Podcasts about code tenderloin

Alison Owings lives in San Francisco. Her book, The Mayor of the Tenderloin, came out September 10, 2024. It's essentially a redemption story about Dale Seymour, who started Code Tenderloin.

Del Seymour, a former homeless addict known as the "mayor of the Tenderloin," and his biographer, Alison Owings, offer a raw, street-level view of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhood. Seymour, the subject of Owings' book, "Mayor of the Tenderloin," pulls no punches, exposing the paradoxical allure of homelessness and the failings of well-meaning nonprofits. His insights challenge conventional wisdom about addiction and urban poverty, while his Tenderloin walking tours and Code Tenderloin jobs programs demonstrate his enduring hope. 

The Tenderloin is known as the grittiest neighborhood in San Francisco. From the high crime rate to the common drug use, most people wouldn't be caught walking through after dark. But today Del is walking me through the streets of the Tenderloin and showing me his unique perspective. Before Del was a San Francisco community activist and the secular mayor of the Tenderloin, he was a drug user on these very streets for 18 years. Because of that unique experience, he's intimately aware of how to bring real community issues to the local government. From the historic halls of Glide, to Code Tenderloin, an academy that teaches people how to code, to pivotal encounters with local figures like Pastor Joe, Del's mission is clear: to uplift the Tenderloin community through compassion, resourcefulness, and unwavering commitment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Del Seymour, the founder of Code Tenderloin, shares his personal journey from addiction to recovery on the streets of the Tenderloin. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

You may have heard on KCBS about the new ad campaign in San Francisco's Tenderloin and SOMA neighborhoods, to call attention to the fentanyl crisis on the City's streets. People who have worked for years in those neighborhoods are fed up with what they see as a lack of action by City Hall. Among those supporting the “That's Fentalife” campaign is Del Seymour, a longtime Tenderloin activist who originally led walking tours through the neighborhood to highlight what was good about it. He then founded Code Tenderloin, which runs a range of programs to help people in the area. He is also co-chair of San Francisco's Local Homeless Coordinating Board. KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern spoke with Del Seymour, along with KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising

Welcome to a brand new episode of the ¿Quién Tú Eres? podcast, where we explore the conflict we often face between "professionalism" & being our authentic selves. This week, we have the pleasure of speaking with Joshua Encarnacion. Joshua is a 1.5 generation Dominican-American, and a proud Afro-Latino…with his heart set on growing and helping people grow into their full potential. He's helped build 3 tech-industry startups and worked in training & recruiting roles for big tech companies Uber & Google. Born in Manhattan, NY, and raised in Lawrence & Springfield, MA, Joshua has nothing but love for his folks and the people he's met along his journey as a lifelong learner consisting of a lot of sports, math, reading, perreo, bachata, y cafe bustelo. Throughout his career, he's serviced the following organizations: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, UBER, Airbnb, Netflix, Pandora, Slack, Twitter, Pinterest, Earnest, Gusto, Affirm, Abstract, Simply Business, Thumbtack, Yelp, Asana, Lyft, Atlassian, Tinder, First Round Capital, Kapor Center, General Assembly, Hackbright, Latinas in Tech, NextPlay, CODE2040, Hack The Hood, CODE Tenderloin, The Justice Collective, Change Catalyst, Techqueria, Big Nerd Ranch, and MANY more unlisted. He's coached people through various challenges by helping them grow the emotional intelligence and high-performance habits necessary to create their own professional success, which is a passion of his. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/quientueres/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/quientueres/support

