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09/09/2026

What if Charlotte’s greatest opportunities only exist in what we build together?

Across lived experiences. Across communities. Across organizations.

New relationships. Deeper trust. Greater possibilities.

That’s what this song captures and what we believe the Relationships Shape Everything vision can help make real. 🧡

Believe in a more connected and trusting Charlotte?

🗣️ Add your voice and partner with us!
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It’s a good morning!Grateful for the opportunity to join Nick Sturdivant (NICK STURDIVANT | Journalist) on WCNC Charlott...
09/08/2026

It’s a good morning!

Grateful for the opportunity to join Nick Sturdivant (NICK STURDIVANT | Journalist) on WCNC Charlotte Live Impact for a conversation about the work of Bridge Builder Leadership and the vision behind Relationships Shape Everything. 🧡

Nick and Dae-Lee talked about leadership, connection and trust, the health of our organizations, and what all of it could mean for the future of Charlotte.

We’ll be sharing more from the conversation this week.

🎥 Watch the full conversation at the link in our bio.

Thank you to J. Hill and The BrandUScript Agency for creating this opportunity.

Leading people through change right now? Join us this Wednesday! Leading Through Uncertainty📅 September 9 | 12 PM ET💻 FR...
09/07/2026

Leading people through change right now? Join us this Wednesday!

Leading Through Uncertainty
📅 September 9 | 12 PM ET
💻 FREE Interactive Virtual Webinar
🔗 Register today at the link in bio.

Special guest Otis Hackney, CEO of Broad Street Love (Broad Street Love), brings leadership experience spanning education, city government, and the nonprofit sector.

He’ll join Bridge Builder alum April Whitlock (April Barnhardt Whitlock), with Dr. David E. Thomas (David Eric Thomas) hosting, for a practical conversation about leading when change is happening, trust feels fragile, and people are looking to you for answers you may not have yet.

🧡 Save your spot and join leaders from across sectors for the conversation.

One of the best parts of Bridge Builder is seeing alumni come back and pour into other leaders. 🧡Next week, Bridge Build...
09/03/2026

One of the best parts of Bridge Builder is seeing alumni come back and pour into other leaders. 🧡

Next week, Bridge Builder alum April Whitlock is joining us for Leading Through Uncertainty, bringing a career of leadership across corporate citizenship, philanthropy, nonprofit work, entrepreneurship, and community engagement.

She’ll be joined by Otis Hackney, CEO of Broad Street Love and a leader whose experience spans education, city government, and nonprofit leadership.
Together, they’ll get real about what leadership looks like when change is happening, trust feels fragile, and people are looking to you for answers you may not have yet.

Hosted by Dr. David E. Thomas, City Lead of Bridge Builder Leadership Philadelphia.

If you’re leading people through change right now, don’t navigate it alone. Join April, Otis, David, and leaders from across sectors for a practical conversation you can take back to your team immediately.

Leading Through Uncertainty: Helping your team stay connected through seasons of change

📅 September 9 | 12 PM ET
💻 FREE Interactive Virtual Webinar
🔗 Save your spot today at the link in bio.

Growth is often framed around what we need to add. More knowledge. More skills. More experience. More responsibility.But...
09/02/2026

Growth is often framed around what we need to add. More knowledge. More skills. More experience. More responsibility.

But some of our most important growth comes from what we’re willing to release.

Old assumptions. Habits that no longer serve us. The need to have all the answers. Ways of seeing ourselves or others that limit how we show up.

Leadership development is as much about who we are becoming as what we are learning to do.

That’s part of the work happening inside the Bridge Builder Leadership Cohort. Creating space for leaders to better understand themselves, build authentic connection and trust with others, and become the kind of leaders who can shape healthier teams, organizations, and communities.

🧡 What might you need to let go of to make room for who you’re becoming?

One week later, and we’re still grateful for how this began. 🧡Last Tuesday, leaders from across Charlotte came together ...
09/01/2026

One week later, and we’re still grateful for how this began. 🧡

Last Tuesday, leaders from across Charlotte came together for the inaugural Relationships Shape Everything Founding Stewards Gathering.

There was conversation. There was music. There were honest reflections about our city and the moment we’re in. But more than anything, there was a shared belief that the relationships and trust shaping Charlotte’s future deserve our intentional investment.

We’re grateful for every person who showed up, shared their perspective, listened, and helped us begin imagining what this vision can become together.
And this really is just the beginning.

Relationships Shape Everything isn’t meant to belong to a small group of leaders. We want people and organizations across Charlotte to see themselves in this work and help shape where it goes from here.

