Podcasts about emma's torch

How can refugees be helped to enter the US job market? And what's food got to do with it? We talk with Kerry Brodie about Emma's Torch, a Brooklyn restaurant that offers culinary training to refugees, asylum-seekers and victims of trafficking. We then visit with Thu Pham, an Emma's Torch graduate, at her new place of work, Lot 2 restaurant. We also get a chance to talk with Lot 2 owner Danny Rojo.

Hilary Brandenburg spent two years as an RA in Brittany Hall and graduated from Gallatin in 2012, with a concentration in Public Policy and Service. Since leaving NYU, Hilary has worked for an education non-profit in Haiti, at the White House and U.S. Department of the Treasury during the Obama Administration, and at BlackRock, focused on inclusion and diversity. She has also been an advisor and board member for Emma's Torch, a social enterprise restaurant and workforce development program in Brooklyn. Hilary currently works as an independent consultant, focused on non-profit development and social impact strategy.

Samin Nosrat is the award-winning, best-selling author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, which is also the name of her new Netflix Series. Through her work, Samin has taught thousands of people to trust their instincts in the kitchen— and even learn that they have them in the first place. A true teacher, she demystifies and explains and inspires. Samin and Julia have an open and honest talk about everything from mental health and therapy, to money, and even poetry. There are also answers to listeners' questions and a shoutout to Emma's Torch (find out more about the organization here). For more about Samin Nosrat and her work, check out her site here. For more about Julia Turshen and her work, head here. For mental health resources, check out MentalHealth.gov, Chefs with Issues, and The Trevor Project.

Kerry Brodie started her career in nonprofit communications before deciding to pivot to pursue her love of cooking. While in culinary school, she realized she could use the skills she was learning to create a more sustainable, more welcoming environment for refugees newly arrived in the US. She launched Emma's Torch, a restaurant and culinary job skills training program for refugees and asylum seekers, as a popup in 2017, and opened as a full service restaurant in Brooklyn in the spring of 2018. Join us for a conversation about social entrepreneurship, food, and running a nonprofit restaurant. Why Food? is powered by Simplecast

When she was the Global Press Secretary of Human Rights Campaign, Kerry Brodie was jolted by the appalling headlines about the refuge crisis. That was in 2016 and the news has only gotten worse. To help improve the lives of immigrants struggling to find jobs in America, Brodie founded Emma's Torch. On this episode of Speaking Broadly, Brodie describes how her culinary school education and a grandmother who loved event planning laid the foundation for her current work. We also dive into addressing the challenges facing those in the cross hairs of the Trump administration's policies. Speaking Broadly is powered by Simplecast

This week on Unorthodox, we've got food on the brain. Our first guest is Kerry Brodie, founder of Emma's Torch, a cafe in Brooklyn that employs and trains refugees and political asylum seekers. She tells us about her unlikely transition from government work to culinary school, what she learned about refugees by working alongside them in the kitchen, and why she believes food is such a powerful uniting force. Our second guest is Lily Diamond, the Maui-born blogger behind Kale and Caramel, and the author of a brand new cookbook by the same name. She tells us about fleeing her laid-back Hawaiian high school for Yale, accidentally becoming a food blogger, and how food and cooking helped her grieve her mother's death. (Enter the draw to win a copy of her book here!) Join our new Facebook group! And sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, behind-the-scenes photos, and more! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we may read your note on air. Follow us on Twitter: @tabletmag , @markopp1, @liel, and @stuffism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Workmens Circle serves up the Taste of Jewish Culture Street Festival on June 18, with the team from Emma's Torch, which helps settle new arrivals to the U.S. circle.org, and emmastorch.org.

The Workmens Circle serves up the Taste of Jewish Culture Street Festival on June 18, with the team from Emma's Torch, which helps settle new arrivals to the U.S. circle.org, and emmastorch.org.