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Doniece Sandoval is a social activist and entrepreneur who was troubled by the striking wealth gap in San Francisco. She shares the way she implemented change for the Bay Area's homeless population and offers guidance on how we can all help those in need. This talk was filmed at TEDxBerkeley. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx_official
"I think there's a big learning about like the fragility and humanity and all our interactions. Right. And recognizing that we all belong to each other" - NilsIn this episode we wanted feature the voice of a legacy social service organization that's approach to providing a hand up to our low-income and unhoused community members is that of seeing them as guests and walking with them on their journey. Over the past 70 years, St Anthony's has been providing a holistic approach to supporting families and individuals in the Tenderloin community. Our featured voice is the Chief Executive Officer of St Anthony's Nils Behnke. To find out more about St Anthony's programs as well as getting engaged as a volunteer, or to donate clothing or make a donation please go to saint anthony s f dot org and to support the golden gate greenway project please go golden gate green way dot org We really want to hear from you in our short listener survey. Please provide us your feedback and insightsPlease consider donating to Voices of the Community - Voices of the Community is now fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which allows us to offer you tax deductions for your contributions. Please consider making a donation to help us provide future shows just like this one.Nils mentioned Lava Mae providing public showers. To find out more about lava mae we hope that you will listen back to our interview with Doniece Sandoval and Kris Kepler of LavaMaeX in episode 3. We also spoke about the Guppio Project at St Bonafice that provided sacred sleep to homeless community members until the pandemic shut it down in spring of 2020. To find out more about the Guppio Project and sacred sleep please listen to our interview with Shannon Eizenga, of The Gubbio Project in episode 7
Do you volunteer in your community? Don’t feel bad if the answer is no. Whether you are currently involved in a cause or not, you probably have some mental image of what it means to be a volunteer. Doniece Sandoval has been doing transformative work for years, most recently as the founder of Lava MaeX, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that began by converting public transportation buses into bathrooms on wheels for the homeless. In today’s episode, she shares tips on how to get started with a cause you care about, and debunks myths about volunteerism that might have kept you from taking action in the first place. Doniece’s work is driven by what she calls “radical hospitality”, the idea that raising the bar on how you serve people is revolutionary. Since launching its service, Lava MaeX has transformed the lives of more than 10,000 Californians. Before tackling hygiene for the homeless, Doniece worked in the arts as head of marketing at the San Jose Museum of Art, and in branding at several major private sector companies. Doniece was recognized as a 2017 CNN Hero. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman
In our next episode of Good Tech and Cause, we chat with Doniece Sandoval, founder of LavaMaeˣ about how she got started with the creation and provision of mobile showers and services for individuals experiencing homelessness. To LavaMaeˣ’s free in-depth training, DIY toolkits and strategic partnerships empower people worldwide to deliver mobile showers and other care services to their unhoused neighbors using our dignity-restoring Radical Hospitality approach. Today, they offer LavaMaeˣ Connect as a free global community of homeless service providers bringing mobile showers and other care services to the street. Members can access online training, toolkits, community discussions, and troubleshooting to connect with other service providers for support.
Doniece Sandoval is a social activist and entrepreneur who was troubled by the striking wealth gap in San Francisco. She shares the way she implemented change for the Bay Area’s homeless population and offers guidance on how we can all help those in need. This talk was filmed at TEDxBerkeley. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx_official Like TEDx on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxEvents
Legendary guitarist, composer, and long-time friend of the show Bill Frisell visits our solar-powered stage to share music from his collection of recordings inspired by television and film. Also joining us is independent folk artist Sam Amidon, who began cutting his musical teeth as a young person in a musical household. Plus an inspiring eChievement Award story about a nonprofit that has created several much needed mobile shower units, providing a much needed, private, safe, and dignified opportunity for the homeless. Be sure to tune in!