Believe this matters? Add your voice. 🗣️

Want your organization to help move the vision forward? Explore becoming a partner. 🤝

🧡 RSECharlotte.com (Link In Bio)

Because Charlotte’s future will be shaped by how we build it together.

08/28/2026

This is what happens when Charlotte artists come together around a shared vision for the city we can become. 🧡🎶

“Together We Build” is out now.

Created collaboratively by artists, musicians, producers, and filmmakers from across Charlotte, this song is more than a soundtrack for Relationships Shape Everything.

It’s an expression of the vision itself.

Different voices. Different experiences. Different creative disciplines. Coming together to create something none of us could have created alone.

In this moment from the song, we’re reminded of what bridges have always represented: the audacious belief that what feels impossible today can be realized tomorrow when we build together.

That’s the Charlotte we believe is possible.

A city where our growth is matched by deeper relationships. Where trust is strengthened across differences, organizations, and communities. And where leaders and residents alike recognize that the future we want will require us to build it together.

The song is here.

But what we’re building together is just beginning. 🧡

Watch the full video. Add your voice. Partner with us.
RSECharlotte.com (Link In Bio)

🎶 Featured Artist & Contributors:
Dae-Lee, Curt Keyz, Emily Sage, Ahji, Bluz, La Brava, Harvey Cummings II, Quisol, Claudio Rafael Ortiz Jr., Ben Geller, Patrick Boyd, Glenn Tabor

🎥 Film Artists & Contributors:
Patrick Lebby, JoShaun Anderson, Jacob McCall, Carson Long, Colten Marsh

🎨 Song Art:
Frankie Zombie

Grateful for every person who brought their voice, craft, and creativity to this vision.

😳 Another change gets announced in a meeting.Some people see possibility. Others feel anxiety. Some lean in. Others star...
08/27/2026

😳 Another change gets announced in a meeting.

Some people see possibility.
Others feel anxiety.
Some lean in.
Others start wondering what no one is saying out loud.

And somewhere in the middle of all of that, you’re expected to lead.

Hosted by Dr. David E. Thomas, with special guests April Whitlock and Otis Hackney, we’ll explore what people actually need from leaders when certainty is in short supply, and how connection, trust, and communication can help teams navigate change together.

If you’re leading people through change right now, this conversation is for you. 🟡

📅 September 9th | 12 PM ET
💻 FREE Interactive Virtual Webinar
🔗 Register at the link in bio.

08/26/2026

Charlotte, this one is for us. 🧡🎶

Last night, we premiered Together We Build at the inaugural Relationships Shape Everything Founding Stewards Gathering, and the energy around this moment was special.

Now we’re excited to share it with the city. 🔥

10+ artists and musicians.
5 studio sessions.
Different sounds, stories, and perspectives.
One shared vision for the Queen City.

What started as an idea became something bigger as artists, musicians, producers, and filmmakers from across Charlotte came together around a vision for a city that is more relationally connected, more trusting, and committed to building its future together.

Turn the sound up. Watch it all the way through. And if it moves you, share it with somebody who loves this city too.

Because Charlotte’s future won’t be shaped only by what we build.

It will be shaped by how we build it together. 🧡

Thank you for believing in the vision MY ALBUM "CURT(IS)" IS OUT NOW, Dae-Lee (Bridge Builder), Bluz, HARVEY CUMMINGS II🎷, Emily Sage, Claudio Rafael, Liza ✨ La Brava, Joseph Quisol, Ahji, Big Jack Media Shaun Anderson Jacob McCall FRANKIE ZOMBIE

Want to be part of what’s next?

Visit RSECharlotte.com (Link In Bio) to explore the vision, add your voice, and learn how your organization can partner in moving it forward.

08/24/2026

What happens when you bring together some incredible Charlotte artists, musicians, producers, and filmmakers around one shared vision for our city? 👀🎶

You get “Together We Build”.

Over the past several weeks, we’ve had the opportunity to create something special with people we genuinely respect, all lending their voices and creativity to a vision for a more relationally connected and trusting Charlotte.

Tomorrow night, you get to experience it for the first time. 🔥
We’ll premiere the song and music video during the Relationships Shape Everything Founding Stewards Gathering, and we’d love for you to join us virtually.

Watch this reel to the end. If you know these names, you already know there’s something worth showing up for. 👀🧡

TOMORROW | AUGUST 25 | 6PM
💻 Free + Virtual

Register at the link in Bridge Builder Leadership’s bio.

And tag or send this to somebody who needs to see who’s involved. 🎶

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