About Village Concepts Consultants
Regenia Rawlinson founded Village Concepts Consultants (VCC) in 1997 originally to help students, parents, and teachers succeed. VCC has worked tirelessly to communicate the message that “We are All in this Together.” The company exists to help everyone “Be Somebody to Someone” and is motivated by the belief that we can all play a part in helping others flourish. At VCC, we believe one word, one action, one moment, or one instance can change the trajectory of somebody’s life! VCC provides consulting, professional development services, and keynotes to schools, organizations, and companies based on books written by Regenia Rawlinson. You can learn more about each of these topics as you browse our website at villagec.com. At VCC, we also believe that what we pass down influences and helps shape the mindset of others. Our mindset, to a large degree, determines how our lives will unfold. Without intervention, damaging messages can continue to create obstacles in the lives of many generations.
Thus, Regenia Rawlinson founded The Koi Institute in 2020. She is calling on all, irrespective of race, creed, color, or gender to become members of The Koi Institute (a division of VCC) and to sign up as Koi Mindset Change Agents (KMCA). Click this link to learn more about The Koi Institute. VCC also offers a place on the web where people can shop for books by Regenia Rawlinson, handmade one-of-a-kind items by Regenia’s talented sisters, and t-shirts with original quotes. Click on this link to shop and browse at The Village Shop. Many other items will be coming soon.
Meet Regenia Rawlinson
Regenia Rawlinson has 3 adult children and lives with her husband in South Carolina. She was raised by her parents in a small, under-resourced farming community, along with 16 siblings. Regenia has been sharing her ideas about poverty and the poverty mindset since 1997. Her personal and intimate experience with poverty makes her uniquely qualified to speak on the subject. Rawlinson offers groundbreaking insights into poverty, the hidden reasons for generational poverty, and how to reduce the negative impact of growing up in poverty. Her book, A Mind Shaped by Poverty, earned a Five Star Review from Forward Reviews. She has written eight books.
She has spent decades working with and observing children, families, professionals, and individuals in the local, state, national, and international arenas. Her background includes being an award-winning teacher, school counselor, district administrator, educational consultant, conference presenter, keynote speaker, business owner, parent consultant, public TV host for a parent program, workshop developer, and the director of a mobile medical and dental unit.
Her experience of working with people from varied backgrounds, her connection with her higher power, and her evolved sense of self have opened her eyes to how critically important and influential we are to one another. We are inextricably linked to one another, and this connection directly impacts our mindset.