Ione Butler is a British actress, voice-over artist, and entrepreneur who recently filmed for Marvel Studios’ upcoming spy thriller, Black Widow. Stirred by her own experience with adversity and challenges, Ione created the online platform Uplifting Content to share empowering and inspirational stories that encourage us to act and create a better world for ourselves and others. She is a true rebel who reminds us that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Her book, Uplifting Stories: True Tales to Inspire You to Action, continues this mission of uplifting people by telling stories of how remarkable individuals, such as Kyle Maynard and Doniece Sandoval, overcame adversity and created an impact in the world. There is no better time for us to consume more positive, inspirational content than today - and Ione is a powerful storyteller who meets this need. Ione joins me today to discuss how positive, inspirational content can impact our wellbeing. She shares her struggles with mental health issues and how she coped with her depression when she was younger. She explains how what we put in our bodies in all forms - whether its food or news media - can physically affect us and our health. She also explains what post-traumatic growth is and explores how we can transform life’s tribulations into a catalyst that can help us change the world. “Surround yourself with stories of people who have overcome and persevered. They can give you strength and hope.” - Ione Butler This week on Rebel Souls: Rebelling for more inspirational stories and uplifting content in the world The disproportion between positive and negative stories in the news Ione’s experience with depression and her personal journey into creating uplifting content How getting into personal development helped Ione manage and cope with mental health issues Uplifting Content’s two-fold mission Creating a life by design and figuring out what you want for your life What happens when we share our vulnerabilities through storytelling The story of Doniece Sandoval and the power of acknowledging other people The pursuit of freedom and how Kyle Maynard overcomes life’s challenges Post-traumatic growth and transforming negative experiences into strength How the growth mindset is a choice Prioritizing self-care, protecting our energy, and an invitation to a news hiatus Putting in the Big Rocks, resourcing yourself, and filling in your Soul F.U.E.L. How Ione maintains her authenticity and sustains her acts of service Related Content: Rebelling for the Big Rocks Resources Mentioned: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck Without Limbs He Conquered the Impossible | Kyle Maynard | Goalcast Connect with Ione Butler: Ione Butler Website Uplifting Content You can order Uplifting Stories wherever you buy books or order a signed copy at upliftingcontent.com/upliftingstories The Uplifting Content Podcast Uplifting Content on Facebook Uplifting Content on Twitter Uplifting Content on YouTube Uplifting Content on Instagram Ione Butler on Instagram Ione Butler on Facebook Ione Butler on Twitter Ione Butler on YouTube Ione Butler on LinkedIn Liberate Your Soul & Join the Rebelution Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of Rebel Souls with your host, Shelley Paxton, the podcast dedicated to helping leaders reject the status quo, liberate their soul, and become a lifelong rebel. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe to the show and leave a review. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram and share your favorite episodes across social media. And for more great content and information, visit our website and grab your copy of Soulbbatical: A Corporate Rebel’s Guide to Finding Your Best Life.
In this episode we feature the voices of Doniece Sandoval founder and Kris Kepler Chief Program & Strategy Officer of LavaMaeX. I first met Doniece back in 2014 when she was launching lava mae through her innovative idea of converting old Muni Buses into Mobile Showers. To find out more about the origins of lava mae please listen to Episode Two in my three part series titled Homeless in San FranciscoLavaMaeX is the latest iteration of Doniece’s original vision of providing radical hospitality to unhoused people through mobile showers, toilets and its pop-up care villages, which provided access to wrap around support services and resources for people experiencing homelessness. LavaMaeX is a nonprofit accelerator bringing their open source toolkits, in-depth training and strategic partnerships to communities around the world to empower them to take these critical services to their unhoused community members.
In this episode Ira interviews Doniece Sandoval, the founder of the purpose driven company Lava Mae. Lava Mae is a nonprofit organization that began by converting public transportation buses into bathrooms on wheels to deliver hygiene and to reconnect people experiencing homelessness with their dignity. In this episode Ira and Doniece discuss how the pain of your past can push you into your present or future purpose. Doniece reveals a key phrase that has kept her going even when the dream felt overwhelming. If you are tired of being stuck and living an unfulfilled life and you know in your heart that you were made for more...Click this link to get instant access to my free "DreamDivers Assessment": https://www.dreamdiver.co/dreamdiver-assessment. We will deliver your personalized assessment results and a roadmap to help you start on your journey to becoming who you were created to be. Connect and support Doniecewww.lavamaex.orgInstagram: @lavamaex Work with IraCoaching: www.DreamDiver.co/coaching (not “.com”)Booking: www.DreamDiver.co/booking Connect with IraInstagram: @DreamDiver.co Instagram: @thechiefdreamdiver Facebook: @DreamDiver.co Facebook: @thechiefdreamdiver Linkedin- Ira Davis WatchYouTube
