Podcasts about mentoring partnership

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In this month's episode we invite Michelle Thomas from the Mentoring Partnership to share her insight on the role that relationships play in a person's wellbeing. She spoke about her personal, as well as work, experience and why this topic is something she is so passionate about. Tune in to this episode to hear about the many mentors in our lives who have made us who we are! Thank you Katie for hosting this episode and Michelle for sharing with us!

Imagine if we surrounded young people with mentors everywhere that they live, learn, work, and play. And not only with new connections, but also through recognizing and building upon the important relationships that are already there! In our last interview of Season 3, we talk with Brenda Jimenez, CEO of MENTOR New York about this potential and more. Listen in to hear about the incredible work happening in New York related to access, racial equity, and being there for young people. Additional Resources MENTOR New York | https://www.mentornewyork.org MENTOR New York's Racial Justice Framework | https://www.mentornewyork.org/racial-equity Sign up for the Becoming a Better Mentor Live Coffee Chats with Sophia! https://www.mentoringpittsburgh.org/news_posts/becoming-a-better-mentor-live-coffee-chats Credits Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Entering into the workforce as a young person is tough! In this episode of Mentor Chat, we talk with Charline Alexandre-Joseph, Senior Director of Systems Innovation (formerly Director of Workforce Development) at MENTOR, about recruiting, supporting, and retaining young people in a workplace. This is a conversation relevant to adults, young people, employers, and employees - so don't miss out! Additional Resources: Connect | Focus | Grow | https://www.mentoring.org/connect-focus-grow/ MENTOR's Workplace Mentoring | https://www.mentoring.org/resource/workplace-mentoring/ O*NET OnLine | https://www.onetonline.org Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Wouldn't it be nice if there was a handbook for everything? Well now at least there's a guide for how to be a better mentor to young people! In the first interview of the season, Ashley and Michelle talk with Mike Garringer, Director of Research and Evaluation at MENTOR about MENTOR's new free resource for any adult. Becoming a Better Mentor: Strategies to Be There for Young People is rooted in research, written by experts, and includes real-world advice and strategies for how mentors can “be there” for young people. You don't want to miss this relevant and informative conversation! Additional Resources: Becoming a Better Mentor: Strategies to Be There for Young People | https://www.mentoring.org/resource/becoming-a-better-mentor/ Sign up for TMP's Everyday Mentoring Weekly Tips! | https://www.mentoringpittsburgh.org/tips Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

You've heard us talk all about mentoring, but what does working in the mentoring field really look like? Who is TMP and what do we do? What's happening in the mentoring movement nationally and in other places around the country? In this introduction to Season 3, Michelle and Ashley provide some context around these questions and lay the groundwork for an exciting season talking with affiliate partners around the country who are pushing the mentoring movement forward! Additional Resources: Elements of Effective Practice for Youth Mentoring Learn about Technical Assistance from TMP Find out more about all of TMP's trainings! Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

