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In this episode, I'm talking with Bettina von Hagen, Managing Director & CEO of EFM Investments & Advisory. Since founding Ecotrust Forest Management 20 years ago, she's been redefining forestry investment – consistently beating traditional market-rate returns while protecting ecosystems, communities, and future generations.Bettina grew up in politically turbulent Lima, Peru, with a scholar father, an artist-entrepreneur mother, and a childhood shaped by earthquakes, curfews, and curiosity. Her love of systems thinking began with a trip to the Galápagos Islands at age 14 and eventually led her to study evolutionary biology before pivoting to business.After earning her MBA at the University of Chicago, Bettina entered the world of commercial banking in the Pacific Northwest – right in the middle of the timber wars. But instead of picking a side, she asked a different question: How do we meet essential needs – like timber – without compromising ecosystems or future generations?That question led her to Ecotrust, a nonprofit focused on conservation-based development. There, she helped launch Craft3, a triple-bottom-line lender, and Beneficial State Bank. But the real spark came in 2004, when she co-founded EFM within Ecotrust to pioneer sustainable forest investing.By 2008, she bought a stake in the company and stepped in as CEO.EFM now manages 200,000 acres and nearly $500M in assets, with a staff of just 11 people and a vast network of contractors. Their model isn't just about timber. It's about carbon credits, conservation easements, water protection, salmon runs, tribal partnerships, and restoring degraded ecosystems.Bettina's forestry strategy is built on what she calls the Five R's:Rotation: Letting trees grow longer for higher-value wood.Retention: Leaving 10–30% of trees to support soil, seedbanks, and habitat.Reserves: Protecting special ecological areas, like salmon-bearing streams.Restoration: Rebuilding habitat, especially in fire-prone and aquatic systems.Relationships: Partnering with tribes, local communities, and land trusts.EFM's forests generate revenue through multiple streams. When timber prices dip, they don't rush to harvest – instead, they “store value on the stump.” Trees continue to grow, becoming more valuable over time. Carbon markets make this kind of patience financially viable.By deferring cuts, selling carbon offsets, or securing conservation easements, EFM creates liquidity without compromising ecological integrity.The results speak for themselves. Every fund exit has outperformed the NCREIF Timberland benchmark, and every acre under EFM's care becomes more ecologically and socially valuable over time.Forests don't have to be sacrificed for growth. In Bettina's hands, they are growth.Tune in to hear how she's building a forestry model that works – for investors, ecosystems, and future generations.—About the SRI 360° Podcast: The SRI 360° Podcast is focused exclusively on sustainable & responsible investing.—Connect with SRI360°:Sign up for the free weekly email updateVisit the SRI360° PODCASTVisit the SRI360° WEBSITEFollow SRI360° on XFollow SRI360° on FACEBOOK—Additional Resources:- Bettina LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettina-von-hagen/- EFM LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/efminvest/- EFM Website: https://efmi.com/

Richard Mathera is a Managing Director at Irrational Labs. He leads Irrational Labs' healthcare practice and formerly led its financial decision-making work. Richard has overseen dozens of behavioral economics projects and experiments with commercial clients. A few of these include: One Medical, TytoCare, Neugen, Vouchers 4 Veggies, Steady, Beneficial State Bank, Simple, and Credit Karma. Prior to joining Irrational Labs, Richard was a Senior Behavioral Scientist at the Common Cents Lab, a Duke University initiative which leverages behavioral economics to improve the financial well-being of low and moderate income Americans, where he designed and launched numerous behaviorally-informed products, features, initiatives, and experiments. Formerly Richard has applied behavioral economics at ideas42 and developed randomized controlled trials at Innovations for Poverty Action in Morocco. He has also served as a Team Lead/Senior Investment Officer and a Senior Advisor at USAID's Office of Development Credit and worked at Cornerstone Research, an economic and financial consulting firm specializing in complex commercial litigation. Richard holds a Master's degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he studied Advanced Policy and Economic Analysis and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia, where he studied economics, Spanish, and French, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. For more information, you can email Richard at richard@irrationallabs.com or visit his website at https://irrationallabs.com/.

What if your bank could actually help build a better world? Join us as we chat with Randell Leach, the visionary CEO behind Beneficial State Bank, a trailblazer in the financial industry dedicated to social equity, environmental sustainability, and community prosperity. Randall unveils how Beneficial State Bank operates with a distinct mission of beneficial banking, prioritizing equitable access to quality financial products for low-income communities. Unlike traditional banks that often engage in exploitative practices, this episode explores how Beneficial State Bank's unique ownership structure and B Corp certification enable it to create a virtuous economic cycle while fostering social justice and environmental resiliency.Welcome to the Agency for Change podcast.

BEATRIZ'S BIO Beatriz sometimes wears a black t-shirt with two simple words - “La Jefa”, en ingles, The Boss. And that, she has been, and continues to be as a serial founder, CEO, trailblazing, Emmy-winning remarkable woman.  In her words: “In my life journey, I've always strived not just for personal achievements but to reshape narratives and champion the next generation of Latino leaders.” She has done just that. Her career began in Mexico, as an 8 year old (yes 8!) radio announcer. Beatriz moved to the U.S. in her early 20s, by then she had won 3 Emmy and an MTV award. She has started several companies, including MiTu and her current venture Suma Wealth - collectively raising over $55 million for the ventures she has led and founded, one focused on media & entertainment representation, the other on economic empowerment - but they are in fact intertwined. Very few people raise any money for their ventures, let alone tens of millions, and as a Latina she is one of a handful. She is a regular contributor on NBC News, Forbes, Fast Company, Fortune,  The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times where she talks about representation, capital access, entrepreneurship, Latinos and the American economy. Beatriz has also appeared on Guy Raz's “How I Built This”, Eva Longoria's Connections Podcast, and LinkedIn News “Hello Monday”. She currently serves on the boards of Beneficial State Bank, the Latino Community Foundation, and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Committee among others . She also leads the Acevedo Foundation, initiated by her father in Mexico three decades ago, now  focuses on education, representation, economic empowerment, and enabling access to capital for emerging Latino entrepreneurs and leaders. SUMA Wealth, where she serves as CEO & Co-founder, is attempting to seize on a $182B opportunity – young U.S. Latinos through a fintech platform that expertly combines financial tools with culturally relevant financial education. This unique, community-driven approach has paved the way for collaborations with the largest financial institutions in the world and has about 1 million users. BEATRIZ RELATED LINKS Suma Wealth + MiTu In Her Footsteps - YouTube Forbes Profile Beneficial State Bank Profile Latino Community Foundation Profile GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: info@topofthegame-thepod.com   THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS

