LayerUp! sparks the curiosity to ignite personal development, growth and self-transformation within:
Through our proprietary ET&I™ (Empathy, Transparency
& Inclusion)
Edutainment learning modules, we holistically advance organizations--
first by understanding them and then successfully delivering curated programming through authentic storytelling experiences.
Executive Lifestyle Coaching & Training
Put Your “L” Up!
Corporate
Communities
Non-profit
Higher Learning
Institutions
My sincerest goal is for LayerUp! to ignite and align alongside a community of enlightened Unicorns.
Together our collective platforms will spotlight BIPOC achievements, resetting a new Global standard for purposeful listening, learning,
and thinking.
-Jocelyn R. Taylor, Founder & Executive
Lifestyle Curator
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Welcome
The challenges we face today in the World, our Communities,
and Workplaces are often influenced by
misinformation, misnomers and misguided learned behavior:
We accomplish our goals through business and youth development programs, college and career guidance by curating entertaining and interactive Events using various turnkey programming and
multimedia platforms.
LayerUp! your Organization with a custom solution:
Storytelling. Event Marketing. Broadcast.
What is a G.C.O.C.™?
Global Citizens of CONSCIOUSNESS. CHANGE. COLOR.
A G.C.O.C.™ is a person or group who is part of the solution for driving culture change and transformation around unconscious bias behavior, and inaccuracies perpetuated within BIPOC communities.
LayerUp! enlists the talents and resources of professionals ranging from health, wellness, and holistic practitioners to Celebrity, Influencers and C suite Executives. As a Collective, we are dedicated to serving, mentoring and empowering G.C.O.C.™ ethos.
ethos\ ˈē-ˌthäs \ NOUN
Merriam-Webster Definition: the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group or institution
LayerUp! CEO & Executive Lifestyle Curator Jocelyn, in action (Far Right), moderating a DE&I discussion panel.
– Advertising Week 2021, NYC
OurPlatforms
* Panel Discussions * Action Workshops * Fireside Chats
* TED Talks * Group Coaching * Symposiums * Team Building Exercises
* Roundtable Discussions * Master Classes
* Guest Speaker w/Celebrity or Influencer * Plenary Sessions
* Intimate Keynotes * Industry Sessions
* Lounges * Webcasts * Outdoor Classes * Moderator
Today we are living in a polarized world. We NEED to get back to a functioning civil society, engagement in our local communities, and positive day-to-day interactions and communication.
Our goal is to
“plants the seeds” of curiosity to elevate and re-educate
all individuals to walk away open to hear,
listen and share from one another.
This results in a proactive code of ethics supported from our customized proprietary business modules:
ET&I™ (Empathy, Transparency & Inclusion).
OurVision
OurMission
“When spiders UNITE, they can tie down a lion.”
– Ethiopian Proverb
LayerUp! Collab
TheCollective
The LayerUp! Collective is a professional team of media, technology, event marketing, branding, and business specialists.
Our proprietary offline and online
activations and Events are curated for
domestic and Global stages.
We collaborate with community, corporate, non-profit and higher learning organizations that procure our proprietary ET&I™ Edutainment business initiatives.
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Let LayerUp! reset the standards
for your organization.
Now is the time to listen to, hear from, and truly understand thriving BIPOC multi-layered conversations, cultures, and communities.
Empathy
Transparency
&
Inclusion
= Accountability
CommunityStakeholders
G.C.O.C.-The Honorable Stephen K. Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, SC, Jocelyn, and Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, NUL Conference, Columbus, OH, August 2018
G.C.O.C. - Jocelyn, Guest Panelist alongside, Activists, Tarana Burke, April Reign and Tamika Mallory. Open Plenary - Beyond the Hashtag, From Online Actvism to Offline Change. National Urban League Conference, Columbus, OH.
G.C.O.C. - Jocelyn, Guest Speaker with NYC Girl Scout attendees, C.R.E.W. (Civically Re-Engaged Women) Seminar Series Workshop Breakout Session, Seneca Falls Revisited Conference.
G.C.O.C. - Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul with Jocelyn, at Seneca Falls, NY Revisited Conference.
G.C.O.C. - Jocelyn, Guest Speaker at C.R.E.W. Seminar, Seneca Falls, NY Revisited Conference.
G.C.O.C.- Actress, Lisa Bonet representing LayerUp! -- Poised, Positioned & Prepared.
G.C.O.C. - Omar S. Kamara. on stage with Jocelyn discussing his film, Mass Ave during the HBO Shorts competition finals.
G.C.O.C. - Dennis Williams, SVP of Corporate Affairs & Corporate Responsibility, Warner Media with Jocelyn, Moderator, HBO Short Film Competition at Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |NY Public Library.
"Whoever controls the images, control your self-esteem, self respect, and self development, whoever controls your history controls your vision."
- Dr. Leonard Jeffries
OurJourney
TheInspiration
G.C.O.C. - Jocelyn with Common, award-winning rapper, actor and activist at the Sundance Film Festival during the “LayerUp!” launch, Park City, UT, January 2018.
TheBackstory
OnTheGround
“LayerUp! brings a source of light, connection and much needed education to the overall human experience.”
-Marc Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League
OurVOICES
LayerUp! leverages the blueprint for curating accessible multi-layered perspectives of BIPOC and their lived experiences to deliver genuine awareness, growth, and change.
Meet this week's nominated *G.C.O.C.™
#KnowTheirNames
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
First black valedictorian in
Princeton University's history.
A Community Thriver...
Nicholas Johnson
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RhythmNation
“My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and do so with some PASSION; some COMPASSION; some HUMOR & some STYLE.”
-Maya Angelou