January is National Mentoring Month, and in honor of that, we have a special feature episode of Mentor Chat that you don't want to miss! We had the pleasure of sitting down with Gregg Behr to talk about strategies for creating atmosphere's of learning through Everyday Mentoring. In this episode, Gregg touches on Remake Learning Days, defines learning sciences, and shares a cool passion that sparked joy for him during the pandemic and thus inspired some young people in his neighborhood! As National Mentoring Month comes to a close, join us in conversation and reflect on the ways you are helping support the next generation of leaders and change-makers. Additional Resources: When You Wonder, You're Learning | http://whenyouwonder.org Remake Learning | https://remakelearning.org Thank you to Gregg Behr: Gregg Behr, executive director of The Grable Foundation, is a father and children's advocate whose work is inspired by his hero, Fred Rogers. For more than a decade, he has helped lead Remake Learning—a network of educators, scientists, artists, and makers he founded in 2007—to international renown. Formed in Rogers' real-life neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Remake Learning has turned heads everywhere from Forbes to the World Economic Forum for its efforts to ignite children's curiosity, encourage creativity, and foster justice and belonging in schools, libraries, museums, and more. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and also Duke University, Gregg holds honorary degrees from Carlow University and Saint Vincent College. He's an advisor to the Brookings Institution and the Fred Rogers Center, and has been cited by Barack Obama, Richard Branson, and the Disruptor Foundation as an innovator and thought leader. Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Luego de una gran estafa donde se siente fracasada y con rabia decide darse una nueva oportunidad para emprender, aprender, y encontrar su nueva pasión. Mi invitada de este Episodio Silvana González, CEO y fundadora de Café la Divisa, nos comparte sus instrucciones para florecer emprendiendo. Quieres saber cómo logro ver una gran adversidad como una oportunidad de aprendizaje? Cómo logro persistir y no tirar la toalla? Como logra crear un negocio sostenible y consciente alrededor de uno de los mejores cafés del mundo? Encuentra esto y mucho más en este episodio.Silvana te invita a - Aprender de los fracasos- No tirar la toalla- Incluir en un gran producto a los demás para que todos ganen- Crear un espacio en tu trabajo para convertirlo en el trabajo de tus sueños- Siempre pensar en como puedes crear productos con propósito- Soñar en grande y luchar por tus sueños- No tener el miedo como una barrera sino como una puerta para algo más grande- Aceptar tus emociones a cada momento- Aprender a trabajar con el miedo- Arriesgaste que lo peor que te puede pasar es tener un aprendizaje- Aprender a ser auténticos- Celebren cada vez que van logrando un sueño- Diseñen la escalera de sus sueños y luego salgan a cumplirlos- Estar en modo de reinvención constante- Dar que es lo mismo que recibir- No tener que ser perfectos en todo- Aprender a poner límites - Escuchar los consejos de nuestras madres- Encontrar tu pasión- Buscar los aprendizajes de los golpes duros de la vida- Exportar productos con valor agregado- Involucrar a otros en tu bienestar donde ganen todos- Poner en tu top of mind a las personas que trabajan en tu empresa- Impactar de manera positiva- Siempre querer renovarte y encontrar tu mejor versiónSilvana es la primera mujer certificada “Coffee Diploma” Por la SCA ( Asociación de cafés especiales del mundo) profesional en tostión y catación en Colombia. En Julio del 2020 monto e inicio la operación de la fábrica de café La Divisa, donde realizan proceso de tostión y maquila de cafés especiales sostenibles en la primera planta operada 100% por mujeres en Colombia.Creadora del programa “Ecomujeres by La Divisa” donde se reciclan empaques usados de café y artesanas los convierten en elementos de lujo para el hogar. El 100% de los recursos obtenidos con su venta beneficia a las artesanas. Su gestión en ventas y experiencia en comercio internacional la ha llevado a abrir mercado de exportación en países como Chile, Estados unidos, Austria y Alemania. Algunos de los reconocimientos más recientes: •Empresa Ganadora programa de apoyo para pequeñas y medianas empresas FedEx 2021. •Empresa ganadora programa de apoyo a pequeñas y medianas empresas. Facebook. 2020.•CBI del Departamento de relaciones exteriores Holanda Export coaching program, specialty coffees sector winners (2015-2018) •Personaje Coffee Media 2019.•Fortune – U.S. Department of state Global Women´s Mentoring Partnership. Representante Colombia Marzo- Abril 2019 de Universal McCann Worldwide. Sede Nueva York.Estudio veterinaria y se especialización en biotecnología de la reproducción. Ama a los caballos y perros en especial su caballo Mariachi y perra África. Le fascina jugar tenis, y esta casada con Miguel McAllister.Encuentre esto y mucho más en el episodio con Silvana Gonzalez.Episodio producido por @SantiagoRios - Mil Palabras