It is that time of year again for GIVE BIG WA. Jarrelle Marshall Is the Executive Director of RECLAIM.Org. RECLAIM provides reintegration support that centers the mental, emotional, and relational health of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system and their loved ones to better prepare them for the return home. Everyone deserves care. Care and support services should be available and accessible to all individuals and families as they integrate back into their communities.Nancy Long is the Executive Director of 501 Commons. Give BIG is produced by 501 Commons, a nonprofit that advances the success of other nonprofits in the state. GiveBIG is an opportunity to get that great giving feeling and make our communities better for everyone. 501 Commons provides expertise to nonprofits through 30+ services, including a full range of management consulting; technology consulting (IT planning and database development); outsourced HR, accounting, IT infrastructure, and database management services; professional development and board training; and free advisory services.Nancy is highlighting Kat Taylor the Co-Founder and a Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank, a Community Development Financial Institution and certified B Corporation that offers beneficial banking to under-resourced communities. The bank aligns all of its activities with the fairness and environmental values that most bank customers hold thereby activating their agency and accountability over their banking. Kat and her husband Tom Steyer founded the bank in 2007 on the eve of the last financial crisis on the hunch that something was terribly wrong in the banking SYSTEM. Beneficial State has set out to prove that banking that achieves social justice and environmental well-being while also being financially resilient is just a better way to do banking. Kat served as CEO of the bank for eight years and currently co-chairs its board with Tom. Kat also works in service of regenerative agriculture, policy and legislative reform, media and narrative, and of course, philanthropy.Little Bit open house is May 19th.GIVE BIG WA SPOTLIGHT#GetThatGivingFeeling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It is that time of year again for GIVE BIG WA.  Jarrelle Marshall Is the Executive Director of RECLAIM.Org. RECLAIM provides reintegration support that centers the mental, emotional, and relational health of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system and their loved ones to better prepare them for the return home. Everyone deserves care. Care and support services should be available and accessible to all individuals and families as they integrate back into their communities. Nancy Long is the Executive Director of 501 Commons. Give BIG is produced by 501 Commons, a nonprofit that advances the success of other nonprofits in the state. GiveBIG is an opportunity to get that great giving feeling and make our communities better for everyone. 501 Commons provides expertise to nonprofits through 30+ services, including a full range of management consulting; technology consulting (IT planning and database development); outsourced HR, accounting, IT infrastructure, and database management services; professional development and board training; and free advisory services. Nancy is highlighting Kat Taylor the Co-Founder and a Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank, a Community Development Financial Institution and certified B Corporation that offers beneficial banking to under-resourced communities. The bank aligns all of its activities with the fairness and environmental values that most bank customers hold thereby activating their agency and accountability over their banking. Kat and her husband Tom Steyer founded the bank in 2007 on the eve of the last financial crisis on the hunch that something was terribly wrong in the banking SYSTEM. Beneficial State has set out to prove that banking that achieves social justice and environmental well-being while also being financially resilient is just a better way to do banking. Kat served as CEO of the bank for eight years and currently co-chairs its board with Tom. Kat also works in service of regenerative agriculture, policy and legislative reform, media and narrative, and of course, philanthropy. Little Bit open house is May 19th. GIVE BIG WA  SPOTLIGHT #GetThatGivingFeeling

Joe McCarthy heads to the US and joins Tom Steyer, Wall Street giant and visionary behind Galvanize Climate Solutions and Farallon Capital Management.Transitioning from finance to climate activism in 2012, he safeguarded California's Global Warming Solutions Act and founded NextGen America, rallying record youth voters. Co-founder of Beneficial State Bank and TomKat Ranch, Steyer champions sustainability and justice. His 2020 presidential bid and leadership roles with Governor Newsom and Vice President Biden showcase his influence. Steyer blends financial acumen with environmental passion, offering unparalleled insights at the intersection of finance and climate activism. During the conversation they explore the transformative power of finance with climate activism. Our guest shares insights from Wall Street.Join us for a journey of optimism, purposeful leadership, and leveraging capitalism for global impact from a true investment legend. What we discuss:Early life experiences and their influence.How a trip to Alaska changed everything.The secret's behind Farallon's success.Movement capitalism: where profit meets purpose.Impactful global leadership and it's influence.The role of family wealth in addressing climate change.Impact investing and the emphasis of profitable investments in renewable energy. If you enjoyed this episode, you can keep up to date with more content on our social media channels below. Follow usYouTube: @HighNetPurposeInstagram: @highnetpurposeTwitter: @HighNetPurposeLinkedIn: high-net-purpose Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does a beneficial banking model hold the power to transform our economy and our environment for the better? Kat Taylor works in service of restoring social justice to environmental well-being, to build a more equitable and inclusive world. She is a co-founder of Beneficial State Bank and Radicle Impact Partners venture fund and Founding Director of TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation. She joins us today to explore the scientific and business cases for regenerative agriculture and its role in restoring our world.Tune in to find out how Kat's focus has evolved since she was first interviewed on Next Economy Now, the mission behind Radicle Impact, and how it is unfolding today, and an update on the status of Beneficial State Bank. Unpacking the regenerative agriculture efforts Kat is currently driving, we explore the pivotal role of carbon in sustaining all forms of life. We currently find ourselves at a pivotal point in history when it comes to measuring impact and Kat provides an in-depth explanation of what that means for us and how to respond accordingly.For full show notes, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/kat-taylor/

"We're hacking the banking model for good."

Join host Brandon Trammell as he sits down with Kat Taylor, a philanthropist, CDFI Bank Founder, and advocate for regenerative agriculture & social justice. In this episode, Kat shares her insights on the importance of stewardship and the need for systemic change in philanthropy, banking, energy and agriculture. She also discusses the potential of platform cooperatives to create a more equitable and sustainable future.ChaptersIntroductionKat Sings a SongFair Finance & Changing the Banking System for GoodTomkat Ranch & The Benefits of Regenerative AgricultureThe Flaws of Traditional PhilanthropyUnderstanding the Problems with Industrial AgricultureThe Power of Narrative to Inspire ChangeGood Food, Good Finance, Good EnergyConclusionlinks:Radicle Impact: https://radicleimpact.com/Beneficial State Bank https://www.beneficialstatebank.com/Tomkat Ranch: https://www.tomkatranch.org/

