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Stand Up is a daily podcast that I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more GET TICKETS TO PODJAM II In Vegas March 27-30 Confirmed Guests! Professor Eric Segall, Dr Aaron Carroll, Maura Quint, Tim Wise, JL Cauvin, Ophira Eisenberg, Christian Finnegan and More! 31 minutes Ezra Levin is the co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible. Prior to founding Indivisible, Ezra served as Associate Director of Federal Policy for Prosperity Now, a national anti-poverty nonprofit. Previously, he was the Deputy Policy Director for Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Field Director for Doggett's 2010 reelection campaign, and an AmeriCorps VISTA in the Homeless Services Division of the San Jose Housing Department.   Along with his co-founder and spouse Leah Greenberg, Ezra has been featured as one of TIME 100's Most Influential People of 2019, included on GQ's 50 Most Powerful People in Trump's Washington, and ranked #2 on the Politico 50 list of top thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics. He has appeared as a commentator on and/or been interviewed by MSNBC, CNN, NPR, Pod Save America, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Politico, TIME Magazine, the New Yorker, the Nation, Slate, and Rolling Stone, among others. He is the co-author of We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump, published by Simon & Schuster's One Signal Publishers in 2019.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College and a Master in Public Affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. 1 hour 2 mins Ophira Eisenberg is a Canadian-born standup comedian, writer, and host. She hosted NPR's comedy trivia show Ask Me Another for 9-years, where she interviewed and played silly games with hundreds of celebrities including Sir Patrick Stewart, Awkwafina, Rosie Perez, Yo-Yo Ma, Bob The Drag Queen, Nick Kroll, Chelsea Handler, Jim Gaffigan, Michael C. Hall, and so many others. As a comic and a parent to a 6-year-old, Ophira is the host of the new comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke co-produced by iHeart Radio and Pretty Good Friends Productions. The show launches on October 18th. She can be seen live, regularly headlining across the United States, Canada, and Europe delivering her unique blend of standup and storytelling to a loyal fan base of smart, irreverent comedy lovers. She has appeared at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, The New Yorker Festival, The New York Comedy Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot, The Nantucket Film Festival, Women in Comedy Festival and more. Her new comedy album at special Plant-Based Jokes is available on iTunes and is streaming now on YouTube. Lauded as “hilarious, high risk, and an inspiration,” Ophira filmed her comedy special Inside Joke, when she was 8½ months pregnant. The show's material revolves around how she told everyone that she was never going to have kids, and then unexpectedly found herself expecting at “an advanced maternal age.” Her other comedy albums, Bangs! and As Is She has appeared on Comedy Central, This Week at The Comedy Cellar, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, HBO's Girls, Gotham Live, The Late Late Show, The Today Show, and VH-1. The New York Times called her a skilled comedian and storyteller with “bleakly stylish” humor. She was also selected as one of New York Magazine's “Top 10 Comics that Funny People Find Funny,” and hailed by Forbes.com as one of the most engaging comics working today.  Ophira is a regular host and teller with The Moth and her stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour and in two of The Moth's best-selling collections, including the most recent New York Times Bestseller: How To Tell A Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth.  Ophira's first book, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy (Seal Press), is a comedic memoir about her experiments in the field as a single woman, traveling from futon to futon and flask-to-flask, gathering data, hoping to put it all together and build her own perfect Frankenmate. It was optioned for a feature film.  She is also sought after as a brilliant interviewer and moderator, and has interviewed dozens of celebrities, writers, and actors including Neil Gaiman at New York's Town Hall; Jane Curtain, Anne Beatts, Heather Gardner, Sudi Green, Alysia Reiner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, David Crane, Jeffrey Klerik at The Nantucket Film Festival; Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy and Annie Murphy at the 92nd Street Y; and Nell Scovell and Sloane Crosley at The Mark Twain House.  Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Ophira graduated with a Cultural Anthropology and Theater degree from McGill University. She now lives in Brooklyn, NY where she is a fixture at New York City's comedy clubs including the Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club and Carolines, as well as Brooklyn's famed performance venues The Bell House, Union Hall, and Littlefield. She resides with her husband and son where she can regularly be seen drinking a ton of coffee. 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Kevin Zuidervliet is owner and grower at Octoraro Native Plant Nursery, in Kirkwood, Pennsylvania. His diverse professional experience and passion for horticulture began while traveling and working on organic farms in Australia and New Zealand. He leveraged his skills in an AmeriCorps VISTA position managing a community garden. Kevin continued to hone his plant knowledge at Shaffer Landscapes, in Middleburg, Pennsylvania before earning a place in the Professional Horticulture Program at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. At Longwood, Kevin gained in-depth experience in woody plant propagation and management, later transitioning to a full-time Nursery horticulturist role. Kevin has come full circle at Octoraro, where he is using his skill sets to create regional plant palettes for designers, ecologists, and others in the industry to maintain, enhance, and recreate lost habitats in the region.   

Sime folks have been wondering what happened to AppTT. Danny explains the somewhat new direction that AppTT will be taking, and how exciting these changes will be. Appalachian Table Tales is brought to you by Erik Hubbard, Executive Director of Backroads of Appalachia and Americorps VISTA, as well as Danny Potter, Owner and host of the What's up World Podcast. Danny is the Digital Storytelling Coordinator for Americorps and Appalachian Table Tales is a spin off series of the wildly popular What's up World Podcast.     In these episodes Danny highlights the underdog, and far too often forgotten Appalachian spirit that helped mold America into what it is today. With the help of Erik Hubbard and Americorps, these episodes bring you tales from the hills and hollers of rural America with emphasis on the roots of Appalachia. These stories are unfiltered and unedited to bring you the most raw and purest form of Appalachian culture and heritage possible. Please join us in recalling stories of the past and we do hope you enjoy them.  

I'd LOVE to hear from you! Now you can send a TEXT MESSAGE! Be sure to leave your contact EMAIL so I can return your message!In this episode of the "My DPC Story Podcast," we hear from Dr. Rachael Dirksen, founder of Remedy Internal Medicine, as she shares about her transition to Direct Primary Care (DPC). Dr. Dirksen shares her compelling journey from a rural upbringing in Charlotte, Iowa, through her medical training and career challenges, ultimately leading her to the DPC model for its patient-centric approach. Highlights include her experiences with AmeriCorps VISTA, the struggle with a $50,000 non-compete, and the value she found in building long-term patient relationships, something that helped keep her going during her fight to get out of her non-compete. Dr. Dirksen discusses the financial feasibility and transparency of DPC compared to traditional fee-for-service practices, and how her DPC practice supports a broad patient demographic, particularly older adults who appreciate the personalized care. The episode underscores the growing appeal and viability of the DPC model, advocating for physicians to seek happier, more fulfilling careers outside insurance-driven constraints. For more insights, subscribe, leave reviews, and explore exclusive content on Patreon. Stay updated on DPC news and resources through dpcnews.com.This episode is brought to you by DrChrono, powered by EverHealth—the #1 mobile, all-in-one EHR solution. Visit drchrono.com/freetrial and discover how easy it can be! Meet DECENT! What the DPC Community has been waiting for - the company building health plans AROUND Direct Primary Care. Learn more about Decent by visiting Decent.com/DPC FREE 1 month trial - HEIDI HEALTH PRO: As Individualized As Your DPC.Support the showBe A My DPC Story PATREON MEMBER! SPONSOR THE PODMy DPC Story VOICEMAIL! DPC SWAG!FACEBOOK * INSTAGRAM * LinkedIn * TWITTER * TIKTOK * YouTube

