up of self published authors and some of the most respected names in publishing, hailing from 26 U.S states and two Canadian provinces…

    Gold Medalist/ Family Parenting: The Illumination Book Awards are designed to honor the year's best new titles written and published with a Christian worldview. A Gold, Silver and Bronze medal are awarded in each category. Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free won the Gold Medal in the Family/Parenting category. The 2018 winners are made up of self published authors and some of the most respected names in publishing, hailing from 26 U.S states and two Canadian provinces. These authors have produced books to help those seeking guidance and illumination on a variety of issues.

  • Minnesota States Art Board Grantee

    Minnesota States Arts Board

  • 2015 Midwest Book of the Year-Family/Parenting

    Midwest Independent Publishing Association

    Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free by first-time author Roxane Battle was named Midwest Book Awards 2016 Book of the Year in the Family/Parenting category.
    The Midwest Book Awards are sponsored by the Midwest Independent Publishing Association (MIPA).The 2015 awards attracted 305 entries, entered in 30 categories. All books were entered by publishers in MIPA's 12-state Midwestern region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North…

    Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free by first-time author Roxane Battle was named Midwest Book Awards 2016 Book of the Year in the Family/Parenting category.
    The Midwest Book Awards are sponsored by the Midwest Independent Publishing Association (MIPA).The 2015 awards attracted 305 entries, entered in 30 categories. All books were entered by publishers in MIPA's 12-state Midwestern region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

  • 2014 Telly Award

    Telly Awards

    Bronze: Religious programming- "State Fair"
    The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring the finest film and video productions, groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films, and outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs from around the world.

  • 2011 Telly Award

    The Telly Awards

    Bronze: Religious Programming- "Run for Your Life"
    The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring the finest film and video productions, groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films, and outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs from around the world.

  • 2010 Telly Award

    Telly Awards

    Bronze-Religious Programming- "A Common Sense Approach"
    The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring the finest film and video productions, groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films, and outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs from around the world.

  • Minnesota States Arts Board Grantee

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