Conversations For Change

Send us a textHi Everyone! To start the new year, we will explore the different aspects of the  college experience from admissions to actually attending. Whether you're navigating college life, preparing for admissions, or reflecting on your journey, this podcast offers a mix of candid stories, expert advice, and timeless wisdom. Join us as we dive into everything from application tips and campus culture to how college has changed over the years!Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to a new episode. We have a really special episode today with the founder + CEO of Rosie. Tune it to listen to her amazing stories and learn about the power of storytelling. Hope everyone enjoys :) Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi everyone!Welcome back to a new episode. We have another Girl Scouts episode.  Today we are joined by Abby Jesberger who is a Girl Scout and achieved the Gold Award.Hope Everyone Enjoys! Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to our podcast! Welcome to another episode! Today we are joined by Jill Lynch Piazza who is an author of the book Belly Rise. We're going to learn more about Jill and discuss mental health, more specifically depression and anxiety. Hope everyone enjoys it! Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

HI everyone! Enjoy the final episode of 2023. We are so excited for you to hear Joy talk about the Girls Scouts of America Organization and her experiences being in it since she 7 years old! Hope everyone enjoys. Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to our new interview with Erica Schifano from FCA ( Family & Children's Association) to talk about one of the programs called Project Independence that helps teenagers and young adults in the foster care system on Long Island. Today, we discuss FCA's mission to support the challenges faced by families in today's society and their initiatives to overcome the barriers. Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! Happy Pride Month! Hope everyone enjoys this podcast episode. We touch on really important aspects of banning books for children in the country and the importance of literature in our country. Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying our mental health  conversations we had. We have an exceptional guest Laura Brancato to talk to us about the challenges that elders face in our country and the hardships of financial, mental, and physical concerns. Hope you enjoy! Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! We are ending Mental Health Awareness Month with Colleen talking about mental health. We talked about mental health care access, the stigma around mental health, and the impact adults and teenagers go through.  Make sure to check out our website for mental health resources. Enjoy listening! Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! Welcome to another episode! Today we will be discussing school systems and the difference between being focused on student outcomes vs. adult inputs. We are joined by AJ Crabill, a former Kansas City school board chair and Texas Education Agency Deputy Commissioner. Check out our website for more information! Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! Today we have a special episode for the listeners.Esther's dad is being interviewed on his experience as an immigrant coming to the U.S. We hope you enjoy this episode. Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone!This is going to be a mini series on immigration within the United States. To start off the topic we had a conversation with Emrah Artukmac, an immigration lawyer to speak to us about his perspective as a first generation Turkish American and working with immigrants. We hope you enjoy and more to come! Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone!Today we are joined with  Senuki, Linsey, and Anchita members of the organization STEM to flower to discuss how their  youth-led  group combats gender inequality in the STEM fields.  They specifically discuss their experiences as well as their goals as an organization for the future. Hope you enjoy our podcast! Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! Happy New Year. We are so excited for our future podcasts to come this new year. To start off we are joined with Regan Moss to talk about periods and menstruation inequity in our country today. Regan is from the PERIOD organization to also talk about their mission. Hope you enjoy! Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone!Welcome back to our new podcast. Way to end the year of 2022. We are joined with Heather François founder of Madame François Skincare sold online globally and at Walmart. Today we talked about what  skincare and self care really means for all of us and how it affects all ages. Enjoy this amazing podcast! See you next year with more exciting episodes :) Support the showThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! Today we are meeting with guest speaker Sean Marz from  Daymaker to talk to us about what the company is to give you more information about their story and message. Make sure to check out our link   to donate!   http://daymaker.com/conversations  Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! We have a special episode today with a multigenerational group of women. We discussed the common theme of inequalities we have seen as women of different ages and walks of life. We hope that our conversation sparks more conversations.  Enjoy :) Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi Everyone! Today we are joined with Saba Mehrzad the founder of IFeminist and The Iranian American Youth Group to talk to us about the impact made around the world from Mahsa Amini's death.  Hope everyone enjoys! Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @convoforchange and our other socials!