In what we hope is the late phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll take a look at other long-running issues relating to health care, healthy living, and access to care for the LGBTQ+ community. Our expert panelists for this discussion are leaders in the efforts to reach LGBTQ+ people, informing them and connecting them to appropriate health care services. About the Speakers Dr. Monica Ghandi, M.D., M.P.H., was a recipient of The Commonwealth Club's Distinguished Citizens Award in 2021. She is an infectious diseases doctor, professor of medicine and associate chief in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the medical director of the HIV Clinic ("Ward 86") at San Francisco General Hospital.  Craig Rouskey is the co-founder and CEO of Renegade.bio. Rouskey was also a co-founder and CSO at Pando Nutrition, an animal nutrition company. At Avant Immunotherapeutics, he worked on vaccine projects against avian influenza (H5N1) and anthrax. He co-founded the Gonorrhea Eradication Team (GET) and served as principal scientist for the Immunity Project, creating an open source vaccine against HIV. Rouskey has also served as a scientist in the Antibody Therapy Group at Novartis and in product development with the Next Generation Sequencing group at Thermofisher. Antwan Matthews, BS, serves as director of youth programs at Code Tenderloin and is a consultant. A leader in the community, he previously served as a LINCS Navigator with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He has been an advocate on many issues connected to the National AIDS Memorial, having served on its board of directors and being a recipient of the Pedro Zamora Youth Scholarship. His work includes being a sexual and reproductive health advocate who cares deeply about the physical, emotional, and psychological health of individuals globally, especially the Black community. His career includes working at Glide and Peer HEALTH Educators. His work today continues around supporting, educating, advising, teaching, and healing people receiving health care impacted by the history of medical abuse inflicted on communities of color. Antwan uses his voice to raise issues about health and social justice. You can read some of his work here.  Dr. Alexis Petra, M.D. is the founder and CEO of TransClinique. Petra was a practicing emergency medicine physician for more than 10 years prior to founding TransClinique. In 2019, she was named one of Phoenix magazine's Top Doctors in the Valley. Dr. Petra is board-certified in emergency medicine and licensed in more than 30 states. She is a member in good standing with WPATH. Petra has been personally and professionally involved in the transgender and non-binary community for more than 20 years. She founded TransClinique in April 2020 to give back to and create a safe space for members of the community to receive care. She provides hormone replacement therapy (HRT), letters of referral, and trans life coaching across the country through telemedicine. As a trans woman herself, Alexis understands the unique needs that members of this community have and knows firsthand both the hardships and rewards of the journey. Learn more at her website.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tech Talk with Donna Hilliard of Code Tenderloin.Support the show: https://www.loveneverfailsus.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will Farm Robots Become Our Next Gas-Guzzling, Fume-Spewing Agents of Climate Change?Farm Robots…and the coming explosion in their numbers. As the world moves toward an additional 2 billion people, going from 7 to 9 billion total, the global food supply, according to the UN, will need 70% more food. Farm robots are the only way that will happen. But, with millions of new farm robots, will farm robots become our next gas-guzzling, fume-spewing agents of climate change? It's going to happen, but there is a solution.Is This the Beginning of "Womb-to-Tomb" Algorithms?Hiring algorithms, says a recent study, mistakenly reject certain men, women, and handicapped. What does that mean for future of robotics and tech staffing? Algorithms sift through our resumes; algorithms scrutinize our job interviews. They are also part of our annual performance reviews and raises, weigh in on our promotions, layoffs…even firings. New York City is cracking down on them, others may follow. See what we uncovered.Nationwide Implications for New York City's AI Bias Audit LawRobots Offer Singapore a Bright FutureLike other countries in East and Southeast Asia, Singapore has taken on a 20-year project to build a robot technopolis or robot city.The Jurong Innovation District (JID) has received $313 million in new investments over the past year. It's part of Singapore's future vision to mobilize Industry 4.0 and its Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific plans into a place where robots, cobots, automation, industry, education, and people will coexist together in harmony that pegs robots and automation as “essential enablers” for its future.Robots Offer Singapore a Bright Future, If… Who Are the New Heroes of Robotics?They are not Hollywood creations. They are real, and their explorations are more than enough to send thousands of young people off in pursuit of careers in robotics. Yet very few kids know about them and their fantastic adventures.Last month, I was asked to speak to a cohort of high school students hellbent on robotics careers. The group was a robotics scholars summer program for high school kids put on by SuperTech and Code Tenderloin in San Francisco. Great course; wonderful bunch of high schoolers.Many young people are urged to get into robotics, but many times that's as far as the advice goes. What awaits them in robotics is a bit of a mystery. For inspirational models, they harken to things like Star War's sagas and Guardians of the Galaxy.Nice, but there's so much more, I told them. Like the new heroes of robotics. “Smart” Job Tracks Powered by Robotics & AI

Welcome to GLIDE Memorial Church's “Tiny Celebrations,” the mini-podcast highlighting the inspirational words and music from our Sunday Celebration.In this special episode for Memorial Day, Minister of Celebration Marvin K. White introduces our guest preacher, long time Glide member, Founder of Code Tenderloin, and Veteran, Del Seymour to bring the sermon.Please support the music, the art, and the message of GLIDE Memorial Church. Please donate today. https://www.glide.org/igive/

Sunday Community Celebration from GLIDE with Musical Director Vernon Bush, and The Glide Ensemble, Minister of Celebration Marvin K. White and special guest preacher, long time Glide member, and founding director of Code Tenderloin, Del Seymour.Please support the music, the art, and the message of GLIDE Memorial Church. Please donate today. https://www.glide.org/igive/ 

