September 9th, 2024
Good morning 
tune in to Viewpoint With Seeta and Friends AM 1510 WWBC , on AM1510 WWBC, FM 94.7, FM99.9 100.7 as well as online everywhere, https://1510wwbc.com/ 1PM until 2PM. We are chatting with author , attorney, Olivia S. Benson about her struggles and challenges with the absence of her father growing. WE will be joined by Alexandra Kathleen Komara , on set to get an update about Space Swap .
Space Swap: the past
Space Swap started as a community clothing swap in September of 2021 in the Eau Gallie Arts District.
This clothing swap grew into multiple festivals accompanied by local musicians and artists. The deeper purpose of these swap events was to raise awareness, funds, and donate clothing from the swaps to local non-profits.
Space Swap has fundraised with Community of Hope, WAYS for Life, and Kids Dig Gardening at local venues and businesses.
New Visions Full-Service Nursery in EGAD, Banana River Yard in Satellite Beach, and Rockledge Gardens have graciously hosted these community events.
As a completely grassroots start-up, we’ve sustained our mission through fundraising, sponsors, and collaboration with the community.
Through our in-house arts & music production, we provide a unique space for artists of all mediums to come together and the community to enjoy.
In June 2022, Space Swap acquired 501(c)(3) non-profit status. Space Swap’s mission to stitch the community together through sustainable fashion, music, and the arts continues.
We cultivated a safe space and culture at our brick-and-mortar, Space Swap Shop, from April 1st, 2023- January 8th, 2024. The shop is a community space and venue for artists to collaborate, incubate, and grow.
Space Swap Shop hosted Wellness Wednesdays for the part of our community seeking mental health resources. We are currently hosting music shows, art shows, community art-crafting events, and sewing classes.
We collected textile and clothing donations to help feed our mission of sustainability. We partnered with American Textile Recycling Services in Orlando, Florida. So far we have saved almost 5,000 pounds of textiles from going to the landfill.
We have collaborated with other local nonprofits WAYS for Life, Community of Hope, and New Life Mission giving clothing to families in need. We are able to continue this mission because of the wonderful support from the community.
the FUTURE:
We have plans to “take our show on the road” i.e. go on tour!
Expect to see Space Swap events happen all over Brevard and beyond in 2024 & 2025! We are working on local, national, and international collaborations.
We plan to use our social media platform to connect with like minds all over the world. We can learn from one another and deepen our mission.
It makes sense that an organization created by nomadic artists couldn’t be contained in one place…
Follow our Instagram @spce_swap to stay tuned for more!
Olivia S Benson Attorney and Author
I have been a student and practitioner of Metaphysics for over thirty years. I was a student of the Reverend Dr. Mary A. Tumpkin, the former President of Universal Foundation for Better Living, Inc., and former Senior Minister of The Universal Truth Center for Better Living, Inc. I served as legal counsel to Reverend Dr. Tumpkin for both organizations for over ten years.
The challenges of my childhood, and my unique and diverse cultural and religious background forced me to be contemplative of life and its meaning, from an early age. I was raised in the Jehovah’s Witness religion while attending Catholic schools. While still in the Jehovah’s Witness religion, I attended a conservative Christian High School. By the time I was 30, I sought to resolve the ironies and contradictions of life and to find answers beyond the things my religious upbringing had taught me. I have been a practicing attorney in Florida for more than thirty years; and graduated from the University of Miami Schools of Business and Law.
In my newest book, For the Love of My Father, I offer hope by allowing women to see, that despite how difficult it can be to grow up without a father, they can be made whole. It addresses men by assisting them in supporting women while on the healing journey to overcome the absence of a father. It is also intended to help men who were or are absent fathers, by providing insight, as well as perspective on their role, and the impact their absence has in their daughters’ lives.