Are you an overthinker? On this episode of the Live Greatly podcast Kristel Bauer sits down with former monk, developer of Google's mindfulness intelligence training and author of 'Finding Clarity', Marc Lesser, to discuss mindful leadership, how to navigate overthinking, the importance of curiosity, how to navigate difficult relationships and more.  Tune in now! Key Takeaways from This Episode: A look at mindful leadership Why you should be curious, not furious How to shift your thinking around “difficult people” and behaviors..and how to know if you are the difficult person The importance of not getting caught by your story How to deal with strong emotions Tips to build self-compassion  How to handle overthinking About Marc Lesser: Marc Lesser is a CEO, executive coach, and Zen teacher known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company, with a client roster that includes Google, Twitter, Genentech, San Francisco Airport, Kaiser Permanente, Global Fund for Women, and Beneficial State Bank. He founded and was CEO of three highly successful companies and has an MBA degree in business from New York University. Prior to his business and coaching career, he was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for ten years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world. Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. Deeply rooted in science, the program has been taught to thousands of executives worldwide. Marc founded and served as CEO for 5 years of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, which offers programs, tools and content on mindfulness-based emotional intelligence, empathy, compassion, resilience, leadership with training programs in over 50 countries. Marc's books include Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, Know Yourself, Forget Yourself, Less: Accomplishing More By Doing Less, and Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration. His work has been featured in Entrepreneur, The New York Times, Huffington Post, and Mindful, and he has developed audio and video programs for Insight Timer, Simple Habit, and the Mindful Leadership Summit. Marc's blog is syndicated to many major websites, including Medium, Thrive Global, and Mindful.org. Marc's podcast Zen Bones: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times features cutting-edge interviews, supportive tools for creating more meaningful work, and potent mindfulness practices to develop yourself, influence your organization, and change the world. Marc's Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader program is available as an online, on-demand course and as a live training. He has led mindfulness and emotional intelligence trainings in Asia, Europe, Canada, Australia, and throughout the United States, and has been a keynote speaker at Mindful Leadership Summits in Washington DC, Toronto, and Sydney. Learn more at  www.marclesser.net Instagram: @marclesser Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-lesser-zba/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/marclesser  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marclesserzba/  About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer: Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness expert, popular keynote and TEDx speaker, and the host of top-rated podcast, “Live Greatly,” a show frequently ranked in the top 1% for self-improvement.  Kristel is an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant with clinical experience in Integrative Psychiatry, giving her a unique perspective into optimizing mental well-being and attaining a mindset for more happiness and success in the workplace and beyond. With a mission to support companies and individuals on their journeys for more happiness, success, and well-being, Kristel taps into her unique background in healthcare, business, and media, to provide invaluable insights into high power habits, leadership development, mental well-being, peak performance, resilience, success, wellness at work, and a modern approach to work/life balance. Kristel decided to leave clinical practice in 2019 when she founded her wellness platform “Live Greatly” to share her message around well-being and success on a larger scale. Kristel is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. A popular speaker on a variety of topics, Kristel has presented to groups at Bank of America, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank, and many more. 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Marc Lesser is a CSO, executive coach, and Zen teacher known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company, with a client roster that includes Google, Twitter, Genentech, San Francisco Airport, Kaiser Permanente, Global Fund for Women, and Beneficial State Bank.He founded and was CEO of three highly successful companies and has an MBA degree in business from New York University. Prior to his business and coaching career, he was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for ten years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world.Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. Deeply rooted in science, the program has been taught to thousands of executives worldwide. Building on the success of the Search Inside Yourself program, Marc founded and served as CEO for 5 years of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, which offers programs, tools and content on mindfulness-based emotional intelligence, empathy, compassion, resilience, leadership with training programs in over 50 countries.Marc's books include Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, Know Yourself, Forget Yourself, Less: Accomplishing More By Doing Less, and Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration.

Randell Leach is the CEO of Beneficial State Bank who argues today's leaders need to lead with love. In this episode, he reminisces on the moment he decided make a change, how capitalism can be updated to do more good, and what COVID taught him about how to lead. Beneficial State Bank is a certified B Corp that offers banking solutions to serve the people and the planet, instead of just profits.

Kat Taylor has made it her life mission to bring equity to underserved and underrepresented communities across the country. As the co-founder and board chair of Beneficial State Bank, she aims to make banking more accessible to under-resourced communities in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner. Through her TomKat Ranch, in coalition with other farms and ranches, Taylor helps bring local, healthy, organic food to millions of school children in California. As she opens up to host Giselle Fernandez, one thing is clear with all her various endeavors: Kat Taylor has an optimistic outlook on the state's future.

Season 2, Episode 3Initially billed as a tool to give individual donors more control over their giving activity and accelerate charity, Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) have become controversial in the world of philanthropy. On top of the generous tax-savings these funds provide their donors, how, where, or even if the money gets distributed faces next to no official scrutiny, leading to charges that DAFs are more stealth-vehicles for wealthy patrons to dodge the IRS than legitimate charitable enterprises. On this episode of Renegade Capital, we invite Kat Taylor to discuss the problems with DAFs and the legislation currently on the table that aims to reform them. About Kat Taylor.Having lived through the tumultuous 1960s, Kat Taylor vividly remembers that era's struggles for justice and equality. Those fights against bigotry and brutality remain unresolved to this day, and Kat is committed to being an ally against the exploitative economies that undermine the American dream for so many. Through her office, she works in service of restoring social, racial, and gender justice and environmental well-being for an equitable and inclusive world by championing legislation in her home state of California. Currently, she serves as Co-Founder and Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank, a Community Development Financial Institution and certified B Corporation that makes banking more accessible to underserved communities in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner – and aims to change the banking system for good. Kat is also a member of the Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving, a coalition advocating for common-sense reforms to get more resources into the hands of working charities faster. Her recent activity has put a spotlight on the many problems with Donor Advised Funds as a charitable vehicle, a perspective we are grateful to have on Renegade Capital.Renegade Capital Tools & TipsA renegade not only listens but acts. We've consolidated a few tips from this episode to help you invest in local communities.Support reform legislation: Contact your Congressional representative to support the ACE act and other critical reforms for charitable spending. Learn more at acceleratecharitablegiving.org/reforms.Sign the Good Life Pledge: The Good Life Pledge is a commitment for donors to “shift a third of all the assets under our control to community stewardship, ownership, and control” within their lifetime. You can learn more about joining this coalition at goodlifepledge.com.Amplify charitable giving in your own community: You don't have to use a donor fund to contribute to your community! Donate directly to local charities like food banks and organizations that provide resources, shelter, and mental health services.Love the podcast? Subscribe and follow to never miss an episode.Signup for our newsletter Linkedin | Twitter | Facebook | InstagramThank you to this season's sponsors Lenderfit and Community Capital Management. Support the show

Tom Steyer is Co-Executive Chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, a mission-driven investment platform.Tom Steyer founded and ran Farallon Capital Management, a multi-strategy global investment business based in San Francisco, from 1986 until 2012. During that period, it grew assets from $6mm to $36bn. Over the same time, Tom was also a partner and Investment Committee member at Hellman & Friedman, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm.After retiring from Farallon, Tom dedicated himself to public service and philanthropy, with a focus on climate action. Tom is the Co-Founder of Beneficial State Bank, a triple bottom line community development financial institution founded in 2007 with over $1 billion in assets. Tom is also the Founder of NextGen America, the largest youth voter mobilization organization in American history. Most recently, Tom was a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and beginning in April 2020 served as co-chair for Governor Newsom's Business and Jobs Recovery Task Force. He also co-chaired Vice President Biden's Climate Engagement Advisory Council to help mobilize climate voters.Tom graduated from Yale and received his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

Today's episode of the Just & Sustainable Economy Podcast comes from our 2017 archives, featuring Labor and Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta of The Dolores Huerta Foundation and philanthropist, co-founder of ASBN member company Beneficial State Bank, and founder of NextGen America, Tom Steyer. The conversation was spurred by the documentary film DOLORES, which was screening in festivals at the time and premiered just a few months later. The documentary is a portrait of activist icon Dolores Huerta, who tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice. You can find and watch the film at PBS online by searching DOLORES documentary. 

