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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Bertony Faustin 
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DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an evening with winemaker and author Bertony Faustin as 
 he discusses his autobiographical story\, Say the Whole Name\, about his j
 ourney from Haiti to Brooklyn to the Oregon wine country.\n.\nhttps://gwin
 nettpl.libnet.info/event/17123127
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">Two 
 wines will be poured for an intimate\, capped audience.</p>\n<p style="tex
 t-align: center\;">Attendees must be 21 years old or older.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p
  style="text-align: center\;"></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span 
 style="color: #993300\;">This event will take place at THRIVE | Coworking\
 , located&nbsp\;at 2245 Wisteria Dr SW\, Ste 200\, Snellville\, GA 30078.<
 /span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"></p>\n<p style="text-align: ce
 nter\;"><strong>Registration is required.</strong></p>\n<p style="text-ali
 gn: center\;">* By registering\, you consent to signing up for the monthly
  Adult Programs newsletter.&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p><strong><img src="https
 ://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/AS_Bertony_Faustin
 1.jpg" width="78" height="96" alt="" /></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Bertony F
 austin</strong> is Oregon's first recorded Black and Haitian-American vine
 yard owner and winemaker\, founder of Abbey Creek Vineyard &amp\; Winery i
 n North Plains\, Oregon\, and the producer of the acclaimed documentary <e
 m>Red\, White &amp\; Black</em>. A former anesthesia technician raised in 
 Brooklyn with roots in Haiti\, he built his vineyard with no formal traini
 ng &mdash\; working three jobs and famously never having been a wine drink
 er &mdash\; proving that when life gives you grapes\, you make wine. Berto
 ny Faustin has appeared at the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>'s Future of Ev
 erything Festival alongside Martha Stewart and Trevor Noah\, delivered key
 notes for Nike\, Intel\, and the Oregon Mayors Convention\, and partnered 
 with brands like Carhartt\, with his wines featured permanently at Chef Ma
 rcus Samuelsson's Marcus Bar &amp\; Grille in Atlanta. Creator of the A.R.
 C. Framework &mdash\; Authentic\, Resilient\, Connected &mdash\; he is the
  author of the book <em>Say The Whole Name: The A.R.C. of Building a Life 
 No Room Can Shrink</em>.</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/fron
 tend-images/events/gwinnettpl/AS_BCW1.png" width="88" height="94" alt="" /
 ></p>\n<p>Moderator <strong>Berthine Cr&egrave\;vecoeur West</strong> is t
 he Founder and CEO of Westbridge Strategy Group\, a boutique strategic adv
 isory firm based in metro Atlanta specializing in organizational transform
 ation. With 20+ years of experience\, she helps enterprises achieve measur
 able growth through her proprietary PROI Framework&mdash\; aligning People
 \, Policies\, Practices\, and Procedures &mdash\; and her Strategic Author
 ity Framework (Discover &rarr\; Design &rarr\; Distinguish &rarr\; Deploy)
 \, which helps leaders build and deploy authentic thought leadership. Her 
 executive advisory services span strategic planning\, organizational devel
 opment\, enterprise growth\, and multilingual communication\, serving dive
 rse sectors including technology\, healthcare\, legal\, government\, and n
 on-profit. A Haitian-American leader and retired certified interpreter and
  translation consultant in Haitian Creole\, French\, and Spanish\, Berthin
 e combines strategic business acumen with cultural intelligence to create 
 sustainable results through operational clarity. A 2x TEDx speaker &mdash\
 ; most recently at TEDxSugarHill 2026 with &ldquo\;The Unseen Power of Nam
 es&rdquo\; &mdash\; and author\, Berthine holds an Executive MBA from Quan
 tic School of Business &amp\; Technology and an MA in Government &amp\; Po
 litics from St. John's University. An MBE-certified consultant\, her thoug
 ht leadership has been featured on CBS\, NBC\, and Fox.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><
 span style="color: #808080\;">Presented by Adult Services.</span>&nbsp\;</
 p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/17123127
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