Aug 28, 2017
Brooklyn native Elease A.
Wiggins is the
founder and CEO of ELEASE, LLC, a trainer, speaker, consultant,
self-published author, philanthropist and adjunct Professor of
Sociology. Wiggins is a graduate of the
Brooklyn Job Corps Academy, has an associate’s degree in public
administration, a bachelor’s degree in applied business management
from Medgar Evers College, and a master’s degree in urban studies
from Queens College.
ELEASE, LLC is an New York State M/WBE
certified social
enterprise that seeks to sustain the economic development of
communities through advocacy, consulting, educational materials and
training, in-person and online leadership seminars, mentoring,
motivational speaking, staffing and research.
In 2015, Wiggins
was finalist and a
finalist in the Queens Business Plan Competition in
April, aptly named Black New Yorker of the Week by Amsterdam
News in August, and New Jersey’s Leading Women Entrepreneur &
Intrapreneur in September
. Also in 2015, Wiggins released her
first self-published book titled, A Farewell
to Welfare: 25 Strategies to Freedom, Independence and
Prosperity which
focuses on helping individuals overcome mental, physical and
spiritual poverty through sharing stories, statistics, strategies
and solutions. The Queens
Public Library has A Farewell
to Welfare categorized
in the Economics / Finance section. In
addition, A Farewell
to Welfare has
a five star rating on Amazon, and retails for
$19.97
Wiggins facilitated
a seminar at an adult GED program in Brownsville, where
self-improvement
strategies are taught while
promoting literacy . The curriculum
for the course was created from A Farewell to Welfare, as
it was used as a textbook in the course.
In addition, she conducts seminars at shelters,
libraries, and Job Corps centers throughout the country.
Wiggins also
host, "Encouraging Conversations with Elease, a weekly
radio program on Blog Talk Radio. Encouraging
Conversations with Elease relates everyday situations to
biblical stories
and social-psychological theories to help listeners heal
themselves, help others and honor the
creator.