Join Ashley and Michelle as they wrap up the season and discuss impactful moments from the interviews with Dr. Dana Winters, Dr. Harriet Schwartz, and Principal Eric Harper. Do you have questions or thoughts of your own? Share them with us! Leave a review or visit our website to get in touch! Stay Connected with TMP: Sign up to receive weekly Everyday Mentoring tips | https://www.mentoringpittsburgh.org/tips Help us continue to deliver free training to caring adults in the community | https://www.mentoringpittsburgh.org/pages/give Thank you to Dr. Dana Winters, Dr. Harriet Schwartz, and Principal Eric Harper. Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented challenge for schools, students, and educators. At Duquesne Elementary School, Principal Harper and his team continue to face those challenges. Even so, Everyday Mentoring has remained at the heart of what they do. Listen in to our last interview of Season 2 as we talk with Principal Harper about how they've embedded Everyday Mentoring into their school relationships and the ways the pandemic has impacted that. Additional Resources: Duquesne City School District | dukecitysd.org Thank you to Eric Harper: Mr. Harper is a team-oriented individual who advocates for children. Born in 1975 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania and a 1994 graduate of McKeesport Area High School, Mr. Harper was offered a full scholarship to attend the University of Cincinnati. He graduated from the College of Education with a Criminal Justice Degree with a minor in Psychology in 1999. After graduation, Mr. Harper worked as a therapeutic specialist for the ArchDiocese of Greater Cincinnati's - St. Joseph Orphanage for two years. Returning to Pennsylvania in 2001, he began a career as a vocational counselor for The United States Department of Labor's - Pittsburgh Job Corps for several years. Following the Pittsburgh Job Corps, Mr Harper worked for several public schools within the Pittsburgh Public School System. Over the past ten years, Mr. Harper has dedicated his services to Duquesne Elementary School operating under several different job duties and titles, most recently as the Student Services Coordinator up until the 2018-2019 SY. The start of the 2019-2020 School Year Mr. Harper started his principalship as Duquesne's Elementary School Principal under a PA Emergency Principal Certification (PK-12). Mr. Harper enrolled in postgraduate studies at Point Park University studying Administrative Education with a principal certification (K-12) in March of 2019. His targeted graduation date is March 2021. Since then, Mr. Harper completed his Master's program in Administrative Education in March of 2021 as anticipated. Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

When we talk about mentoring, what we're really talking about is relationships. Just because it may not be called "mentoring," doesn't mean that it isn't an important relationship. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Harriet Schwartz - author and professor - about what it means to have growth-fostering relationships and how we can be intentional about using the "good things" to make even the smallest interaction meaningful. Connect with Dr. Harriet Schwartz: www.harrietschwartz.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDOz9GWfIxLKk344EjvvAQ Twitter: @Harriet Schwartz Linkedin @https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrietschwartz/ Instagram: @ConnectedProfessor & @HarrietLSchwartzPhotography Thank you to Dr. Harriet Schwartz: Harriet L. Schwartz, PhD, is Professor of Relational Practice and Higher Education in Antioch University's PhD in Leadership and Change program. She is the author of Connected Teaching: Relationship, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education. She also writes in the public domain, addressing social justice issues including racism, sexism, and homophobia. Harriet is lead scholar for education as relational practice and a leadership team member for the International Center for Growth in Connection, the intellectual home of Relational Cultural Theory and related research and practice. Harriet lives in Pittsburgh. Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