Welcome to GLIDE Memorial Church's “Tiny Celebrations,” the mini-podcast highlighting the inspirational words and music from our Sunday Celebration. In this episode we hear a message from guest preacher Del Seymour, founder of Code Tenderloin.  Please support the music, the art, and the message of GLIDE Memorial Church. Please donate today. https://www.glide.org/igive/

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

Some of the people most at risk for infection with the delta variant of the coronavirus are those who have not gotten vaccinated. Outreach workers with Code Tenderloin head into the streets with vaccines to inoculate people right where they are and to build trust with those still reluctant to receive the vaccine.

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

Del Seymour, Executive Director of CODE Tenderloin brings the message on this Veteran's Day Celebration Join GLIDE and the soulful sounds of the GLIDE Ensemble and the Change Band under the direction of Clifford Coulter LIVE in San Francisco! Amen. Hallelujah. Right On. Shalom. Salaam. Namaste. Visit us at www.glide.org. At GLIDE, we believe in creating a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break cycles of poverty and marginalization. Our core values emerge from GLIDE as a spiritual movement and are rooted in empowerment, recovery and personal transformation. We sing. We dance. We laugh together. We celebrate life. Join us in this transformative work today by making a gift, volunteering, or joining us for a Celebration this upcoming Sunday at 9:00 am or 11:00 am on the corner of Taylor and Ellis in San Francisco.

http://www.iftf.org/ilanalipsett/ Senior Program Manager, Equitable Futures Lab Ilana Lipsett is a community design strategist, and works at the intersection of policy, community engagement, and development. Ilana works with cities, real estate developers, international aid organizations, and creative communities around the globe to harness our collective capacity to address the world's biggest challenges. She creates and activates spaces to catalyze community development through art, culture, dialog, public input, and economic opportunity. Using culture as a means for bridging divides, and human-centered design as a guiding principle for economic development and urban planning, she was recognized by the Obama White House as a “Champion of Change in Civic Innovation" for her work co-founding freespace, an initiative to temporarily transform vacant spaces into community, cultural and arts hubs. Ilana served as the Political Director of a labor union, and spent years as a community organizer for workers' rights in Washington DC, leading successful legislative campaigns to secure and protect workers' rights. She has also worked with international NGO's to create gathering spaces and opportunities for refugees, and has led numerous advocacy and political campaigns for social and environmental justice. Ilana is committed to creating social and economic equity; she sits on the board of Code Tenderloin, a innovative nonprofit dedicated to providing job training and placement for individuals with the highest barriers to employment, and she has partnered with local police departments to provide "opportunity not punishment" through the creation of police-sponsored jobs fairs. She is also a board member of ReAllocate, an open-source platform that connects world class talent to social impact projects to create real world solutions. She holds an MBA in sustainable management from the Presidio Graduate School, and is an active member of the Urban Land Institute, where she works with developers and cities to improve their public processes and public engagement campaigns. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/possibilityhours/support

Del Seymour, Executive Director of Code Tenderloin shares a message this Sunday. Join GLIDE and the soulful sounds of the GLIDE Ensemble and the Change Band under the direction of Clifford Coulter LIVE in San Francisco! Amen. Hallelujah. Right On. Shalom. Salaam. Namaste. Visit us at www.glide.org. At GLIDE, we believe in creating a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break cycles of poverty and marginalization. Our core values emerge from GLIDE as a spiritual movement and are rooted in empowerment, recovery and personal transformation. We sing. We dance. We laugh together. We celebrate life. Join us in this transformative work today by making a gift, volunteering, or joining us for a Celebration this upcoming Sunday at 9:00 am or 11:00 am on the corner of Taylor and Ellis in San Francisco.