“I don't think we talk enough about how money is a tool for and against the movement…” In this juicy conversation about money, Michelle talks with the very quotable Phillip Chavira, about why Capitalism is trash, where white supremacy shows up, why we need to talk openly about racism and where we have power to make decisions that center our communities and our values. You are going to love this conversation!In this episode, Michelle talks with Phillip Chavira, an award-winning non-profit leader based in the Bay Area of Northern California where he currently is a finance director of Point Reyes National Seashore Association in beautiful West Marin County.This highly quotable, lifelong advocate for all the things we love, Phillip Chavira can be followed on Instagram @phillipchavira Connect with Phillip on Instagram @phillipchavira and LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/phillipchaviraPhillip can be heard on TheUpNUp where he shares his journey to becoming the first person of color to be an Executive Director for the 'Intiman Theatre'(@intimantheatre). From witnessing the inequalities within the arts early on in life to working his way up to co-producing the Tony Award nominated Broadway play ‘Eclipsed'. Check out “Keep c o l o r on stage”Learn more about Point Reyes National Seashore Association's work with the National Park Service and working with local Bay Area nonprofit organizations focused on community building and mentorship primarily in Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and low-income communities. https://ptreyes.org/youth-in-parks/References:Phillip mentions Vu Le and his blog Nonprofitaf.com as a useful resource and recommends using consultants to help navigate difficult conversations within staff, (including Michelle!)Here is a list Phillip created, of things an organization can do to start their journeyMichelle lists Beneficial State Bank and Amalgamated Bank as two socially responsible banks with social justice related missions…Check out The Ethical Rainmaker interview with Heather Infantry, as an example of a badass advocate talking with community foundations about their payouts and inequityPhillip mentions The Pride Foundation in Seattle as an example of spending down reserves and becoming share holders of local organizations (around minute 24)Spend-down organization aka Sunsetting = When a foundation decides to spend out or spend down all of its assets and close its doors. There is usually a date associated with this term. (see The Chorus Foundation and their plans to sunset)POSE is the show Phillip talks about Phillip mentions Vu Le and his blog Nonprofitaf.com as a useful resource and recommends using We talk about Northwest Immigrant Rights Project as an example of an organization that can never close its doors due to systemic injustice, while other nonprofits canStats Dropped:60% of wealth in the US is passed on generationally, mentions Phillipbetween 1983 and 2013, White households saw their wealth increase by 14%, and during that exact same time, Black households' wealth declined 75%, and then Hispanic households from a median perspective, that wealth declined by half.In 2000, the Federal Reserve stopped collecting information on reservations with indigenous houses!“One of the scary things I think about with this racial wealth inequality is that if it remains unresolved, if we keep going at this pace, this trend is going to lead to the median household wealth for Black folks in the year 2053 to be zero. We could potentially see that. Then in 2073, it's projected that LatinX households will be at zero for median household wealth. This comes from the Institute for Policy Studies that utilizes the information from the Federal Reserve.”86% of billionaires since the pandemic are now $5.1 trillion dollars richer while 76 million people lost their jobs.Phillip Recommends These Resources on Race and MoneyThe Racial Wealth Gap from The BalanceThe Native Wealth Gap by The National Indian Council on Aging, Inc.Bernie Sanders' TwitterBrilliant Quotes:“Capitalism is just trash. The way that it has evolved over time and how just had it disproportionately affected people a lot by race, it infuriates me and it torments me as I study capitalism. You mentioned the education, and I like that you put that footnote in there...I want to take that and put that on my business card because centering around dollars, I feel that when a human does that, they can exploit others at a cost. There's always a cost you gain in that dollar. That dollar was received from your family and it was passed on and how did your family ethically received those dollars, how are organizations making high profits off the backs of Black and Brown people around this world.” “I think that what drives me crazy about the fact that we hide from our finances, I do this in our family, I see it in our family, I see it in organizations, I've had executives tell me, "Well, I don't really look at the spreadsheets, I'm told the numbers," and as somebody who looks at the numbers every day, I'm like, "There's so much room for change." “...people said make as much money as you possibly can, pay as little as you can, get as much money as the consumers are willing to pay, and it just was driven into a generation where they think that money equates love, money equates success, money equates fame. That's one of the biggest lies that I feel has been applied through entertainment, it has been applied through social media. There's documentaries about how social media has affected us, so this belief that money is going to save the day, is a fallacy. I think that this divide that is going to continue to happen is terrifying and we have to do something about it.”

Kat Taylor is a prolific philanthropist who works with communities to develop the resources they need to thrive. She co-founded Beneficial State Bank and TomKat Ranch, two businesses that focus on creating a more just and sustainable world while also generating profit for the people they serve. In this conversation, what really comes through as extraordinary about Kat's commitment to giving is that it extends throughout her life. She is dedicated to personal growth, communities, family, and the betterment of humanity as a whole. Kat has found a way to weave together outsize impact with real grassroots engagement and empowerment for the people her generosity benefits.

Welcome to The Prison Post Podcast! Episode 35 features a conversation with CROP Organization's youngest Ready for Life Associate, Kyara Banks aka "Kee B". Kee is a formerly incarcerated youth from Oakland, CA. She is now 22 years old and is committed to her own personal transformation. She is determined to stop people from entering the justice system and to be a part of the process of dismantling the incarceration system. She has experienced the the societal challenges of being formerly having experienced homelessness and being turned away from jobs because of her background. Her dream is to have a great career in tech that will allow her to help her family and have the ability to meet her long-term goals. Watch and listen to her story and be inspired. CROP Organization envisions a society that invests in people over punishment. CROP's purpose is to transform lives and heal communities by creating integrated pathways to economic mobility, personal leadership, and civil engagement. Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs signature Ready for Life program provides: Three months of Leadership Development provided by CROP, Financial Literacy provided by Beneficial State Bank, and IC3 Digital Literacy Certification training, professional workplace skills provided by Linked In Learning. CROP also provides three months of inbound and outbound sales representative career training in business to business sales in tech. We have partnered with Climb Hire, Code Tenderloin, and Checkr, Inc. to provide this training and employment opportunities upon graduation. CROP Organization provides a $1,000 monthly stipend to our Associates as they go through our six month program. We want to thank Oracle and Dell Technologies for their strong support now and in the future. Please donate to support the training in tech for our Ready for Life Program Associates by texting CROP on 91999 or clicking this text to give link https://igfn.us/form/2OZxqw Subscribe to The Prison Post Podcast and follow us on our social media channels at https://linktr.ee/CROPOrganization #CROPOrganization #ThePrisonPostPodcast #ReimaginingReentry #ThePrisonPost #ReadyforLife #ReadyforLifeAssociates #LeadershipDevelopment #DigitalLiteracy #FinancialLiteracy #TransformingLivesandHealingCommunities #investinginpeopleoverpunishment

Welcome to the Prison Post! Episode 34 is here today with CROP Organization's humble and talented Ready for Life Associate, Elgin Rose. He is the fifth CROP Associate to join us to share his transformational story and reentry journey. Elgin is one of the most inspiring and authentic people we have had as part of our Signature Ready for Life Program. Watch and listen to his story! Elgin Rose is a 29-year-old father of two beautiful girls. He's from San Francisco and loves tasty food and gaming. His dream is to have a great career in tech, which will allow him to provide for his daughters and have the ability to travel the world someday. Elgin is hard working, super funny, a natural storyteller, and a committed father. We love his worth ethic, drive, and his numerous impersonations. Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs' (CROP) Ready for Life Program provides: Three months of Leadership Development provided by CROP, Financial Literacy provided by Beneficial State Bank, and IC3 Digital Literacy training provided by LinkedIn Learning. CROP also provides three months of career training in Business to Business Sales in Tech. We have partnered with Code Tenderloin and Checkr, Inc. to provide this training and employment opportunities upon graduation. CROP Organization provides a $1,000 monthly stipend to our Associates as they go through our six month program. We want to thank Oracle and Dell for their strong support now and in the future. #CROPOrganization #ThePrisonPost #ReimaginingReentry #ReadyforLife #ReadyforLifeAssociates #LeadershipDevelopment Please consider donating to support our stipend program and subscribe to The Prison Post Podcast. Follow us on our social media channels at https://linktr.ee/CROPOrganization