Dr. Carla Ortega Santori is the Strategic Initiatives Manager at the Doerr Institute for New Leaders. Prior to this, she developed learning and development strategies at a leading healthcare company in Puerto Rico. Carla has worked as an Executive Recruiter and volunteered as an AmeriCorps VISTA.She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Carlos Albizu University and a B.A. in Psychology from Villanova University. Her doctoral dissertation studied the psychometric properties of the Passion for Work scale in a Puerto Rican population.Dr. Dennis McCunney works in the Center for Student Success at East Carolina University and serves as an adjunct faculty member in political science and adult education. He started at ECU in 2012 as director of the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, where he expanded the center's scope to include leadership education, global learning, and civic engagement programming. He led ECU's first effort to become classified as a Leadership for Public Purpose university through the American Council on Education. His professional and research interests include public service and leadership development, organizational development, intercultural/global learning, and campus-community partnerships. He serves on the leadership team for the NASPA Spirituality and Religion Knowledge Community and on the board of directors for Amizade, a fair trade learning nonprofit.A Quote From This Episode"HigherLed is a learning network that creates the conditions for continuous improvement in the areas of leadership education and development (Led) in higher education to help create more and better Leaders for our society."Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeWebsite - HigherLedWebsite - Doerr InstitueBog Post - Zone of Proximal Development Book - Comfort Crisis by Michael EasterTelevision Show - The BoysTelevision Show - The BearVideo - Thriller by Michael Jackson About The International Leadership Association (ILA)The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in studying, practicing, and teaching leadership. Register for ILA's 26th Global Conference in Chicago, IL - November 7-10, 2024.About  Scott J. AllenWebsiteWeekly Newsletter: The Leader's EdgeBlogMy Approach to HostingThe views of my guests do not constitute "truth." Nor do they reflect my personal views in some instances. However, they are views to consider, and I hope they help you clarify your perspective. Nothing can replace your reflection, research, and exploration of the topic.

Melea Banaszak is an AmeriCorps VISTA member serving as their Capacity Building Coordinator with the Wrapped In Love Diaper Bank (Prescott Valley). With a degree in Public Health, Psychology, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), she has sought to support communities from an intersectional viewpoint. Passionate about women's health issues, Melea has been an advocate for gender equality for many years and has worked with the United Nations Foundation Organization, Girl Up, and her college's Office of Sexual Assault Prevention Education. In her role with the diaper bank, she has initiated and continued to expand the period product campaign, providing schools and homeless liaisons with much-needed feminine hygiene products. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, exploring the outdoors, yoga, and curling up with a good book. Connect with her on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/meleabanaszak or learn more about Wrapped In Love Diaper Bank at www.wrappedinlovediaperbank.org. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/empoweringwomengotaminute/support

Sunhee's Community Place is the non-profit arm of Sunhee's Farm and Kitchen, which seeks to empower immigrants and refugees through employment opportunities and educational programming. Starting in July of 2024, Sunhee's Community Place and The Sanctuary for Independent Media partnered to provide experiential learning opportunities for English language learners (ESLs). Sunhee's Haley Jeansonne sat down with fellow AmeriCorps VISTA and Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent, Marshall Hildreth, to discuss the Community Place and this partnership.

Ashley has done some great things in our community with Sling Some Hope. She has brought some very well known people from Social Media to our town to speak about sobriety and God. She details more of what she has planned in this episode. Appalachian Table Tales is a Podcast brought to you by Erik Hubbard, CEO of Backroads of Appalachia. BOA is a Non-Profit whose mission is to bring economic growth through motorsports. Erik Hubbard and the BOA staff have brought a vast amount of economic growth and attention to our region through motorsports by way of Rally Car Racing and the famous Boone Forest Rally.   Appalachian Table Tales is also brought to you by Americorps VISTA and in part by way of The What's up World Podcast with your host Danny Potter. Danny is the Digital Storytelling coordinator for BOA and AmericorpsVISTA. It is an honor and privilege for Danny to get to set down and speak with the great folks of Appalachia and learn of it's great heritage.     You can listen to all episodes of Appalachian Table Tales by clicking the link below. Please visit the Backroads of Appalachia website using the link below and see for yourself why Erik Hubbard and BOA is the fastest rising economic developer in the region.   Appalachian Table Tales- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/home   Facebook-Facebook-Backroads of Appalachia   BOA website- https://backroadsofappalachia.org/   AmeriCorps VISTA- https://americorps.gov/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danny-potter/support

Like so many communities in the Intermountain West that depend on a tourism economy, Moab faces an affordable housing crisis. On this episode of This Week in Moab, host Celia Alario talks with Johanna Blanco, Secretary of the Housing Taskforce and AmeriCorps VISTA at the Moab Area Community Land Trust, Laura Harris who chairs the Housing Task Force and serves as Development Specialists at the Housing Authority of SE Utah, and Katie Murphy, Planning Technician for Grand County Utah about a Housing Survey that hopes to gather the vital information needed to tackle the crisis. Also this week, Cheri Engberson, a social worker at Moab Regional Hospital highlights the AmeriCorps Senior Volunteer Program and support groups available to the community. And Skate Moab prepares to help the City of Moab celebrate its Dark Skies Designation.

AmeriCorps VISTA is a program that aims to address community challenges where the need is greatest. VISTA members are placed in service sites to learn valuable community and career skills. To learn more about this program, Sina Basila Hickey invited the Sanctuary's VISTA member, Marshall Hildreth, to talk about the experience. To learn more about the VISTA program, visit https://americorps.gov/ *image from VISTA website

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, Marshall Hildreth talks about the AmeriCorps VISTA program and who the program is geared towards. Then, Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry interviews labor leader Mark Emanatian Later on, it's mental health awareness month, so how do students handle their own mental health? We'll hear answers in a vox pop segment. After that, we invite comedian Alanna Gill into the studio. Finally, Thom Frances highlights poets Marie Kathleen, Jessica Rae, & Kate Gillespie from at Brass Tacks

Myra Lyons decided to put on a Benefit to help save the life of a local Lady here in Jackson County KY. She asked me if I could help and without hesitation I said YES! The Tonya Huff Benefit and Auto Show will be on Saturday June 1st starting at 4PM. This is going to be a great event with lots of stuff for adults and kids to do. Please listen to all the details in this episode of Appalachian Table Tales and help us get the word out by sharing this episode. Appalachian Table Tales is a Podcast brought to you by Erik Hubbard, CEO of Backroads of Appalachia. BOA is a Non-Profit whose mission is to bring economic growth through motorsports. Erik Hubbard and the BOA staff have brought a vast amount of economic growth and attention to our region through motorsports by way of Rally Car Racing and the famous Boone Forest Rally. Appalachian Table Tales is also brought to you by AmericorpsVISTA and in part by way of The What's up World Podcast with your host Danny Potter. Danny is the Digital Storytelling coordinator for BOA and AmericorpsVISTA. It is an honor and privilege for Danny to get to set down and speak with the great folks of Appalachia and learn of it's great heritage. You can listen to all episodes of Appalachian Table Tales by clicking the link below. Please visit the Backroads of Appalachia website using the link below and see for yourself why Erik Hubbard and BOA is the fastest rising economic developer in the region. Appalachian Table Tales- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/home Facebook-Facebook-Backroads of Appalachia BOA website- https://backroadsofappalachia.org/ AmeriCorps VISTA- https://americorps.gov/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danny-potter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danny-potter/support