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is doing well. Our new podcast is featuring Tara Brancato a NYC public school teacher, historian, and facilitator for the Antiracism Project. Our conversations today is so important and we hope the listeners learn from this conversations and share them with others. Make sure to check out our instagram @convoforchange and our many other social media platforms!  

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to another podcast. We have a very exciting one today because we are discussing the regent ban on abortions in the United States. We are joined with Jessica Yao (founder of Reduce the Stigma)  and Sage Gladstone (founder of The Change Project) who share their thoughts.  Our voices can make change! Make sure to follow our instagram @convoforchange and share your thoughts with us :) 

Hi Everyone! We are so excited for everyone to listen to this podcast. We interview an eating disorder therapist who will discuss body image and what we can do to help. Her name is Fatema Jivanjee-Shakir and her insights/ perspective on this topic definitely helped us understand more about the struggles of body image. Hope everyone enjoys and make sure to follow us on instagram @convoforchange!Happy listening :) 

Hi Everyone!Welcome back to our podcast. Thank you for all the listeners for waiting and be excited for our upcoming podcasts.  This episode we dive into the body image aspect through generations and we go into the personal aspects as well as what we can do to help. We have so many more amazing episodes planned and I hope everyone enjoys this episode. Enjoy! 

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a Happy New Year so far. We have an exciting episode about mental health during Covid-19.  The pandemic has been hard on everyone and this episode will talk deeper about the struggles students and adults go through. If you ever need help or want to talk about your feelings, reach out to a trusted adult or you can always dm/chat with us. Hope everyone enjoys this episode! 

Hi everyone! We have a podcast to share with you to end the year and it is a great one! We are going to talk about gun violence and how the school shootings impact us. It is a deep topic but we wanted to share our experiences and what we can do to help. Make sure to carry on the conversations to your schools and homes because it can make a difference. Make sure to follow us on @convoforchange and click the link in our bio to be featured in our podcast. 

Hi everyone!Today's episode will cover the trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery.  We will be discussing the change we have to make to the justice system and how we can help. This is a very interesting and heavy episode. Reach out on instagram if you have any questions or want to talk. @convoforchange

Hi Everyone! I know everyone has heard of the Travis Scott festival that ended in such a tragedy. This episode is about will explain the tragedy that took place and diving deep into the true meaning of lyrics and feelings towards "super fans." We will also talk about how we be careful of what artists put out into the internet. Make sure to follow us on instagram at @convoforchange.Have a wonderful day :) 

Hi everyone! We have come to an end with our sexism season. For our last episode of this season we have an exciting episode. Today are going to talk about how sexism affects the sports industry. We even have a special feature... Hope everyone has a wonderful day and hope you all can share your voices and make change for our world. Conversations are not always easy but the most important. Make sure to follow our instagram @convoforchange Happy listening :)

Hey Everyone!I know that it has been a while since we last talked. We will try to post more on a constant basis. Today's podcast was so much fun to talk about. We talked about sexism in the media and we talked about where we have seen uncomfortable portrayal of women in the news, movies, and tv shows. We hope that our conversation  will help everyone carry out their own. I hope everyone enjoys! Make sure to follow us on instagram @convoforchange and let us know what topic you want to hear us talk about. 

Hi everyone! We are back with our second episode! Hope everyone enjoys and learns about how sexism affects our school life and work life. Make sure to follow us on instagram @convoforchange and give us feedback!Thank you 

In this episode we talk about the term sexism and how it specifically applies to us.    We hope that this hope can bring everyone to an understand of what sexism is.    Everyone has a different perspective and thoughts about this topic.  Feel free to voice your opinions and thoughts on the episode or some experiences you want to share. Every voice matters. Stay tuned for our upcoming episodes :) Follow us on instagram: @convoforchange

Welcome to Conversations For Change!We are all so excited for everyone to listen to our podcast. Make sure to follow us on instagram @convoforchange for any suggestion and feedback. Anyone is welcome to join in on our meaningful conversations.