Welcome to the Prison Post! Episode 33 is here today with CROP Organization's Dynamic and Passionate Ready for Life Associate, Claudine Sipili. She is the fourth CROP Associate to join us to share her transformational story and journey in reentry. Claudine is one of the most impressive people we have met and we are excited to have her as part of our Signature Ready for Life Program. You must hear her story! Claudine Sipili is a Program Director at CityTeam Ministries where she oversees the San Jose and Oakland CityTeam Work locations. She develops and implements programs to help optimize employability and provide opportunities for clients to earn a livable wage and find stable housing. In addition to her management role, Claudine works directly with clients individually to empower them, foster their career interests, and launch them into career paths that were once out of reach. She also serves on the Santa Clara County Continuum of Care (CoC) Governance Board, the Destination: Home Board of Directors, and the Santa Clara County Lived Experience Advisory Board. Claudine was born and raised in American Samoa. Before her nonprofit career, she served in the United States Navy and the Army National Guard. Having experienced addiction, incarceration, and homelessness first-hand, she has passion for being an active part of the solution for ending homelessness in the Silicon Valley. Claudine likes to say, “I am an ordinary human serving an extraordinary God and it is from this perspective that I carry out my daily duties at City Team. Claudine enjoys road trips to explore quaint towns where she finds the coolest, most unique, independently owned coffee shops and coffee roasters. Her number one hobby is learning about and drinking coffee. For Claudine, it is Jesus first, coffee second, and everything else falls somewhere below that. Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs' (CROP) Ready for Life Program provides: Three months of Leadership Development provided by CROP, Financial Literacy provided by Beneficial State Bank, and IC3 Digital Literacy training provided by LinkedIn Learning. CROP also provides three months of career training in Business to Business Sales in Tech. We have partnered with Code Tenderloin and Checkr, Inc. to provide this training and employment opportunities upon graduation. CROP Organization provides a $1,000 monthly stipend to our Associates as they go through our six month program. We want to thank Oracle and Dell for their strong support now and in the future. #CROPOrganization #ThePrisonPost #ReimaginingReentry #ReadyforLife #ReadyforLifeAssociates #LeadershipDevelopment Please consider donating to support our stipend program for our Ready for Life Associates at https://lnkd.in/gAKje-3 Please subscribe to The Prison Post Podcast and follow us on our social media channels at https://lnkd.in/gVACzhT

We continue a series of conversations with https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=croporganization&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6816173935722422272 (#CROPOrganization)'s Ready for Life Associates. We want to welcome https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAADUOlVQBmlpcKGvdc7yk0ozxsTWmlb6BgfQ (KC Matthews) to our show today. He is a committed Associate in CROP's Virtual Training Program and we're honored to have him share his life journey and reentry experiences on The Prison Post. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAADUOlVQBmlpcKGvdc7yk0ozxsTWmlb6BgfQ (KC Matthews) is a formerly incarcerated black trans man living in California. He is dedicated to abolishing the prison industrial complex through community building and remaining connected with those on the inside. It is important for him to bring his experience of advocacy to fight against the obstacles inflicted by the punitive criminal justice system. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAADUOlVQBmlpcKGvdc7yk0ozxsTWmlb6BgfQ (KC Matthews) is a Housing Navigator for TGIJP (Transgender variant intersex Justice Project) in San Francisco. He is a passionate criminal justice reform advocate. He is serious about advocating for equal opportunity rights for gender equality and housing for LGBTQ folks. He lives and works in San Francisco. His goal is to help justice involved LGBTQIA individuals struggling with housing. Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs' (CROP) Ready for Life Program provides: Three months of Leadership Development provided by CROP, Financial Literacy provided by https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneficial-state-bank/ (Beneficial State Bank), and IC3 Digital Literacy training provided by https://www.linkedin.com/company/linkedinlearning/ (LinkedIn Learning). CROP also provides three months of career training in Business to Business Sales in Tech. We have partnered with Code Tenderloin and https://www.linkedin.com/company/checkr-com/ (Checkr, Inc.) to provide this training and employment opportunities upon graduation. CROP Organization provides a $1,000 monthly stipend to our Associates as they go through our six month program. In this episode, KC shares stories from his personal life growing up in the foster care system, the breakdown in that system, the choices that led to his incarceration, the challenges of being justice involved, and his experience of over two months in CROP Organization's program. He is truly a tremendous person. We encourage him to keep striving for his future worth having! https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=croporganization&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6816173935722422272 (#CROPOrganization) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=leadershipdevelopment&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6816173935722422272 (#LeadershipDevelopment) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=theprisonpost&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6816173935722422272 (#ThePrisonPost) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=reimaginingreentry&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6816173935722422272 (#ReimaginingReentry) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=readyforlife&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6816173935722422272 (#ReadyforLife) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=readyforlifeassociates&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6816173935722422272 (#ReadyforLifeAssociates) Please consider donating to support our stipend program for our Ready for Life Associates at https://lnkd.in/gAKje-3 (https://lnkd.in/gAKje-3) Please subscribe to The Prison Post Podcast and follow us on our social media channels at https://lnkd.in/gVACzhT (https://lnkd.in/gVACzhT)

In The Prison Post #31 we continue a series of conversations with https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/croporganization (#CROPOrganization)'s Ready for Life Associates. We want to welcome Jesse Lee Foshay on our podcast. He is a committed Associate in CROP's Virtual Training Program and we're honored to have him share his life journey and reentry experiences on The Prison Post. By day Jesse, is a Housing Specialist for Abode Services in the San Francisco Bay Area. By night, he's a Ready for Life Associate from 5:30-9:30 PM PT. He's also an aspiring artist and father of 2 beautiful boys. He lives and works in San Francisco and it's his goal to help house as many homeless individuals and families possible. As Jesse says, "Everyone deserves a place to call home." He has a heart for the marginalized and hurting people of this world and is making an impact and equipping himself in Ready for Life to make an even bigger dent in the world of social justice. Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs' (CROP) Ready for Life Program provides: Three months of Leadership Development provided by CROP, Financial Literacy provided by Beneficial State Bank, and IC3 Digital Literacy training provided by Linked In. CROP also provides three months of career training in Business to Business Sales in Tech. We have partnered with Code Tenderloin and Checkr to provide this training and employment opportunities upon graduation. CROP Organization provides a $1,000 monthly stipend to our Associates as they go through our six month program. In this episode, Jesse shares stories from his personal life growing up in the foster care system, the breakdown in that system, the choices that led to his incarceration, the challenges of being justice involved, and his experience after nearly two months in CROP Organization's program. Jesse talks about his experience of the digital literacy aspect of the program where he is at the head of the class. He shares how the community we are creating has become a great support system and positive environment for him to thrive in. In short, Jesse shares the raw about his childhood in the foster care system, being in the revolving cycle in the carceral system, changing his life and juggling fatherhood, career, and building a future worth having for his sons. He is truly a tremendous person. We appreciate Jesse's efforts as he is the first person to arrive to class on a daily basis. We encourage him to keep striving for his future worth having! https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/croporganization (#CROPOrganization) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/leadershipdevelopment (#LeadershipDevelopment) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/theprisonpostpodcast (#ThePrisonPostPodcast) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/reimaginingreentry (#ReimaginingReentry) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/workingtogethertorestorelivesandhealcommunities (#WorkingTogethertoRestoreLivesandHealCommunities) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/readyforlife (#ReadyforLife) https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/readyforlifeassociates (#ReadyforLifeAssociates) Please consider donating to support our stipend program for our Ready for Life Associates at https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVRRYVBaak5WcE5UdVkzX2xPaEQ5TkdZTm5DZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttYldEN21ZZWYxY0ZhOW9xYWt4Q015X2JMaXRWdUFPWTF2M2k2SDBtY1pBa2R5MDU3NC1fcExuRWpxaTlfYkp2WTJBZEt5MDVrNjZZTmx4YkRlR3RzZzRYSmdHWmZVaXdrZlRqMW9QUmZ2NlNuUXh5SQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.classy.org%2Fgive%2F298752%2F%23%21%2Fdonation%2Fcheckout (https://www.classy.org/give/298752/#!...) Please subscribe to The Prison Post Podcast and follow us on our social media channels at https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2NqR0FuRjZkOWQtb0ROTmhjbXAzdEVJblJ1d3xBQ3Jtc0trM1VCQWZpMjdmNnprYnlkM1hiQVFuUXNKS3ZQVE1oM3lOMXg5RzFySjhFbU5VaFg0enYtc1VGaVJsbVl4aVYtZExxNGFrVjN6WU1GajNCVmdjVGo0MG5ndy15RC13cUtzLTF6cGJoTFkzSF8ydHFMQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2FCROPOrganization...