In this episode of Breaking Down Barriers, we welcome Gisele Hamm, MA program director for the MAPPING the Future of Your Community strategic visioning and planning program at the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University and Chris Merrett Dean for Innovation and Economic Development and the Director of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) at Western Illinois University (WIU). The IIRA is a university-based research, outreach, teaching, and policy development center that identifies and implements strategies for sustainable rural community and economic development. Merrett also serves as WIU Distinguished University Professor.Many rural communities across the country face challenges like population decline, limited resources, and a lack of opportunities. But there's good news: with strategic planning and a focus on homegrown solutions, these communities can not only survive but thrive.Empowering Communities to Take ChargePrograms like the Mapping Program, offered by the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, are making a difference. This innovative initiative brings community members together for a series of intensive workshops, fostering a grassroots effort to create a vision for the future. By working collaboratively, residents identify their community's strengths and weaknesses, establish shared goals, and develop concrete action plans to achieve them.Turning Challenges into OpportunitiesThe challenges faced by rural communities can be daunting, but they also present opportunities for innovation. Here are some key strategies to consider:Community Planning: Develop a data-driven plan with the Mapping Program or a similar initiative. Leverage hidden assets like community foundations to fund local projects.Supporting Small Businesses: Shift the focus from attracting large corporations to building an ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs. Offer training programs, create a welcoming environment for startups and remote workers, and establish co-working spaces.Workforce Development: Partner with local community colleges to develop training programs that equip residents with in-demand skills. Recognize the growing diversity in rural communities and expand opportunities for underrepresented groups to become entrepreneurs.Building Hope and Capacity: Tap into resources like Peace Corps Fellows and AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers to supplement local expertise. Provide ongoing support to communities that have completed a strategic planning program.Building a Brighter Future, TogetherBy working together, rural communities can overcome challenges and create a future filled with opportunity. With careful planning, a focus on local businesses, and a commitment to developing a skilled workforce, vibrant rural communities can become a reality.

Hagar's Well Inc. was founded to provide safe, affordable housing and recovery-oriented transitional care to work towards combating the effects of the opioid epidemic that has reached every community in Kentucky. Hagar's Well Inc. is based out of London, Kentucky and operates to provide spiritual, preventative and recovery support services to individuals in need. Please visit their website using the link below. https://hagarswellministries.org/pages/our-program Appalachian Table Tales is a Podcast brought to you by Erik Hubbard, CEO of Backroads of Appalachia. BOA is a Non-Profit whose mission is to bring economic growth through motorsports. Erik Hubbard and the BOA staff have brought a vast amount of economic growth and attention to our region through motorsports by way of Rally Car Racing and the famous Boone Forest Rally.   Appalachian Table Tales is also brought to you by AmericorpsVISTA and in part by way of The What's up World Podcast with your host Danny Potter. Danny is the Digital Storytelling coordinator for BOA and AmericorpsVISTA. It is an honor and privilege for Danny to get to set down and speak with the great folks of Appalachia and learn of it's great heritage.     You can listen to all episodes of Appalachian Table Tales by clicking the link below. Please visit the Backroads of Appalachia website using the link below and see for yourself why Erik Hubbard and BOA is the fastest rising economic developer in the region.   Appalachian Table Tales- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/home   Facebook-Facebook-Backroads of Appalachia   BOA website- https://backroadsofappalachia.org/   AmeriCorps VISTA- https://americorps.gov/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danny-potter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danny-potter/support

This is a classic re-run of my episode with Joanne Mathews.Joanne offers her clients all the skills and experience she gained in her 20-year career as a marketing and sales executive. She finds her bliss in helping teams and leaders grow, communicate, and achieve. She facilitates team building and communications workshops with organizations interested in developing a true competitive advantage. She also works one-on-one with leaders who communicate in a way that brings about real change. Some of her recent clients include Central Oregon Community College, Deschutes Brewery, AmeriCorps VISTA, NAVIS, HydroFlask, TEDxBend, and the Deschutes Land Trust.Joanne graduated from UCLA with an Economics degree and began her career in residential property management. After her next stop in corporate recruiting, she went back to school, earning her MBA from UC Davis, emphasizing marketing, and market research. She then landed a position in product development at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. She enjoyed 17 years at Schwab in a variety of positions, most recently as Chief of Staff to the President of Schwab Institutional, and as National Vice President of the Schwab Advisor Network.In this episode, Dean Newlund and Joanne discuss:What you say and present and how you create a connection to it.Creating a captive audience and using it as a way to bring about change.The look and direction of public speaking in the future.Follow your intuition on what information needs to be presented to the audience and ways to deliver it.Key Takeaways:What is the goal? What is the result I want to see? Develop a plan to answer those questions.You cannot over-rehearse your presentation or speech. The more you practice and the more you know about the information you are presenting the more comfortable you will be.Be authentic and in the flow but do not memorize your material verbatim.Tell a story that invokes intrigue within your audience. "Get into the heads of your audience, you need to go where they are, and bring them along with you." —  Joanne MathewsConnect with Joanne Mathews:  Website: JMathewsConsulting.comFacebook:   jmathewsconsulting.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joanne-mathews-public-speaking    See Dean's TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

Letters from the Lunchroom is a podcast that shows you a new side of SparkWheel. We know that people who engage with non-profits have a story to tell, and we want to hear that story. From students to staff members and alumni to volunteers, we connect with people of all backgrounds to discover the journey that brought them to SparkWheel. Join us in the lunchroom to hear these stories, which are always touching, occasionally heart-breaking, and often surprising.In this episode, we talk with Kira Foster and Levi Brabec, AmeriCorps Vista Members for SparkWheel. Kira and Levi discuss their passion for serving others and why they believe the work SparkWheel is doing is instrumental.Want to be a guest on the show and share your own story? Contact Victoria at victoria.partridge@sparkwheel.org.Letters from the Lunchroom is a production of SparkWheel. Theme song: "Like a Polaroid" by Spazz Cardigan | Transition song: "Game Plan" by Bad Snacks

Host Tricia Pritchard sits down with Yansasky to discuss his project to help with the Social Determinants of Health Public Education Campaign.AmeriCorps VISTA | AmeriCorpsInstitute for Nonprofit Leadership | Slippery Rock

This week Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Ann Morgan. Ann discusses painting big, technology informing her process, xeroxes, learning to paint at age 13, winning awards in her youth, AmeriCorps VISTA, getting her B.F.A. at Michigan State University, not painting for 20 years, always considering herself an Artist, her “Art Stuff" folder, the catalyst to start painting again, melding the traditional with technology, Artificial Intelligence, RunwayML, painting in oil, Her show at Next Gallery “Once When I Was You,” her process using A.I., painting in the dark, being bendy, A.I. prompts, borrowing imagery, what scares her about A.I., artist statements living in a simulation, pricing social media, art scammers her “Burn Series,” painting environments, and art being unapologetic joy. Join us for a conversation about exploration and process with Ann Morgan! Check out Ann's work at her website www.annmorgan.art Follow Ann Morgan on social media:Instagram - www.instagram.com/echopod/@echopod Facebook - www.facebook.com/amjohnsonmorgan

Welcome to the premier episode of Appalachian Table Tales. This Podcast is presented to you by Backroads of Appalachia, Americorps VISTA and the What's up World Podcast. The first episode features Father and Son. Mr. Jack and Grant Martin. Jack and Grant operated a local dairy farm for over 53 years. The stories these Men tell will take you back to a time long ago when Men were Men and tough as nails. Sitting directly across from me during this interview was Mr. Jack Martin. You can plainly see that this Man exudes hard work, dedication, Wisdom and Love. You can also see this from his son Grant. As they set across from me and explain how life was growing up on a dairy farm I am reminded of a time when I was a kid and how much simpler times have passed by. Jack and Grant and two Men of God. They tell of how they run a local church and how it has played an instrumental part of their successes. Towards the end of this Podcast, I ask Jack one final question and his response is one that I think we all need to hear. Thank You to Backroads of Appalachia and Americorps VISTA for making this Podcast possible, and for your dedication to our beloved Appalachian Heritage. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danny-potter/support

