Shanique Kelly's guest appearances

Shanique Kelly

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The Messy Middle

Jacqueline Jennings

Katie Ruddell

Cicely Blain

Makenzie Chilton

Scott Morgan

Emily Schromm

Stacy Sims

Desiree Nielsen

Mark Groves

Taylor Loren

Nate Checketts

MICHAEL FRANTI

James Kelly

Devon Brooks

Andrea Barber

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This week we’re excited to be chatting with Shanique Kelly (she/her), aka @softieshan on Instagram. Shanique is a local DJ, diversity consultant, model and event organizer. Through her work she is always thinking about how to take care of her community and support those who need it most – with a focus on creating safe spaces for LGTBQ+ folks and Black women. As someone very tapped into their community and local events, we wanted to ask Shanique about how it all began, and how she created her career out of community care. Starting with how and why she became a DJ, Shanique tells her story, letting us into the behind the scenes of how her multifaceted career developed. She tells us about the early days of DJ’ing and also some of her modelling gigs, as well as some recent conversations with Lululemon that led her to becoming more involved with diversity consulting and education. What you’ll hear from Shanique is that community matters and she is contagiously enthusiastic about everything she does!Find Shanique online: https://www.instagram.com/softieshan https://www.instagram.com/level_up.yvr/ Find The Messy Middle podcast onlineWebsite: https://www.saltdesignco.studio/messymiddlepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/messymiddlepod Email: messymiddlepod@saltdesignco.studio Find Salt Design Co. online Website: https://www.saltdesignco.studio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saltdesigncompany Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaltDesignCompany

This week we’re excited to be chatting with Shanique Kelly (she/her), aka @softieshan on Instagram. Shanique is a local DJ, diversity consultant, model and event organizer. Through her work she is always thinking about how to take care of her community and support those who need it most – with a focus on creating safe spaces for LGTBQ+ folks and Black women. As someone very tapped into their community and local events, we wanted to ask Shanique about how it all began, and how she created her career out of community care. Starting with how and why she became a DJ, Shanique tells her story, letting us into the behind the scenes of how her multifaceted career developed. She tells us about the early days of DJ’ing and also some of her modelling gigs, as well as some recent conversations with Lululemon that led her to becoming more involved with diversity consulting and education. What you’ll hear from Shanique is that community matters and she is contagiously enthusiastic about everything she does! Find Shanique online: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/softieshan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/softieshan</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/level_up.yvr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/level_up.yvr/</a> Find The Messy Middle podcast online Website: https://www.saltdesignco.studio/messymiddlepod Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/messymiddlepod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/messymiddlepod</a> Email: messymiddlepod@saltdesignco.studio Find Salt Design Co. online Website: https://www.saltdesignco.studio Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saltdesigncompany" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/saltdesigncompany</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SaltDesignCompany" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/SaltDesignCompany</a>

86. Shanique Kelly | Taking care of your community through your work

DJ Softieshan

Shanique Kelly is a DJ and event producer in Vancouver, she runs Intersessions YVR, and throws her own monthly parties in Vancouver. Shanique began her DJ career by attending the first ever Intersessions workshop, a series which aims to bring light to the gender disparity in electronic music. Since this serendipitous beginning, Shanique has gone on to run the Vancouver Intersessions Workshops, and now produces her own parties, ‘Level Up’, a monthly queer rap, hip hop and r&amp;b dance party. Shanique’s passion is in creating safe spaces for people who are part of marginalized communities, whether they are people of colour or part of the queer community. After DJing for other event producers and club owners, Shanique noticed the trend of tokenism, and was inspired to create her own event with a focus on hiring people of colour and members of the LGBTQ+ community. By curating these events thoughtfully, and purposefully, her parties have become spaces for people who don’t always feel safe or comfortable. Listen in to hear Matt and Shanique chat about dealing with imposter syndrome, how to avoid tokenism, and the importance of representation. Show Links:https://www.instagram.com/softieshan/https://www.instagram.com/intersessions/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/level_up.yvr/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shanique Kelly is a DJ and event producer in Vancouver, she runs Intersessions YVR, and throws her own monthly parties in Vancouver. Shanique began her DJ career by attending the first ever Intersessions workshop, a series which aims to bring light to the gender disparity in electronic music. Since this serendipitous beginning, Shanique has gone on to run the Vancouver Intersessions Workshops, and now produces her own parties, ‘Level Up’, a monthly queer rap, hip hop and r&amp;b dance party. Shanique’s passion is in creating safe spaces for people who are part of marginalized communities, whether they are people of colour or part of the queer community. After DJing for other event producers and club owners, Shanique noticed the trend of tokenism, and was inspired to create her own event with a focus on hiring people of colour and members of the LGBTQ+ community. By curating these events thoughtfully, and purposefully, her parties have become spaces for people who don’t always feel safe or comfortable. Listen in to hear Matt and Shanique chat about dealing with imposter syndrome, how to avoid tokenism, and the importance of representation. Show Links:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/softieshan/https://www.instagram.com/intersessions/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/level_up.yvr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/softieshan/https://www.instagram.com/intersessions/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/level_up.yvr/</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

#84 — Level Up w/ Shanique Kelly aka DJ Softieshan