The Prison Post #29 begins a series of conversations with CROP Organization's Ready for Life Associates. We want to welcome the first Associate to be on our podcast, Luis-Miguel Bermudez. He will forever hold the honor of being the first Associate in CROP's Ready for Life Virtual Training Program to share his powerful story and experience on our show. We are proud to have Luis on The Prison Post and grateful that he's found tremendous value in our program. CROP's Ready for Life Program provides: Three months of Leadership Development provided by CROP, Financial Literacy provided by Beneficial State Bank, and IC3 Digital Literacy training provided by Linked In. CROP also provides three months of career training in Business to Business Sales in Tech. We have partnered with Code Tenderloin and Checkr to provide this training and employment opportunities upon graduation. CROP Organization provides a $1,000 monthly stipend to our participants as they go through our six month program. In this episode Luis shares stories from his personal life growing up, how the choices that led to his incarceration in San Francisco, the challenges of being justice involved, and his experience after nearly one month in Ready for Life. Luis taps into his biggest transformational experiences in the leadership development program and how the community we are creating has become a great support system and positive environment. In short, he shares his pain points and how he's working to overcome any and all barriers that hindered him in the past. Luis shares what it's like to go through Ready for Life with proximate leaders directing the program versus what is typically given by parole, probation, and the CDCR system. Furthermore, he shares the biggest challenge of his life that led to his way of thinking and incarceration and how he's overcoming that today through his rap and vision to build a non profit that helps the youth with the challenges he experienced. Luis is gaining maximum value for his life and generously sharing his personal stories and to learn and stand alongside others in their personal growth. At the 41st minute of this show Luis courageously raps and offers his most traumatic experiences in life and how he is going to use his trauma to help heal other people who've gone through similar experiences. Luis is a powerful example of what it means to be a Man Built for Others. This episode has quickly become one of my favorites and it's mainly because of the power, love, courage, generosity, and service that Luis is willing to bring to CROP, his community of Associates, his family, and community. We love you and appreciate you Luis. #CROPOrganization #ThePrisonPostPodcast #ReimaginingReentry #WorkingTogethertoRestoreLivesandHealCommunities #ReadyforLife #ReadyforLifeAssociates #LeadershipDevelopment Please consider donating to support our stipend program for our Ready for Life Associates at http://croporganization.org/ Please subscribe to The Prison Post Podcast and follow us on our social media channels at https://linktr.ee/CROPOrganization

Today on The Local:Your Quick 6 news headlines. BT Michaels is here to fill you in on the history of Record Store Day (happening this Saturday!)And, we have an interview with Andrea Walker from Beneficial State Bank with updates on the Black Resilience Fund.

This season, we invited kids to interview our storytellers. Today, you'll hear from Kat Taylor who narrated the previous episode about Temple Grandin. If you haven't listened to last week's episode, now is a good time to go back and check it out. About Kat:Kat Taylor is a philanthropist dedicated to restoring social justice and environmental well-being, and building a more inclusive world. Kat is active in a variety of social enterprises and currently serves as Co-Founder and Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank, whose mission it is to spread prosperity in communities. Kat is also a Founding Director of TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF), dedicated to inspiring sustainable food systems.Sponsored by:www.rebelgirls.co Use promo code REBELPODCAST to get 15% off your first purchase!Credits:This episode of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is produced by Elena Favilli, Joy Fowlkes, John Cheary, Sarah Storm, and Robin Lai. Sound design and original theme music by Elettra Bargiacchi. Mattia Marcelli was the sound mixer. Special thanks to our credit readers and interviewers.

This season, we invited kids to interview our storytellers. Today, you'll hear from Kat Taylor who narrated the previous episode about Temple Grandin. If you haven't listened to last week's episode, now is a good time to go back and check it out. About Kat:Kat Taylor is a philanthropist dedicated to restoring social justice and environmental well-being, and building a more inclusive world. Kat is active in a variety of social enterprises and currently serves as Co-Founder and Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank, whose mission it is to spread prosperity in communities. Kat is also a Founding Director of TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF), dedicated to inspiring sustainable food systems.Sponsored by:www.rebelgirls.co Use promo code REBELPODCAST to get 15% off your first purchase!Credits:This episode of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is produced by Elena Favilli, Joy Fowlkes, John Cheary, Sarah Storm, and Robin Lai. Sound design and original theme music by Elettra Bargiacchi. Mattia Marcelli was the sound mixer. Special thanks to our credit readers and interviewers.