When elected officials aren't prioritizing the needs of their constituents, voters can make their voices heard on a state and local level through ballot initiatives.  In this episode of Democracy Decoded, host Simone Leeper breaks down the power of ballot initiatives, showcasing how everyday citizens can use this tool of direct democracy to bring about significant change. She speaks with advocates, politicians and experts who have had first-hand experience in crafting and enacting these ballot measures. This episode serves as an inspiring reminder that through the ballot initiative process, ordinary people have the ability to make an impact in their community.Simone talks to Micheal Davis Jr., the Executive Director of Promote The Vote, about the ballot initiatives in Michigan that have expanded voting access. She then brings in Lata Nott, Senior Legal Counsel of Voting Rights at Campaign Legal Center, who explains how ballot initiatives allow voters to circumvent their state legislatures when they feel that they are not being truly represented. Simone then turns to Arizona, where former Attorney General of Arizona Terry Goddard and CLC Senior Legal Counsel for Campaign Finance Elizabeth Shimek discuss Proposition 211, also known as the Voters' Right to Know Act, an initiative designed to help shine light on the original sources of secret campaign spending in Arizona and ensure voters know who is spending big money to influence their ballots. Host and Guests:Simone Leeper litigates a wide range of redistricting-related cases at CLC, challenging gerrymanders and advocating for election systems that guarantee all voters an equal opportunity to influence our democracy. Prior to arriving at CLC, Simone was a law clerk in the office of Senator Ed Markey and at the Library of Congress, Office of General Counsel. She received her J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2019 and a bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University in 2016.Micheal Davis, Jr is Executive Director of Promote the Vote Michigan. A graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Sociology, Micheal has led statewide electoral operations and coordinated advocacy campaigns, locally and across the country for the last 15+ years. Micheal previously worked for Ann Arbor's Community Action Network and the AmeriCorps VISTA, where he served with the Youth Empowerment Project. He then joined State Voices, supporting efforts to increase civic engagement on a national level. In the decade since, Micheal has been active in advancing workers' rights, including electoral campaigns within the labor movement, serving as the Political Director for the Michigan AFL-CIO and leading the outreach and expansion of its organizing department. Micheal is thrilled to lead the Promote the Vote team and to continue the fight to ensure fair democratic elections and practices in Michigan for years to come.Lata Nott is Senior Legal Counsel, Voting Rights at Campaign Legal Center. Before joining CLC, Lata was the Deputy Director of Policy for State Voices, where she provided state-based organizations with legal, legislative, and strategic support for voting rights, voter protection, and redistricting programs.  Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of the First Amendment Center at the Freedom Forum; she remains a fellow at the Freedom Forum, serving as a subject matter expert on First Amendment and free expression issues and regularly speaking to the media, policymakers, and the general public about the implications that existing laws, proposed legislation, and tech company policies have for free expression and civic engagement. Terry Goddard served as Arizona Attorney General from 2003 to 2011. He focused on protecting consumers and fighting trans-national organized crime. He led the Arizona effort against international money laundering and the polygamous sects in Northern Arizona and Utah. In 2010, he received the Kelly-Wyman Award, the highest recognition given by the state attorneys general. Terry also served as Mayor of Phoenix from 1984 to 1990.  He was elected President of the National League of Cities and named Municipal Leader of the Year in 1988. Since 2016, Terry led an initiative effort to stop anonymous political contributions in Arizona elections. After 3 unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the ballot, on the fourth try 72% of Arizona voters approved the Stop Dark Money initiative. Terry currently teaches at Arizona State University College of Law.  Elizabeth Shimek is Senior Legal Counsel, Campaign Finance at Campaign Legal Center. Prior to joining CLC, Elizabeth worked as Chief of Staff for Wisconsin State Representative Greta Neubauer, where she worked with policymakers and stakeholders to develop innovative public policy, increase public engagement in the legislative process, and push back against efforts to undermine our democratic systems. Elizabeth has served as an advisor to state-level political campaigns and caucuses and previously worked as an attorney specializing in political and government law at Maistelman & Associates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Links:Arizona Leads on Stopping Secret SpendingMidterm Ballot Initiatives Strengthening the Freedom to Vote Win BigProposal 2: Voting rights proposal approved in MichiganStates are Making it Harder for Ballot Initiatives to Pass About CLC:Democracy Decoded is a production of Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization which advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every American's right to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic process.Learn more about us.Democracy Decoded is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. We want to hear from you! 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The Service Collaborative of WNY is a local nonprofit dedicated to fostering community engagement. Discover their range of programs tailored to address various community needs, including participation in AmeriCorps initiatives. Our guest this week is Yesenia Canales, the VISTA Program Manager at The Service Collaborative. Tune in to hear Yesenia's journey, from Long Island to her career in the nonprofit sector, shaped by her experiences with AmeriCorps and the VISTA program. Yesenia sheds light on how VISTA members support organizations in creating lasting change in areas affected by poverty, such as education and housing. She emphasizes the inclusive nature of the VISTA program, empowering individuals from all backgrounds to make an impact. Learn about Service Collaborative programming as Yesenia shares insights. To explore opportunities and get involved, visit the links below. To learn more about our work, visit our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ppgbuffalo.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Be sure to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up for our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Lift Up is a KZMU storytelling project intending to deepen understanding and empathy within our community and reinforce a sense of safety and belonging for all. // Our next Lift Up storyteller is Kaitlin Myers, a housing advocate, rafter, and glitter enthusiast. She moved to Moab as an Americorps VISTA from Tampa, FL and has lived here year-round for 7 years. She is currently the Executive Director of Moab Community Land Trust. When she's not working, she's hanging with friends, attending community events, rafting, swimming, or bedazzling. // This episode of Lift Up was produced by Ginger Cyan with support from KZMU. // Find Lift Up Season 2 here: www.kzmu.org/lift-up-season-2/ // Music in this interview is Stargazer by Bansheebeat, Adventure, Darling by Gillicuddy, Blue Moment by Koi Discovery, Negative Vortex by Koi Discovery, Shenandoah by Salmon Like The Fish and Zion by Salmon Like The Fish. Lift Up intro music is Chicago by Scott Holmes Music and outro music is Only Knows by Broke for Free. // Image Description: Kaitlin Myers, a person with short hair, looks over heart-shaped sunglasses and holds their hand to their chin.

Lift Up is a KZMU storytelling project intending to deepen understanding and empathy within our community and reinforce a sense of safety and belonging for all. // Our next Lift Up storyteller is Kaitlin Myers, a housing advocate, rafter, and glitter enthusiast. She moved to Moab as an Americorps VISTA from Tampa, FL and has lived here year-round for 7 years. She is currently the Executive Director of Moab Community Land Trust. When she's not working, she's hanging with friends, attending community events, rafting, swimming, or bedazzling. // This episode of Lift Up was produced by Ginger Cyan with support from KZMU. // Find Lift Up Season 2 here: www.kzmu.org/lift-up-season-2/ // Music in this interview is Stargazer by Bansheebeat, Adventure, Darling by Gillicuddy, Blue Moment by Koi Discovery, Negative Vortex by Koi Discovery, Shenandoah by Salmon Like The Fish and Zion by Salmon Like The Fish. Lift Up intro music is Chicago by Scott Holmes Music and outro music is Only Knows by Broke for Free.

