Personal
Transformation
Liberation
& Cooperation (TLC)
The Place to SOARTM | InflexionPoint PodcastTM
Birthplace of the Reimagine We Framework
Anita D Russell, Founder/Principal Consultant
“Worldview is the soil. Your choices, habits, fears, and aspirations are the fruit.” —Anita D Russell
PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT
I am the Founder/Principal Consultant of The Place to SOAR, a social enterprise dedicated to cultivating change through daily growth, personal transformaion, and accountability for the purpose of unveiling human potential.
As an empowerment activist I fuse faith, intellect, and firebrand leadership to ignite self-mastery, sociopolitical awareness, community engagement, and cooperative economics. I don’t just build or facilitate workshops; I ignite movement.
Whether it’s life coaching, feminine wisdom, or personal transformation, I turn ideas into actionable blueprints wrapped in vibrant design and soul-deep reflection. My voice is unmistakable: strategic, empowering, and unshakably rooted in truth.
I am the architect of the Reimagine We Framework, where critical self-reflection is the intentional practice of examining one’s innermost thoughts, beliefs ideas, and inherited worldview narratives. The Reimagine We Empowerment Lab is a powerful yearlong journey—an experiential learning program designed, developed, and facilitated in collaboration with Ujamaa Collective, located in the Historic Hill District of Pittsburgh PA.
Launching in 2027, the lab connects empowerment to the broader historical and personal journey of transformation and liberation towards cooperation (TLC) through worldview formation.
Discover the essence of Reimagine We.
I have been an office member of the Emerald City Co-working Space in Pittsburgh, PA for several years. Most recently I became a member of the Emerald City Management Team.
Emerald City, founded in 2021, is a 12,000-square-foot coworking, event, and social space dedicated to catapulting Black entrepreneurs and businesses to wealth and regional success. Emerald City is where business meets culture.
The mission of Emerald City is to prioritize Black entrepreneurship and Black professionals in Pittsburgh through resources, education, and opportunities. For you, this could be a professional address, a place to meet clients, and a community of fellow founders, starting now.
October 2026 | Vol. 4
Dear Ujamaa Sisters: Let’s Talk About Multiplication from Within by Anita D. Russell
When we hear the word abundance, we often think of having more. But what if abundance is not simply about receiving more from somewhere else? What if abundance begins by building on what we already have? Just look around the room.
Someone knows how to organize. Someone understands finances. Someone can facilitate learning. Someone has relationships that can open doors. Someone has an idea waiting for the right collaborator. Someone has lived through something another sister is encountering for the first time. These are not merely individual assets. They are the raw materials of collective abundance.
1st & 3rd Wednesday | The Transformation Network
3 РМ PT | 6 PM ET | Episode 115 – October 21, 2026
LEADERSHIP, LITERACY, AND THE POWER TO FLOURISH
Partnering with schools to strengthen literacy, develop leaders, and improve instruction.
Featuring Sean M. Brown, MBA, E.D.
We are honored to have a special guest with us for this episode.
Dr. Sean Brown, is a published author, poet, educator, and educational leader with more than a decade of experience strengthening instruction, developing educators, and expanding opportunities for students. As a Teach For America alumnus, Dr. Brown began his career in Jackson Public Schools and later served as a founding teacher at Mississippi’s first public charter school before moving into instructional and school leadership roles across multiple states.
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Examine Your Worldview Formation: A Bold, Guided Experience to Examine the Beliefs Shaping How You See.
Consider This: What if you don’t see the world as it is? What if you see it as you were trained to? What if your beliefs didn’t start with you? What if they were formed… reinforced… defended? Until you examine your own beliefs—you can’t change anything. So, this conversation is not intended to be a lecture about change; it is a disruption. This experience is designed to creates space to pause, examine, and reimagine.
Powerful Mini Workshop Series Covering 4 Specific Topics:
- Reimagine We Topic: Self-Mastery
- Reimagine We Topic: Sociopolitical Awareness
- Reimagine We Topic: Community Engagement
- Reimagine We Topic: Cooperative Economics
Built in Collaboration with Ujamaa Collective: A Marketplace for Cultural and Artistic Exchange through Cooperative Economics
The Reimagine We Empowerment Lab is a 12-month intensive journey of personal empowerment, courage, and connection in community. The journey is divided into quarterly empowerment blocks over the course of the year—delivered in person, across monthly 4-hour sessions with deep reflection and discussion in between.
Q1: Self-Mastery
Q2: Sociopolitical Awareness
Q3: Community Engagement
Q4: Cooperative Economics
Q1: Self-Mastery
Self-Mastery: Reimagining your role in community, power, and possibility.
Empowerment
Internal alignment
Emotional intelligence
Responsibility and accountability
Q2: Sociopolitical Awareness
Sociopolitical Awareness: A critical examination of the historical, cultural, economic, and political systems that shape individual experiences and collective realities.
Historical consciousness
Understanding systems and power dynamics
Critical media literacy
Awareness of narratives shaping society
Q3: Community Engagement
Community Engagement: Demonstrating the movement from individual awareness to cognitive action
Relationship building
Collaborative problem solving
Dialogue across differences
Local leadership and participation
Q4: Cooperative Economics
Cooperative Economics: Emphasizing economic activity around shared ownership and collective benefit.
Distribute opportunity
Build community wealth
Prioritize human well-being over profit maximization
Drive ethical production and consumption
Self-Directed Learning & Coaching Empowers You to Take the Charge of Your Development Journey
BridgeCrossers Self-Directed Coaching is built on solid platform of 4 Elements of Personal Transformation and 6 Keys to Nurture, Grow, and Empower Your Life.
Self-Directed Coaching empowers you to take charge of your own development journey. By identifying your unique development needs, you can tailor learning experiences to suit individual preferences and goals. Autonomy ensures that you are fully engaged and invested in the learning process, leading to higher levels of motivation and satisfaction.
Who Is She?
What Will You Discover?
What's Included?
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Who Is She?
The Empowered Woman is confident. She understands her worth, embraces her strength, and manages her vulnerability and authenticity. She takes charge of her life with confidence determination , and sovereignty. She speaks her truth, realizes her vision, and empowers others along the way.
What Will You Discover?
How to activate your personal power
Tools for Leadership Development
The importance of (re)designing your thinking and vision
The courage to face your challenges
Self-Sabotage is your enemy
How to be prepared for the stretch!
The importance of (re)designing your thinking and vision
The courage to face your challenges
Self-Sabotage is your enemy
How to be prepared for the stretch!
What's Included?
A self-paced journey with workbook exercises, readings, unlimited access, and more…including 1:1 coaching with Anita
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PRIVATE COACHING OPTIONS
Find A Path Towards Your Goals Using One of Anita’s Private Coaching Tools
Apply for a Coaching Discovery Call to explore working with Anita as your personal transformation coach.
Self-Directed Coaching: Targeted Personal Needs
Self-directed coaching encourages individuals to identify growth needs and utilize the right development tools at the right time to nurture and cultivate life change.
Private Coaching: Growth from Within
Growth from within means recognizing that you have to know yourself from the inside out to achieve daily growth and personal transformation.
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