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Doniece Sandoval, the founder of Lava Mae, which brings mobile showers and toilets to the streets, discusses City Hall's sluggishness, how parents can explain street misery to their kids, and what average San Franciscans can do to help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cherokee Nation Sends Its First Delegate to CongressGuest: Chuck Hoskin, Jr. Principal Chief of the Cherokee NationFor the first time in US history, a Native American tribe is sending a delegate to Congress. Now, there are already a handful of Native Americans serving in Congress from a number of states. But the Cherokee Nation is sending a delegate to represent their own sovereign Native American government. The Effort to Bring Bison Back to the WestGuest: Kurt Repanshek, Founder & Editor-In-Chief of Nationalparkstraveler.org; Author “Re-Bisoning the West: Restoring An American Icon To The Landscape”“Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play.” Have you ever wondered “Home on the Range” –the “unofficial anthem” of the American West -starts with buffalo roaming? I've eaten buffalo burger, but I've never seen buffalo roaming wild and I'm from the West. There are only about half a million buffalo in America today –most of those are being farmed for meat. And yet, the buffalo –or bison, same thing –is at the center of the Department of Interior's official seal and on the National Park Service emblem and, just a few years ago Congress made it the official mammal of the United States. Why are we so enamored of bison? Lava Mae and Mobile HygieneGuest: Doniece Sandoval, Founder and CEO of Lava MaeAfter a hard workout or a long day at work, a shower just feels so good. It's nice to be clean. But what if you didn't ever have access to a shower? How would it affect your confidence and social life? Or your ability to get a job? Most homeless people don't have access to a shower. Lava Mae is a nonprofit that has provided thousands of free showers for the homeless through buses converted into shower units. Since we talked to CEO Doniece Sandoval a few years ago, her idea has turned into a movement. Video Games and the Relation to Teen Violence: Is the Blame Justified?Guest: James D. Ivory, Professor and Research Director, Department of Communication, Virginia TechWhy do violent video games always come up in the days after another mass shooting in America? Politicians of both parties have, for years, called out video games for promoting violence. And it makes sense that spending hours shooting people indiscriminately in a virtual world might translate over to the real world. Sharing Funny Posts on the Internet Could Be a Copyright ViolationGuest: Ruth Carter, Attorney, Carter Law Firm, Author of “The Legal Side of Blogging: How Not to Get Sued, Fired, Arrested, or Killed”When something doesn't seem fair, it really irks me. Always has. So I'm irritated when I see a funny video or cleverly-captioned photo pop up on my social media feed and it's gone massively viral. And I want to “like” or “share it.” But –and here's the fairness part –the person who made the video or photo isn't actually the person getting the viral credit for it. Somebody else with a bigger following snagged the content and posted it to their feed and they're getting all the traffic –and probably even making a buck off it. So then, I'm thinking, “Well I don't want to help this cheater. I want to go like the original post and give credit to the person who created it.” But I can't find the original online –it's hard to track those things down. And really, shouldn't there be a law that prevents this kind of rampant ripping off of other people's property? Educational Technology from Film Strips to Virtual RealityGuest: Rachel Wadham, Host, Worlds Awaiting on BYUradio, Education and Juvenile Collections Librarian, BYU
Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. of Cherokee Nation on sending a delegate to Congress. Author Kurt Repanshek on bison in the West. Doniece Sandoval from Lava Mae on mobile hygiene. James Ivory of Virginia Tech on video game violence. Lawyer Ruth Carter on internet copyright. Rachel Wadham of Worlds Awaiting on educational technology.
Doniece Sandoval took a bit of time off from her career as a marketing and communications leader to take stock of her life and her future. Little did she know that she would be soon leading one of the most extraordinary social service organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and that she would use her many skills to find new ways to connect with that region’s unhoused population. Doniece launched an organization called Lava Mae, which provides mobile showers for some of the Bay Area’s most marginalized residents. By giving people a chance to feel clean, she is restoring dignity and providing hope to thousands of people in the San Francisco Bay Area and now Los Angeles. Even more than that, she is providing essential lessons to all of us about how to make deep meaningful connections through the power of stories. Keep a hankie handy - these stories are amazingly powerful and deeply moving.
Doniece Sandoval took a bit of time off from her career as a marketing and communications leader to take stock of her life and her future. Little did she know that she would be soon leading one of the most extraordinary social service organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and that she would use her many skills to find new ways to connect with that region’s unhoused population. Doniece launched an organization called Lava Mae, which provides mobile showers for some of the Bay Area’s most marginalized residents. By giving people a chance to feel clean, she is restoring dignity and providing hope to thousands of people in the San Francisco Bay Area and now Los Angeles. Even more than that, she is providing essential lessons to all of us about how to make deep meaningful connections through the power of stories. Keep a hankie handy - these stories are amazingly powerful and deeply moving.