How can nonprofits effectively communicate with diverse age groups? Nicole Mandarano of the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation joins us to discuss bridging generational divides and crafting messages that resonate with multiple audiences. We'll explore adapting to younger digital natives while still engaging older donors and volunteers. Tune in for tips on intergenerational marketing, social media, staffing, and more to further your mission. About the guest Nicole graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, PA then lived in Paris to learn French and pursue her study of the WW2 Occupation. Ever restless, Nicole moved to San Francisco in the early 90s and started a translation business and started teaching entrepreneurship to youth. That interest brought her to serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in Paterson, NJ with foster teens aging out of state care. To fund the teens' project to create an urban farmstand, Nicole started grant writing in 1997 and secured funding from Rutgers University. Winning that first grant fueled a drive for proposal writing since then to help nonprofits in NY, NJ and for the past 12 years in OR.  She and her partner John met at CUNY Law School in 2001. In 2011, they co-founded the Homeless Youth Law Clinic where they practiced movement lawyering for unhoused youth in Portland, Oregon. They created the clinic with youth and advocates from the community, those in the foster care to youth homelessness pipeline, immigrant youth and many others with lived experiences. HYLC concentrated on the civil legal rights of homeless youth and the consequences of the criminalization of homelessness.  Currently Nicole focuses on grant writing, funder relationships, donor stewardship, development, marketing and event planning for the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation, a statewide nonprofit based in Portland that offers access to vision and hearing healthcare.  One of her grant highlights? Capital funding from the Lions Clubs International Foundation to build & furnish an optical finishing lab that edges high quality, low cost new eyeglasses to Oregonians who qualify. Women trained in paraoptometrics while formerly incarcerated at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility manage the lab and its for profit optical shop, Eye Promise. Resources https://nonprofitaf.com/ https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/foundation-center https://candid.org/ https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/ https://www.freewill.com/ https://www.techsoup.org/  Contact Nicole nick@olshf.org https://olshf.org/ https://www.facebook.com/olshf/ https://www.youtube.com/c/OLSHF

Meet Learn Fresh's Chief Program Officer, Colleen Serafini! In this episode, Colleen sits down with Nick and Calvin to share discuss her career in education, her journey to joining Learn Fresh, and reflections on Learn Fresh's work and mission. Colleen was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended University of California Berkeley. Her first position after graduation was with AmeriCorps VISTA at a middle school in Berkeley, CA supporting youth as an Academic Coordinator. This began her career working with low-income communities in Bay Area schools, where she focused on guiding the implementation of STEM curricula. Colleen joined the Learn Fresh team from Bay Area Community Resources, a longtime Learn Fresh implementation partner in the region. As Chief Program Officer at Learn Fresh, she remains dedicated to providing all students a fun, engaging way to learn. If you are interested in bringing Learn Fresh programming to your school or organization, Colleen can be reached at colleen@learnfresh.org To learn more about Learn Fresh, visit learnfresh.org. Email us at podcast@learnfresh.org.Follow Learn Fresh on social media:facebook.com/learnfreshinstagram.com/learn_fresh/twitter.com/learn_freshlinkedin.com/company/learnfresh

Finally, after a long break, Waves Breaking returns with this interview with Kamden Ishmael Hilliard. Kam generously shares their time with me to discuss their debut book of poems, MissSettl, out last year with Nightboat Books. We go in deep to discuss their thoughts around the sentence, modes of speech, writing poems within this current era of late-stage capitalism, and teaching students. Kamden Ishmael Hilliard was born in La Jolla, CA; their fam settled on O'ahu, Hawai'i. Kamden holds a BA in American Studies from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Kamden, a nonbinary Black settler who goes by Kam, works on issues of surveillance, race, queerness, contemporary art and American politics. They're thankful for support from The National YoungArts Foundation, The Davidson Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, and The UCROSS Foundation. Kam's writing appears in West Branch, The Black Warrior Review, Tagvverk, Denver Quarterly, The Columbia Review, and other publications.   Formerly, they served as an AmeriCorps VISTA, held Maytag, Teaching-Writing, and Pfluflaught Fellowships at the University of Iowa, and were the 2020-2022 Anisfield-Wolf Fellow in Publishing and Writing at the Cleveland State University Poetry Center, a reader at Flypaper Lit, and a board member at VIDA: Women In Literary Arts. Kamden's website Kamden's Instagram Go buy MissSettl! Mentioned in the interview: Joyelle McSweeney Jayson P. Smith “Poem About My Rights” by June Jordan bell hooks Hoodie Allen (I'm sorry lol) Skee-Lo Punahou School Hawaii Iowa Writers Workshop and the Cold War James Baldwin Nene (bird) The nene population is on the rebound from its endangered status Beloved by Toni Morrison Huge plug for everyone to listen to the audiobook version of Beloved read by Toni Morrison herself. Find it on Libby! Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (film) My poem with Judge Doom in it is “After Saturn Ate His Own Kid” at the bottom of this page. West Side Story (film) Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong Kam's Anti-recommendations: Apocalypse Now (film) The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Sandman (TV series) This show's Editor and Social Media Manager is Mitchel Davidovitz.  The Sound of Waves Breaking is a clip of my cousin Ian and me (fake band name: Diminutive Denizens) doing a cover of “Dig My Grave” by They Might Be Giants. It's on this cover album of Apollo 18 if you want to listen to the whole thing. There are a bunch of other covers you can listen to there for free, including a very dumb skit my friend Greg and I did for one of the “Fingertips.” Greg's the host of the excellent podcast This Might Be a Podcast which I've also guested on many times. Check it out!

Jasmine Zandi is a Canadian native who has called Arkansas home since 2011. She graduated from Hendrix College with a dual B.A. in French, and International Development and Sustainability. Throughout her undergraduate studies, Jasmine completed internships with No Kid Hungry, the Smithsonian Institute, and the Toledo Museum of Art. Post-graduation, Jasmine served a year-long service term as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance. In 2021, Jasmine became the new Coordinator of the Be Mighty Little Rock program, a citywide anti-hunger campaign connecting kids and teens to free USDA meals. Be Mighty operates through the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS). Since she began, the program has expanded beyond USDA meal distribution to include garden & nutrition education programs, and SNAP office hours during which patrons are given information on federal programs designed to alleviate food insecurity. Whether national or local, Jasmine has a passion for nonprofit work and empowering her community with the resources needed to thrive!

On this episode we highlight Ashely Dickerson, one of our Answering the Call facilitators who is an alum of FOUR AmeriCorps programs. Ashely grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and participated in her first AmeriCorps program in college. That program was called the Breakthrough Collaborative, and it involved providing academic support to young people in schools. She went on to do another year of education-focused service with City Year San Antonio, and then followed that up with a year of service with Public Allies in Phoenix. Finally, she spent a year working on education policy with AmeriCorps VISTA. Today, she is works as a Program Manager for Foster Ed Arizona, a program that supports foster youth. She has also facilitated multiple Answering the Call programs, and in that capacity is helping other servant leaders get clear about their own desire to serve again through politics. Ashely is an amazing servant leader, and we're excited to lift up her voice and experience on today's show!