Welcome to Episode 5, with Maria Judice. Maria is an award-winning writer and director, who also founded INDIGO IMPACT in 2016 with a mission to bring left of center stories and creators to global audiences as an Impact Producer. She worked for such titles like DREAMSTATES starring Saul Williams, Haiti’s first Oscar selection called AYITI MON AMOUR, and SXSW breakout JINN by Oakland native Nijla Mumin. She brings affordable music, literature, art, and performance to the Bay Area as a Co-Curator of the MATATU FESTIVAL. She sits on the Diversity Board of SF FILM and Advisory Board of Code Tenderloin. WIRED magazine called Maria a “filmmaker provocateur” bridging technology thinking with art making. Here she talks about the decolonization of docs, how to build relationships with audiences and communities and about what an Oscar campaign entails.   Show notes: Thinking about your strategy before you enter the festival circuit is crucial. Even if you get into a top festival, it's about marketing your screening to fill the room with the right people who can amplify your message. You can get into a top festival and have very few people attend your premiere if you dont promote it properly ahead of time ! Depending on your goals, strategy will vary. If a film is meant for impact, or to screen widely, or to be a career milestone, all this will determine your priorities and the people you should meet. Oscar campaigns: Ayiti Mon Amour was the first Haitian Oscar nominee ever (short-listed for the final nominations), and just getting the pre-selection in was a huge deal as most films selected have a lot of money for marketing campaigns. Their team used this campaign to connect with the Haitian diaspora and make people think about Haiti in a new way, away from the poverty porn. The goal was also to put the director Guetty Felin on the map for her next career opportunities, which was a success. Very important to be realistic: if you don't have the money or star power, you need to take a step back and have realistic goals and do all the outreach necessary to cut through the clutter.  Until you're rich or famous, you do the work for people to come to you.  Maria has very real conversations with filmmakers who approach her about connecting with a specific community. If you're a white man who made a film about people of color, as is often the case, you might not be the right person to have those dialogues and might have to take a backseat during screenings, and let people from the community lead the conversation. You also can't expect people of color to want to embrace your film. Always ask yourself: Am I the right person to tell this story ? Do I have a genuine connection to the community I am filming ? How can I make them participants and not just subjects? It's a constant checking in. Once we turn the camera on, we have impacted their world, and can't pretend we are not participating with another person, and with that comes accountability and responsibility. If you made a film about or for underserved audiences, don't think of them as a pipeline to get your film seen. It's a complex relationship that takes time, especially for films about hard topics. Figure out early on and in-person how that audience is connected and rooted into the subject matter. It's "Holistic filmmaking" - treating your audiences as participants who help you curate and lead those conversations and the path of the film. When you do engage with audiences at screenings, it's also about creating a genuine connection and serving your audiences. They will always sniff out dishonesty and lack of authenticity. Treat your audiences with respect and intelligence. They are also your number one ambassadors ! Partnership building advice: look at what is around you, what partners do you already have in your community, the groups you already belong to, are involved in or who have invested in you ? Look at the low hanging fruits first. Relationships: show up to other filmmakers' stuff, be there for your community, remind yourself aboutt he support you do have around you and nurture those relationships.

Del Seymour, founder of Code Tenderloin and a US Veteran speaks today at GLIDE. Join GLIDE and the soulful sounds of the GLIDE Ensemble and the Change Band under the direction of Clifford Coulter LIVE in San Francisco! Amen. Hallelujah. Right On. Shalom. Salaam. Namaste. Visit us at www.glide.org. At GLIDE, we believe in creating a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break cycles of poverty and marginalization. Our core values emerge from GLIDE as a spiritual movement and are rooted in empowerment, recovery and personal transformation. We sing. We dance. We laugh together. We celebrate life. Join us in this transformative work today by making a gift, volunteering, or joining us for a Celebration this upcoming Sunday at 9:00 am or 11:00 am on the corner of Taylor and Ellis in San Francisco.

Del Seymour of CODE Tenderloin speaks this Sunday about passion and youth! Join GLIDE and the soulful sounds of the GLIDE Ensemble and the Change Band under the direction of Clifford Coulter LIVE in San Francisco! Amen. Hallelujah. Right On. Shalom. Salaam. Namaste. Visit us at www.glide.org. At GLIDE, we believe in creating a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break cycles of poverty and marginalization. Our core values emerge from GLIDE as a spiritual movement and are rooted in empowerment, recovery and personal transformation. We sing. We dance. We laugh together. We celebrate life. Join us in this transformative work today by making a gift, volunteering, or joining us for a Celebration this upcoming Sunday at 9:00 am or 11:00 am on the corner of Taylor and Ellis in San Francisco.

A South Californian native, Neil Shah would never have thought that a walking tour of Tenderloin with Del Seymour could practically change his life forever as well as the many lives of homeless people around the Tenderloin neighborhood. Neil basically never stopped hustling, jumping from med school to law school to business school, getting an MBA at UC Irvine, and getting locked up in prison for his third DUI. But it was his passion for helping people that got him volunteering at different non profit projects and organizations. Neil is now the Head of Business Development and Partnerships at Code Tenderloin where they have partnered with a whole bunch of startups and organizations in order to relentlessly help homeless people break into tech, basically disrupting the career pathway and transforming people’s lives.