Once upon a time, there was a girl who thought in pictures instead of words. Her name was Temple. When Temple was a girl, her parents realized she was different. Her mind was full of pictures of everything she’d ever seen or experienced. Temple was then diagnosed with autism. In the 1950s, doctors didn't know much about her condition, so they recommended that Temple be sent away. Temple’s mother insisted that she would thrive at home with the right support and the right education. Because of that courageous act, Temple grew up to change the world for millions of animals. Tune in to find out how she did it. Our narrator this episode is Kat Taylor, a philanthropist dedicated to restoring social justice and environmental well-being, and building a more inclusive world. Kat is active in a variety of social enterprises and currently serves as Co-Founder and Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank, whose mission it is to spread prosperity in communities. Kat is also a Founding Director of TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF), dedicated to inspiring sustainable food systems. If you enjoyed learning about Temple, visit our website at rebelgirls.com to pick up more stories about incredible women. Use promo code REBELPODCAST to get 15% off your first purchase!This podcast is based on the book series also titled Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Our Executive Producers are Elena Favilli and Joy Fowlkes. This season was produced by John Marshall Cheary, Sarah Storm, and Robin Lai. This episode was written by Alexis Stratton and edited by Pam Gruber. Maithy Vu proofread. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi who has also sound designed this episode. Mattia Marcelli was the sound mixer.ReferencesBarghoorn, L. (2016). Temple Grandin: Pioneer for Animal Rights and Autism Awareness. Ontario: Crabtree Publishing Company.BBC (Producer). (2006, June 08). Temple Grandin: The woman who thinks like a cow [Documentary].Bianculli, D. (Host). (2010, Feb. 05). Temple Grandin: The woman who talks to animals. Fresh Air. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123383699 Colorado State University (Producer). (2012). Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds [Motion picture]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAoQ4u2_76s Cutler, E. (2004). Thorn in my pocket: Temple Grandin’s mother tells the family story. Arlington, Texas: Future Horizons.Grandin, T. (n.d.). Biography: Temple Grandin, Ph.D. Dr. Temple Grandin’s Website. Retrieved from http://www.grandin.com/temple.htmlGrandin, T. (1992). Calming effects of deep touch pressure in patients with autistic disorder, college students, and animals. Journal of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 2(1). Retrieved from https://www.grandin.com/inc/squeeze.htmlGrandin, T. (2006). Thinking in pictures: And other reports from my life with autism, expanded edition. New York: Random House.Grandin, T. (2012). Temple Grandin, PhD. Retrieved from https://www.templegrandin.com/Guglielmo, A., & Tourville, J. (2018). How to build a hug: Temple Grandin and her amazing squeeze machine. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.Hearst, M. (2015). Extraordinary people: A semi-comprehensive guide to some of the world's most fascinating people. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.Jackson, M. (Director). (2010). Temple Grandin [Motion picture]. USA: HBO.Kantor, E. (2018, May 08). Four questions for Temple Grandin. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved from https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/76811-four-questions-for-temple-grandin.htmlMontgomery, S. (2012). Temple Grandin: How the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.Mosca, J. F. (2017). The girl who thought in pictures: The story of Dr. Temple Grandin. Seattle, Washington: The Innovation Press.Sacks, O. (1993, Dec. 27). An anthropologist on Mars. The New Yorker. Retrieved from https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/12/27/anthropologist-mars

Once upon a time, there was a girl who thought in pictures instead of words. Her name was Temple. When Temple was a girl, her parents realized she was different. Her mind was full of pictures of everything she’d ever seen or experienced. Temple was then diagnosed with autism. In the 1950s, doctors didn't know much about her condition, so they recommended that Temple be sent away. Temple’s mother insisted that she would thrive at home with the right support and the right education. Because of that courageous act, Temple grew up to change the world for millions of animals. Tune in to find out how she did it. Our narrator this episode is Kat Taylor, a philanthropist dedicated to restoring social justice and environmental well-being, and building a more inclusive world. Kat is active in a variety of social enterprises and currently serves as Co-Founder and Board Chair of Beneficial State Bank, whose mission it is to spread prosperity in communities. Kat is also a Founding Director of TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation (TKREF), dedicated to inspiring sustainable food systems. If you enjoyed learning about Temple, visit our website at rebelgirls.com to pick up more stories about incredible women. Use promo code REBELPODCAST to get 15% off your first purchase!This podcast is based on the book series also titled Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Our Executive Producers are Elena Favilli and Joy Fowlkes. This season was produced by John Marshall Cheary, Sarah Storm, and Robin Lai. This episode was written by Alexis Stratton and edited by Pam Gruber. Maithy Vu proofread. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi who has also sound designed this episode. Mattia Marcelli was the sound mixer.ReferencesBarghoorn, L. (2016). Temple Grandin: Pioneer for Animal Rights and Autism Awareness. Ontario: Crabtree Publishing Company.BBC (Producer). (2006, June 08). Temple Grandin: The woman who thinks like a cow [Documentary].Bianculli, D. (Host). (2010, Feb. 05). Temple Grandin: The woman who talks to animals. Fresh Air. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123383699 Colorado State University (Producer). (2012). Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds [Motion picture]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAoQ4u2_76s Cutler, E. (2004). Thorn in my pocket: Temple Grandin’s mother tells the family story. Arlington, Texas: Future Horizons.Grandin, T. (n.d.). Biography: Temple Grandin, Ph.D. Dr. Temple Grandin’s Website. Retrieved from http://www.grandin.com/temple.htmlGrandin, T. (1992). Calming effects of deep touch pressure in patients with autistic disorder, college students, and animals. Journal of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 2(1). Retrieved from https://www.grandin.com/inc/squeeze.htmlGrandin, T. (2006). Thinking in pictures: And other reports from my life with autism, expanded edition. New York: Random House.Grandin, T. (2012). Temple Grandin, PhD. Retrieved from https://www.templegrandin.com/Guglielmo, A., & Tourville, J. (2018). How to build a hug: Temple Grandin and her amazing squeeze machine. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.Hearst, M. (2015). Extraordinary people: A semi-comprehensive guide to some of the world's most fascinating people. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.Jackson, M. (Director). (2010). Temple Grandin [Motion picture]. USA: HBO.Kantor, E. (2018, May...

In this interview, Kat Taylor talks about the history of banking, why banking needs serious reform, and how Beneficial State is creating a triple bottom-line bank that is accountable to its customers, our society, and the planet – rather than rich stakeholders. Kat shares important design decisions that form Beneficial State’s structure and ethos, and talks about why the banking sector can be a great lever for change.   Get full show notes and more information at: https://ssfllp.com/rebooting-capitalism-podcast/#ep1

For the final episode of 2019, we bring you highlights from the SOCAP19 mainstage. The theme that ties each of this episode’s featured highlights together is that they all demonstrate the power of cross-sector collaboration. The clips highlight examples of ways that leaders from across the global marketplace have been working together in innovative ways to solve some of the greatest challenges of our time. Featured Voices: Neville Crawley of Kiva with Helen Avery of Euromoney Bonnie Glick of USAID with David Bohigian of OPIC Kat Taylor of Beneficial State Bank with Tim Freundlich of ImpactAssets Susan Taylor Batten of ABFE with Rip Rapson of the Kresge Foundation

Anger about economic injustice drives political change. Anand Giridharadas (“Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World”) speaks with Robert Reich (“The Common Good”), to reveal how the uber wealthy are impoverishing you, yours and democracy itself. Moderated by the CEO and co-founder of Beneficial State Bank. Sponsored by Beneficial State Bank.

Banks can be engines of an equitable economy by financing local endeavors and circulating profits back through communities. What if more banks were operating ethically, aligning their lending and operations to improve the fiscal vitality of their local communities and environment?For example, with financing from Beneficial State Bank in California, the Oakland Leaf’s after-school programming […]

This week we are discussing how to finance a transition from an ecologically harmful economy dependent on fossil fuels to a clean economy defined by renewables. We have three great guests tackling perspectives at different levels of service, from municipal to state to the federal level. We are joined by Jackie Fielder, an organizer working toward a public bank for San Francisco, Kat Taylor, the CEO of Beneficial State Bank, and Carla Skandier, a Senior Research Associate at the Democracy Collaborative. Transcripts for all episodes can be found at https://thenextsystem.org/learn/collections/next-system-podcast.