Zach Berke, Founder & Managing Partner at Exygy Zach oversees Exygy's strategy, design, and engineering work. He serves as the Account Manager for clients such as Children's Council, CARE, REDF, Benetech, and the SF Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development. Zach founded Exygy in 2004 with a vision: innovation and technology will accelerate progressive social change. This vision led Zach to build Exygy, the market-leading innovation agency in the for-purpose sector. Zach wrote his first line of code at age six, designed his first website at 12, co-founded a non-profit at 18, graduated with High Honors at 22, completed his AmeriCorps*VISTA fellowship at 23, and then started Exygy. A Bay Area native and father of three, today Zach is dedicated to improving the health and resilience of his community. Learn more about Exygy and the work they do: https://www.exygy.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/governmentcoins/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/governmentcoins/support

Zach Berke, Founder & Managing Partner at Exygy Zach oversees Exygy's strategy, design, and engineering work. He serves as the Account Manager for clients such as Children's Council, CARE, REDF, Benetech, and the SF Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development. Zach founded Exygy in 2004 with a vision: innovation and technology will accelerate progressive social change. This vision led Zach to build Exygy, the market-leading innovation agency in the for-purpose sector. Zach wrote his first line of code at age six, designed his first website at 12, co-founded a non-profit at 18, graduated with High Honors at 22, completed his AmeriCorps*VISTA fellowship at 23, and then started Exygy. A Bay Area native and father of three, today Zach is dedicated to improving the health and resilience of his community. Learn more about Exygy and the work they do: https://www.exygy.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/governmentcoins/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/governmentcoins/support

This week on Finding Certainty, headliner host Patrick Laing visits with Dr. Mary Lee, Founder and CEO of Neighborhood Commerce Institute, discussing, among other things, the iGames Faith-Based Funding League she owns, a powerful nonprofit fundraiser, working in partnership with The Funding League, EACL, Workforce Development, AmeriCorps / VISTA, HUD, the Department of Education, and more. Through Dr. Lee's iGames Faith-Based Funding League, organized and responsible community members and leaders are utilizing the multi-trillion dollar global eSports industry and the massive interest in video games and video game competition to raise funding for neighborhood grants and development in an innovative and inspiring way. In collaboration with Dr. Lee's own nonprofit, Dreams of our Dead Homies Coalition, they're also working together to help address the black neighborhood gun violence amongst young black males. The project includes an all-inclusive STEM/STEAM project designed to help change the trajectory of 3.6 million youth and their families in underserved communities nationwide. This is a wholistic case management approach to help address the family needs in totality and to bridge need and resources gaps beyond government assistance. To hear a truly impressive story from a truly remarkable business, philanthropic, and community leader, don't miss this episode of Finding Certainty. To learn more, please visit www.neighborhoodcommerceinstitute.com or reach out to Dr. Lee by text or by phone at (571) 263-0952.

Nina S is our AmeriCorps VISTA serving with 3rd Decade as the Programs & Operations Coordinator. 3rd Decade is a financial literacy program building financially confident individuals around the country. Through helping you make simple changes in your behavior and building goals, they equip you with the tools to be successful in securing your financial future. Nina is conducting her AmeriCorps service for this Tucson organization all the way from South Carolina! Tune in to day to hear how to she helps provide financial literacy to youth from across the County!

UAMS received a $255,000 grant to fund 25 AmeriCorps VISTA positions throughout Arkansas.

On this episode of San Antonio Changemakers, Jonathan Gutierrez joins the podcast to talk about his experience in NLC-San Antonio. From NLC Bio: Jonathan Gutierrez (he/him) is an organizer, educator, and voting rights advocate. He is passionate about developing young leaders in Texas, engaging in year-round community organizing, and in building long-term power in communities of the global majority. In his current role at MOVE Texas, Jonathan works to coach, support, and develop community organizers across South/Central Texas who engage in year-round peer-to-peer voter registration, voter mobilization, and power building campaigns in youth communities. Jonathan is motivated in his work by his belief in the transformative power of community, mentorship, and collective action. He is a proud graduate of Texas A&M International University and a proud alumnus of AmeriCorps Vista. Jonathan was born and raised along the Rio Grande, in Laredo, Texas and surrounding communities, but currently lives in San Antonio, Texas. He enjoys organizing around the issues that matter most to him, regularly tackling creative personal projects, and spending quality time with his friends, family, and being the very best tío John to his very funny and very huggable 3-year-old nephew. Learn more about NLC San Antonio: https://www.newleaderscouncil.org/chapter/san-antonio/ Apply: https://form.jotform.com/220935355779064 Donate: https://www.newleaderscouncil.org/donate/ Nominate a Leader: https://www.newleaderscouncil.org/nominate-a-leader/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sapodnetwork/support

In this episode, Haley Garofalo speaks with NYU alum, Olivia Domba about her time at AmeriCorps. Along the way, they discuss her time at NYU, her passion for food studies, and the ups and downs of being a part of an intensive program like AmeriCorps. Olivia Domba is a recent graduate of NYU Steinhardt's Food Studies MA program, where her coursework focused on food security, systems, and culture. Olivia recently completed a year of service as an AmeriCorps VISTA at the Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock, AR. There, she supported the grants and development team to secure funding for library programs that helped support food security, entrepreneurship, and other community needs. An experienced Higher Education Administrator, Olivia holds a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College in Political Science. For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

Katie is the founder of OrphanWise, an alumna of Lee University and has a Master's Degree in Holistic Child Development. She worked as a preschool teacher for six years and served a term as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Habitat for Humanity. She moved to Paraguay in 2015 and spent three years working in a children's home, where she served as director of the home and house mother. She also taught English in the on-campus middle school and high school. Since becoming a TBRI Practitioner in 2018, Katie has been doing TBRI® Caregiver Training and TBRI® coaching in English and Spanish. She is the oldest of five foster and birth siblings and is a proud aunt to six of her favorite kiddos. Her passion is to see restoration for children, teens, and adults who have experienced trauma.OrphanWise offers Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) training to those who work with children and teens who have experienced abuse, bereavement, neglect, poverty, or other trauma.  Developed by The Karyn Purvis Institute for Child Development at Texas Christian University, TBRI® teaches caregivers to look beyond the surface and heal the long-term root of children's behavioral issues.Since 2019, OrphanWise has provided high-quality TBRI training® and resources to caregivers both in the U.S. and around the world.Here are the links Katie talked about:1. Attachment Style in Close Relationships – This short evaluation takes about 5 minutes to complete and gives an overall assessment of one's attachment style in romantic relationships based on two dimensions: anxiety and avoidance. Access at http://www.web-research-design.net/cgi-bin/crq/crq.pl2. ECR-Relationship Structures – This assessment takes 5-10 minutes to complete and gives a more comprehensive evaluation of attachment style across multiple relationships- mother figure, father figure, romantic partner, and best friend. Access at http://www.yourpersonality.net/relstructures/Also wanted to share this wonderful podcast on Attachment produced by the KPICD.https://child.tcu.edu/tbri-podcast-s01-e02/#sthash.9A9WBZrO.dpbshttps://www.facebook.com/orphanwise/https://www.instagram.com/orphanwise/?hl=enhttps://orphanwise.org/ 

On this episode, the National Sea Grant Law Center's Taylor Harris and Olivia Deans discuss the University of Mississippi's Lead in Drinking Water project. As an AmeriCorps VISTA member, Taylor Harris shares her unique experiences associated with Covid-19's impact on water quality outreach and research projects. To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter. 

Join CEMA's Chelsea Sawyer in a farewell episode for Sakile Johnson, our AmeriCorps VISTA, discussing the best podcasts of the last year and hurricane preparedness tips! We wish you the absolute best, Sakile! Go forth and do amazing things! We are confident that you will change the world!

Land to Hand Executive Director Gretchen Boyer & AmeriCorps VISTA Jason Smith joined the KGEZ Good Morning Show with John Hendricks and Robin Mitchell on Friday April 29, 2022 to talk about the annual Global Youth Service Day event!

In this episode, I talk with Cait Potter, founder of Cait Potter Creative, about how she carefully crafted a plan to go from a W2 employee to entrepreneurship. Her experience with AmeriCorps VISTA led her into a career of service through not-for-profit organizations. In her free time, Cait started a photography side hustle as a creative outlet. After a short period of time, she realized that photography wasn't her passion but the systems that go along with running a photography business were. Systems and operations management allowed her work smarter, not harder. Just like that, Cait Potter Creative was born. We talk about all of the steps we took to ensure the transition into Entrepreneurship was a smooth one.

Sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Technopath Way Tips, here: echnopath.ac-page.com/the-technopath-way-sign-upTake Aways from Nathan's Episode1. Join a community like our Technopath community to get your technology and data questions answered by experts and others going through similar situations (https://technopath.mn.co/share/tke03sU6qwViCc-L?utm_source=manual)2. Make your list of questions – What do you want to measure? What's relevant to your organization? How do you measure the things you've chosen? What will you do with the data once it's collected?3. Make your goals/KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)4. Put out an RFP, look for an AmeriCorps Vista program or write a job description5. Check out our On-boarding episode to help tame the overwhelm of acclimating the new person to the job (Episode 20: Tame The On-Boarding Overwhelm)6. It will likely take time to find the perfect fit for your organization so have a back-up list of other candidates7. Have the “meeting before the meeting” to reduce drama and friction in main board or stake holder meetings. This gives you a chance to get buy-in from anyone who might be reluctant to adopt new ideas about data.

On this week's program, your host, Justin Mog, learns about young people of color getting engaged in sustainability and environmental careers, in conversation with Catherine Gomez. Cathy is currently serving as a Community Engagement Advisor for Bellarmine University, through the AmeriCorps VISTA program. Cathy is a 23-year-old Louisville native who graduated from Bellarmine with a degree in Environmental Science. She is passionate about sharing her experiences as a woman and as a person of color navigating and working within the environmental field. We discuss how she came to this work and what it was like to switch to a plant-based diet in a family of Mexican immigrants. We also take a dive into the injustices in our food system and the resulting food apartheid right here in Louisville. We also talk about her experiences as an AmeriCorps volunteer, both in DC and here at home. Learn More about: AmeriCorps: https://americorps.gov/ City Year: https://www.cityyear.org/ As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW! Sustainability Now! airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

Betsy Lay is the co-founder and owner of Lady Justice Brewing in Aurora, CO. She began her career working in education-based non-profits, including serving two terms as an AmeriCorps VISTA, where she met Kate Power and Jen Cuesta. Together in 2014, the three friends founded the philanthropic Lady Justice Brewing Company. She holds a certificate from the Siebel Institute of Technology's Concise Course in Brewing Technology and also earned a Master in Theological Studies from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. In her time off from the brewery, Betsy can be found with a good whiskey, a good book, and a good dog.Instagram: @LadyJusticeBrewingTwitter: @BetsyLayWebsite: ladyjusticebrewing.comFollow FTE on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for alerts on new episodes. Ready to build your business like Lady J? Register for DO GOOD X's course Built for This. https://dogoodx.org/built-for-this

Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation – Caring for Parks, Open Spaces & Trails In this episode we speak with three representatives from Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation: Matt DeBray, Julie Johnson, and Caroline Stillitano about all of the great things their organization does for people in the greater Washoe County area to increase our enjoyment and knowledge of our beautiful parks. Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation is a private nonprofit that was incorporated in 2012 and received its 501(c)(3) determination in 2013. The Parks Foundation protects and enhances our communities' livability through public engagement, education, and the sustainability of our parks, open spaces, and trails. Not only is TM Parks Foundation a great resource, but Matt, Julie, and Caroline are gracious advocates that share their knowledge and enthusiasm to remind us all to enjoy time outdoors with our friends and family in our local parks, and nature trails. They also share new projects underway and places where we can learn more about what we can grow in our own yards to help support our local flora and fauna such as pollinators and native plants. Matt DeBray: Matt is the Communications Manager for Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation. After serving with TMPF as an AmeriCorps VISTA in 2017 he worked to promote AmeriCorps programs throughout Nevada for four years and is excited to be back at the place that started his journey in the nonprofit world. Matt studied Radio Television Production at the University of Montana and brings over a decade of experience to the TMPF communications team. When he isn't working you can find Matt watching baseball, hiking with his family, or being pulled behind a boat. Julie Johnson: Julie is a Nevada local and earned her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Nevada, Reno. She is passionate about community outreach, stewardship, marketing, and is thrilled to be a part of the TMPF team. As the Student Stewards Program Outreach Coordinator, Julie is looking forward to engaging with the Reno community about the incredible parks and open spaces in the area, as well as the many amazing programs TMPF has to offer! In her free time, Julie loves to be in the mountains. You can usually find her backpacking, skiing, and exploring hot springs. Caroline Stillitano: Caroline received her BA in Environmental Science from the University of Michigan in 2021. Working with the Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation as the Community Engagement Coordinator allows her to follow her passion for environmental justice through expanding access to the outdoors for low-income individuals. She enjoys spending time outdoors and is excited to apply her previous volunteer engagement experience to TMPF! https://www.tmparksfoundation.org/ https://www.facebook.com/tmparksfoundation/ https://www.instagram.com/tmparksfoundation/?hl=en https://twitter.com/tmparksfound https://www.linkedin.com/company/truckee-meadows-parks-foundation/

It is important for seniors to stay active, but finding and facilitating safe, accessible, meaningful, and enjoyable activities can sometimes be a challenge. We are joined today by Kristin Phillips, the Nutrition and Dementia Services Coordinator at CICOA, to provide some helpful tips for caregivers who plan and facilitate the activities of a loved one. Kristin Phillips, AmeriCorps VISTA, Nutrition and Dementia Services Coordinator at CICOAEmail: kphillips@cicoa.org CICOA's Nutrition Tip Sheets: https://cicoa.org/services/senior-meals-nutrition/nutrition-education/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

VISTA Table Talk is a virtual series hosted by Up2Us Sports where we provide an opportunity for our VISTA members to come together to discuss the work they're doing and the impact their organizations are making. The goal of VISTA is to provide organizations with capacity building AmeriCorps members to support organizations' mission to alleviate poverty. In this episode of VISTA Table Talk we are joined by three Up2Us Sports VISTA alumni Sreemoyee Ray, Jake Bilger and Julie Flanagan to discuss how the AmeriCorps VISTA program helped gain the skills necessary to launch their careers. They discuss the things they learned, what was unexpected, and how AmeriCorps offers an unconventional opportunity to launch your career. This conversation is lead by Up2Us VISTA alum and current Up2Us VISTA Program Director, Danielle Walker.

Hannah Slover is the Community Manager of Purpose Jobs, the Midwest's largest startup and tech community. At Purpose Jobs, Hannah is responsible for designing and managing their rapid-growth talent community, connecting top talent with purpose-driven companies based on values, experience, and culture contribution. Prior to joining Purpose Jobs, Hannah served Ascend Indiana (where she joined as an Americorps VISTA member) as Manager of Campus Partnerships and Manager of Strategy and Operations. She kicked off her career in talent community-building with the Indiana State Fairgrounds and Event Center, where she hired over 1300 employees for the Indiana State Fair as an HR Intern. A graduate of Hanover College, where she was heavily involved in the campus community, Hannah earned a BA in Geology with minors in Spanish and Communication. Outside of work, Hannah has been a volunteer and advisory board member for several organizations, primarily focused on education and career services. Waymarker, meet world-class community leader, Hannah Slover. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waymarker/support