There are between 1,500 to 2,000 homeless families in San Francisco alone. This episode is the second part of our Homeless in San Francisco series. To get more context about our fellow citizen’s experiencing homelessness I would recommend that you listen to our Part One show. Please copy the link: http://bit.ly/2Y3rc7T Part Two of the Three-Part series Homeless in San Francisco features fellow community members and organizations that are working on providing support and solutions to problems facing our fellow citizens who find themselves Homeless. Homeless in San Francisco Part Two features these Voices of our Community: Emily Cohen the Deputy Director at Project Homeless Connect http://bit.ly/2LGXeAa Sam Dodge the Director of the Office of Mayor of San Francisco's department of HOPE - Housing Opportunity, Partnerships, and Engagement http://hsh.sfgov.org/ Doniece Sandoval the Founder of Lava Mae http://bit.ly/2SFbR7N Please rate us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and share this story with your friends. Follow me @georgekoster and please email george@georgekoster.com with questions, comments and show ideas
No one grows up with the goal of being homeless. Doniece Sandoval, the founder of Lava Mae, realized during a life-changing cab ride. Lava Mae is a nonprofit in San Francisco that converts public transportation buses into mobile hygiene units, or bathrooms on wheels. (Yes, it seems businesses on wheels really intrigue me.) The goal: to deliver hygiene and to reconnect people experiencing houselessness with their dignity. Doniece began Lava Mae after learning there were 16 shower stalls and about as many toilets for San Francisco's 7,500 houseless men, women, and children. Think about that math. It just does not work out. In this episode, she talks about how her idea became reality in such wonderful detail. In the five years since launching Lava Mae, 14,000 Californians have been served. Lava Mae is expanding by sharing an open source toolkit to respond to the more than 2,000 requests for help from communities as far away as Zimbabwe and as close as New York. In that same period of time, she has won countless awards and been recognized by CNN, Toyota and other organizations. Doniece, however, is most proud of the honor bestowed upon her by her 12-year-old daughter who calls her a homeless superhero. You know what? Her daughter is so right. In this episode, we discussed what Radical Hospitality™ is and transforming how communities see our unhoused neighbors. Hygiene is important for everyone, not only for physical health, but for self-worth and self-confidence. Doniece saw firsthand how a shower can change a person, their view of the world, and how the world views them. She also eloquently shared her experience of seeing how bureaucracy and innovation can play nice in the sandbox. Doniece helps us see ways to navigate interactions with our houseless, sometimes invisible, neighbors, people who need to be and should be seen. She reminds us that being homeless is a set of circumstances, not the identity of a person. I was deeply moved by Doniece’s story. I sincerely hope you will be, too. For show notes and resources visit: https://www.vitalcorpswellness.com/blog/lvcs-0065-doniece-sandoval
If there is one place where we see a whole lot of shame, it’s in the condition of not having a home, of being homeless, houseless, unhoused. Those that are without a home feel ashamed, we as bystanders feel ashamed for not doing anything about it and cities that have homeless populations feel shame too! So we brought Doniece Sandoval, founder of Lava Mae, on the show. Her organization instills a deep sense of pride in a population that struggles with shame. Lava Mae has turned busses into showers for the homeless. Just as people walk into the SHAMEBOOTH to shed their shame and feel proud, people flock to Lava Mae to wash themselves and come out clean, and proud.
Today, is giving us an update on the latest news about her organization, , which she founded five years ago after observing an overwhelming number of homeless individuals in San Francisco who were stripped of their dignity without a simple, daily shower. By retrofitting busses, she brings showers, services and dignity to the homeless, transforming the way services are provided to the less fortunate and changing their lives. We first profiled Doniece and Lava Mae for in 2014 and have since closely followed her work. Now she is one of the women featured in our new book, . She also has been chosen as a CNN Hero. with host Stacey Gualandi, is a show from , an Online Magazine which features news and interviews with women who want to make the world a better place. Check out their latest book, "" at changemakersbook.com. From newsmakers, changemakers, entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, cancer survivors, adventurers, and experts on leadership, stress and health, to kids helping kids, global grandmothers improving children's lives, and women who fight for equal rights,"It's the world as we see it." The Women's Eye Radio Show is available on iTunes and at . Learn more about The Women's Eye at
Doniece Sandoval is delivering dignity one shower at a time. She is the founder of Lave Mae, a nonprofit mobile shower project for San Francisco’s over 6,000 homeless. Lave Mae...READ MORE The post Doniece Sandoval Provides Showers for the Homeless appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.
Doniece Sandoval of Lava Mae gives us an update on her efforts to help the homeless. Naomi Minogue, guest co-host John Sheirer, and Keith Brekhus discuss contemporary GOP House shenanigans and the need to get out the vote in 2014. Join the Liberal Fix community, a like-minded group of individuals dedicated to promoting progressive ideals and progressive activists making a difference. Liberal Fix Website Liberal Fix Facebook Liberal Fix Twitter
Doniece Sandoval of Lava Mae gives us an update on her efforts to help the homeless. Naomi Minogue, guest co-host John Sheirer, and Keith Brekhus discuss contemporary GOP House shenanigans and the need to get out the vote in 2014. Join the Liberal Fix community, a like-minded group of individuals dedicated to promoting progressive ideals and progressive activists making a difference. Liberal Fix Website Liberal Fix Facebook Liberal Fix Twitter