Portland's Clean Energy initiative (Measure 26-201) is being led by frontline communities and a diverse coalition of grassroots leaders. It's a big step for the environmental community in Portland and is part of a trend happening across the country. In this episode, we'll outline City Club's research findings on Measure 26-201. We'll also talk to Kat Taylor, the founder of Beneficial State Bank, about why her bank supports Portland's Clean Energy Initiative. And we'll speak with Aiko Schaefer from Front and Centered about similar work being done in Washington State. Dan Rivas is our host. XRAY is our sponsor. The music was composed by Max McGrath-Riecke. You can hear more of Max's music at http://www.maxvoltagepdx.com/. To read City Club's research on 26-201 or a handful of other measures on the ballot, visit us at www.pdxcityclub.org.

Featured interview with Kat Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Beneficial State Bank.   Megan Kamerick reports on why front-line bank jobs are generally so miserable.   Karan Chopra explores the need for employers and educators to build new bridges in an era of lifelong learning.

In episode 103, Kestrel welcomes Paul Allard, the Founder and President of impak Finance, to the show. With the use of fintech, impak Finance has the intention of helping develop a positive social impact economy. They successfully launched the impak Coin ICO last summer, which is the 1st legal cryptocurrency in North America. "We're in 2018 - the real economy should all be about the social impact economy - focusing on trying to solve environmental and social issues, while doing money."  -Paul Allard, Founder of impak Finance In this episode, Paul explains the different facets of impak Finance, and how their e-wallet, marketplace and impak coins work together toward a goal of supporting the growth of an economy that has a positive social impact.  Additionally, Kestrel asks Paul to dive deeper into blockchain technology, to help us understand more of how it works, and especially, how the technology has the potential to create greater transparency in supply chains.  The below thoughts, ideas + organizations were brought up in this chat: UN Sustainable Development Goals, framework of standards that impak Finance uses for their marketplace Blockchain Technology: instead of having multiple steps in the digital money exchange validation process (credit cards, etc), blockchain streamlines it into a 1 step authentication process which happens on the cloud. Additionally, traditional multi-step validation processes are expensive, and blockchain massively reduces that cost. Humaniq, "a new generation of financial services with its own cryptocurrency, which is aimed at eradicating poverty amongst millions of people living in the emerging economies" Beneficial State Bank, founded on a vision to create a sustainable, meaningful community development bank and a supporting nonprofit organization Aspiration, "offers socially-conscious and sustainable banking and investing so you can make money while making the world a better place. And, unlike the Big Banks, we don’t use your deposits to fund oil pipelines or turn your fees into campaign contributions to the politicians that work against you." Recommended reading from the intro: The State of Fashion 2018 Report by The Business of Fashion + McKinsey & Company

This show features two conversations with people who are working to make our financial systems more just and equitable. First we’ll hear from Kat Taylor and Matt Anderson of Beneficial State Bank, a certified B Corp that holds to what it calls a “triple bottom-line of social justice, environmental well-being and economic sustainability.” Then we talk to John Haines about Mercy Corps Northwest’s pioneering Community Investment Trust.

Kat Taylor co-CEO of Beneficial State Bank discusses how the triple bottom line company enhances economic sustainability in low-income communities See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can a bank be beneficial to all and harmful to none? Does your bank do only good and no harm? Do you know? Beneficial State Bank aims to bank in a way that is beneficial to all and harmful to none. It’s more than a platitude. They proactively measure themselves against goals such as how many affordable housing units they have financed, how many kilowatt hours of clean energy their loans have produced and how many millions of dollars they have loaned non-profits. Kat Taylor and her husband set out to create a business that would do social good with a sustainable business model. So far, they seem to be doing quite well. Beneficial Quotes from Kat Taylor “The way we think about social justice…is that we run our economy and our society in a way that distributes power, creates broad prosperity and gives individuals a hefty dose of self-determination. “ “I think that the banking sector is rife with opportunity for change by individuals.” “We’ve been trained over decades as depositors to believe all we deserve is a pittance of an interest rate return, particularly where federal interest rates are right now, and no voice. But we should actually have the maximum voice among stakeholders of the banks because we control, at a minimum, nine out of ten dollars lent.” “We should really be listening to those depositors, and we should be awakening them to the voice that they can have.” “You can go to Treasury’s CDFI web site and there’s a map there of where those 111 banks are. So the first thing anyone can do is simply take their money out of a bank that’s not respecting their values and put it in a bank that is.” “We’ve been trying to be on the leading edge of the movement to establish third-party auditable, credible, robust impact metrics for the banking sector.” Beneficial Resources: Beneficial State Bank: http://beneficialstatebank.com/ Beneficial State Impact Statement: http://beneficialstate.org/impact/ Episode 025, David Reiling, Sunrise Banks: http://tonyloyd.com/025/ Episode 026, Joseph Sanberg, Aspiration: http://tonyloyd.com/026/

This podcast interview is with Kat Taylor, the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Beneficial State Bank. Kat is really smart. Harvard grad. JD & MBA from Stanford. Sits on Harvard’s Board of Overseers. The list goes on. But beyond her impressive accolades, Kat’s purpose in work is restoring social justice and environmental well being. And what’s fascinating is that Kat is working to restore that social justice and environmental well being in banking - an industry she describes as “just above oil, gas and government in popularity.” We’ll get to more of that in a minute in our show. In this interview we’ll dive deep into why Kat is motivated to keep the affection in business for good, the business model behind Beneficial State Bank, and of course, Kat’s tattoos. Without further ado, please enjoy this interview with Kat Taylor. For more interviews, please visit yscouts.com/podcast

Many see China’s economic rise and growing middle class as precursors to democratization, as was the case for its neighbors in South Korea and Taiwan. This transition has not yet materialized, and some would argue that it won’t – and shouldn’t.Is Chinese democracy inevitable? Professor Daniel Bell believes it is not, and supports many aspects of the Chinese political system, in which top leaders are selected based on merit and electoral democracy functions at the local level. While a transition to full democracy may not be necessary, many problems remain, including corruption, lack of transparency and repression of freedoms of speech and the press. Can these issues be addressed within China’s current political structure? How can reforms be instituted in certain areas without the system collapsing entirely? And what can other nations learn from the strengths of Chinese political meritocracy?Speaker Daniel A. Bell is the Chair Professor of the Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University.The discussion will be moderated by Dale R. Walker,Member of the Board of Directors for Beneficial State Bank, and Trustee of the World Affairs Council.For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/events/event/1501

Guest Kat Taylor, Co-Founder and CEO, Beneficial State Bank, speaks with Diane Horn about Beneficial State Bank, a Community Development Financial Institution whose mission is to bring beneficial banking to low-income communities in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner.

August 25, 2014 - Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://onforb.es/1pwca1u. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. One PacificCoast Bank is rebranding itself to better reflect its social justice agenda as Beneficial State Bank. Beneficial State Bank takes its social mission seriously. The bank is a member of the Social Venture Network and is a registered B Corporation. In fact, B Lab recognizes the bank as qualifying for “Best for Community Impact.” Beneficial focuses on serving business customers that serve the community in an environmentally friendly way. The bank says: Typically, mainstream banks work with big businesses that offer conventional products with relatively low risk — but often in a way that bars new, more sustainable ways of meeting our needs, like sustainable agriculture or clean energy. If we want to build our local community economies, then the underserved sectors must become the primary focus of our bank and other organizations committed to local living economies. The bank focuses on community development business sectors for its lending like affordable housing, sustainable food and agriculture, The bank has a unique ownership structure. The bank is effectively owned by a foundation so that any and all dividends will be distributed back into the community, supporting nonprofits and environmental efforts.