Community Gardens // Frisella's All Around the Yard Podcast On this episode of Frisella's All Around the Yard Podcast, Juliana talks with Jackson Hambrick from Gateway Greening about community gardens! Jackson Hambrick is the Community Education Manager at Gateway Greening in St. Louis, Missouri. Originally from Colorado, Jackson came to Missouri to attend college at the University of Missouri-Columbia graduating in 2015 with a B.S. in Food Science and Nutrition, and a minor in Environmental Science with a focus on Soil Science. After college, Jackson traveled throughout New Zealand working on organic farms and vineyards. In 2016, he started at Gateway Greening as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program and eventually ran the urban farm program.  When the program ended Jackson transitioned into his current role as Community Education Manager. He facilitates the garden development process for new community gardens, including school gardens, oversees garden expansion process and conducts community outreach with potential partners. About Gateway Greening:   Founded in 1984, Gateway Greening is a 501c 3 organization dedicated to supporting urban agriculture in communities and schools throughout the St. Louis region. Supporting over 250+ community, school and youth projects, and urban orchards, at Gateway Greening we believe that by educating and empowering individuals to grow their own food, we can connect people to the land and to each other. In 2017, the organization partnered with the Kansas City-based nonprofit, The Giving Grove to start Gateway Greening's Urban Orchard program. Now as one of seven nation-wide Giving Grove affiliates, Gateway Greening supports over 40+ urban orchards in the St. Louis area. Gateway Greening is a community of gardeners, farmers, teachers, neighbors, friends, co-workers and volunteers building deeply rooted, resilient urban communities throughout St. Louis. Find out about Gateway Greening's community project by visiting www.gatewaygreening.org. Instagram: gatewaygreeningstl Facebook: Gateway Greening ------------------------------ Please like & subscribe! www.frisellanursery.com Follow us on social media: @frisellanursery #gardens #community #communitygardens #gatewaygreening #gardening #gardenlife #gardenclub

Maria Elaine Hadden is a Chicago politician and community activist. She is a member of Chicago City Council, serving as alderman for the city's 49th ward. She won election to that office after defeating 28-year incumbent Joe Moore in the 2019 aldermanic elections. The 49th ward includes most of Rogers Park and portions of West Ridge. Hadden was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1981. She earned her bachelor's degree in International Peace and Conflict Studies from the Ohio State University, and subsequently moved to Waukegan, Illinois to begin a job with the AmeriCorps VISTA program in 2003. She moved to Chicago in 2004. She later earned a master's degree in International Public Service Management from DePaul University. Before becoming Alderwoman, Maria Hadden was the Executive Director of Our City Our Voice, a national nonprofit organization she founded to enable communities and governments across the country to redesign democracy for more empowered and equitable participation. Her expertise in public participation is grounded in grassroots organizing efforts for social change. Before launching her own organization, Maria was a founding board member of The Participatory Budgeting Project, where she worked for 8 years with communities and government officials in the Midwest and South to create and facilitate democratic processes around public budgets. In this role, Maria has also worked with Aldermen throughout Chicago to design participatory budgeting processes around Aldermanic menu money, school budgets and TIF funds. Maria lives with her partner, Natalia, and their two rescue dogs in Rogers Park. She enjoys living in a place where neighbors are friends and community is family - and she is proud of her community's resilience and motivation to work together in difficult situations. In her free time Maria is a photographer and artist who leads screenprinting workshops for young people. Recommendations: The Confidence Game Book by Maria Konnikova Oh Hey, and I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist and aquarian ;) UNBOSSED IS… “Paths To Success of Amazing Women in Chicago” I welcome you to ask questions, participate, and join me as we explore these topics by emailing me at info@unbossed.io or visiting www.unbossed.io. Available on- Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTz6_FepG04QTs1BjFLBjw/ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eUhfH8E Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e7cWtBv Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/enjChPt And others.. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti/support

Driving home last summer after a particularly exhausting day, I was craving an escape, an adventure or some thought-provoking podcast to make the drive a bit more enjoyable.  I came across Johanna Garton as a guest on a podcast and my interest peaked.  I knew and had worked with her mom, Jane Garton.  Years ago I knew Jane was researching a book about a local mountain climber years before however Jane's Parkinsons diagnosis got in the way of her completing the book. The local mountain climber was Christine Boskoff and ironically went to high school with her daughter Johanna.  Johanna picked up the story and released Edge of the Map in April of 2020.   After listening to the podcast with Johanna I immediately bought Edge of the Map and loved getting lost in the adventurous life and stories from the thrill seeking, emotional roller coaster to an escape to Mt. Everest and beyond.  I reached out to Johanna and shared this crazy idea of a podcast I was launching.  During one of our interactions as we unwound the thread of the podcast episode she stopped and exclaimed “wait, your podcast is about family adventures?  You should probably know that my first book is about our family adventure story.”  I agreed to read the first book before scheduling our recording and boy am I glad I did.  As I read the first book, Awakening East, I got a better glimpse of the badass, adventurous mom that Johanna Garton is.   Johanna Garton is a mother, author, and cross country coach who has played many roles throughout her life. A graduate of Syracuse University in journalism, and a law degree from DePaul University.  As an AmeriCorps VISTA member in Chicago, Johanna worked on behalf of refugee survivors of torture at the Heartland Alliance. She has served on the Colorado Governor's Commission on Community Service and taught advocacy and legal issues for nonprofits at Regis University. Several years of living and working in Asia, including time in China with her husband, son, and daughter, inspired her to write her first book, Awakening East. She and her family live in Denver. Key Takeaways When you are in the middle on an adventure, you can't always see the story unfolding.  What started as a blog to connect with friends and family while living in China transformed into a book about 6-7 months later Allow for blanks in your plans to allow your partner to see themselves in your adventure story.  Even though Johanna had most of the concept planned out, she engaged her husband throughout and gave him ownership of different elements.   The typical refrain that children are resilient took Johanna by surprise as things didn't land as expected when they shared plans with their kids.  It took almost 6 months for their kids to get their stride in China, so much so that they didn't want to leave.  There is a balance between persistence and adaptation.  Each kid saw things differently and what resonated was different.   Living in China for a year was every imaginable adjective.  While Johanna would go in with fewer expectations, she also acknowledged so much of the beauty was in the messiness that she did not wish the experience to be different.   The year abroad changed the trajectory of Johanna's career.  Today she is an author and can't imagine doing anything differently.   The difference between is author and a writer is that an author is a fancy title with perhaps some luck in getting their writing published.  Since Johanna's story is already written, she is now busy writing others stories and doesn't find herself writing for pleasure as much as she previously did.  “I fail a lot, and my kids see me fail often. That trait may have been the ingredient to see me through the areas that induce fear.”   Finding your voice and the voice of the female climber allowed Johanna to bring more humanity to the Edge of the Map story.  “It was a very different experience to write my story vs. writing someone else's story.”  Document your life in whatever format works best for you.  It's important to keep track of more than the highlight reels.  Johanna uses voice memos app on her phone to capture family interactions 2020 was not the year to release a book, however she found Edge of the Map has turned out to be a story of resiliency that has resonated with so many readers.   Buy the book and then leave a review on Amazon to help Johanna continue to rank higher and be exposed to more readers.   Awakening East is an older book so it may be hard to find in independent bookstores.  I am including the link to it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2N9Mn3o  However, if you purchase Edge of the Map from her website www.johannagarton.com  and use the coupon code SHERPA for 25% off.  They are both great reads for on the beach or by the fire, wherever you might be right now.  To connect with or follow Johanna Garton on social media: Website: www.johannagarton.com Email: johanna@johannagarton.com Facebook: Johanna Garton, Author Instagram: @johannagartonbooks   Ordinary Sherpa Fans Leave a written review for this podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ordinary-sherpa-family-adventure-coaching-and-design/id1539255067 Subscribe to our Adventure to-go email newsletter:  https://ordinarysherpa.com/  Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ordinarysherpa Follow: https://www.instagram.com/ordinarysherpa/ Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ordinarysherpa Check additional resources on our website: https://ordinarysherpa.com/