MentorChat's first guest of Season 2 is Dana Winters from the Fred Rogers Center! In this episode, we're talking with Dana about how the simplest interactions with young people can make a huge mentoring difference. Everyday Mentors - the "helpers" - who support kids can be anyone from teachers, to coaches, to crossing guards, and the work that they're already doing to make sure that young people feel seen and heard is worth recognizing! Listen in for some great and uplifting discussion about how - to quote the great Mr. Rogers - "the deep and simple is far more essential than the shallow and complex" when impacting the lives of youth! Additional Resources: Fred Rogers Center | https://www.fredrogerscenter.org Simple Interactions | https://www.fredrogerscenter.org/what-we-do/simple-interactions/ Thank you to Dana Winters: Dana Winters, Ph.D., is the Rita McGinley Executive Director of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College. Her extensive field research from interviewing prisoners to shadowing crossing guards, from observing Head Start teachers and developing coaches in early childhood systems has informed the co-development of the Simple Interactions approach to support children, families, and their helpers. Dr. Winters describes and affirms the essential and relational practices of professionals across early education and intervention, out of school time learning, healthcare, family engagement, and more. She is an experienced applied researcher who has served as co-principal investigator and program evaluator for consecutive NSF-funded early childhood research and intervention projects in the areas of early literacy, social emotional development, and early mathematical learning. She leads numerous foundation and government project grants to improve early childhood systems and family engagement practices. Dr. Winters serves as a UNESCO Faculty Fellow in Children and Youth Studies, collaborating with faculty around the world in the advancement of empathy development and adult-child relationships across developmental settings. She received her Ph.D. in administrative and policy studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Description: Season 2 of our Mentor Chat podcast focuses a lot on Everyday Mentoring and we're kicking things off with our first episode, which tackles an obvious first question: what is Everyday Mentoring? You may remember us referencing Everyday Mentoring last season. Well, now we're shining a spotlight on the essence of Everyday Mentoring and how adults everywhere can use it to make a mentoring difference in the lives of kiddos they see regularly. Everyday Mentoring is an important piece of the mentoring puzzle and it plays a critical role in our work to surround kids with 360 degrees of mentoring support -- in school, at home and in the community. So settle in and listen to some personal stories and fun facts that will pave the way for our future Everyday Mentoring episodes! Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Every Kid Needs a Champion," Rita Pierson

Season 2 is coming soon, and this time we're talking about Everyday Mentoring! Everyday Mentoring recognizes that adults everywhere can make a mentoring difference for youth in their daily lives. We'll be taking deep dives and talking with experts to understand what Everyday Mentoring looks like in action and how all caring adults can utilize it to help support youth succeed and thrive. Check back soon for Episode 1 - we can't wait to chat more! Credits: Hosted, written, and produced by Michelle Thomas & Ashley Wineland with The Mentoring Partnership of SWPA | www.mentoringpittsburgh.org Music is "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Developing life skills and educational achievement of local you, by ensuring that they are connected with a caring and supportive adult who can help them realize their dreams and potential - that's what the Boone County Mentoring Partnership is all about. The BCMP utilizes: Mentoring, a Graduation Coach, and Youth Assistance to help accomplish its goals to benefit the county's young people. Boone County Mentoring Partnership Executive Director Matt Wilson joins us for Episode 44 of the #LovinLebanon Podcast. Matt shares some of the partnership's success stories, its continued needs, and where he feels the organization needs to do to continue to help our young people succeed.    

This episode features a conversation with Elizabeth Santiago, Chief Program Officer of MENTOR National, the Boston-based nonprofit that champions and advances the field of mentoring for youth. Liz’s personal experience as a young adolescent in middle school, and as a child of an under-resourced family who migrated from Puerto Rico to Boston, is a key driver in her professional work and showcases the potential that mentoring relationships can have in supporting young people who, like she once did, feel disconnected and disengaged and stop showing up.Liz and Jason talk about the need young people have for representation of voices like their own, the gaps in mentoring opportunities for youth and ways MENTOR is addressing them, how the organization works with school systems and companies to set up and expand mentoring programs, and how to support mentors and mentees who hail from different backgrounds and communities from each other to engage in challenging conversations about our world, like racial inequity and political strife.Additional Readings and ResourcesMENTOR National“The Mentoring Effect: Young People’s Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring,” a report for MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership by Civic Enterprises in association with Hart Research Associates, Mary Bruce and John Bridgeland, January 2014“Social and Emotional Development in Early Adolescence: Tapping into the Power of Relationships and Mentoring Success Mentors,” Delia Hagan, Bernadette Sánchez, Jason Cascarino, Kilian White, 2019Mentoring Amplifies: A New Campaign for the Mentoring MovementNational Mentoring MonthNational Mentoring SummitMy Brother’s Keeper Success Mentors InitiativeElements of Effective MentoringBlack Youth Town Hall, a youth-led community dialogue aimed at supporting young people as they process recent events and the state of race relations, hosted by MENTOR and Youth Mentoring Action NetworkReimagining Youth Work podcast, hosted by Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan, Executive Director, Youth Mentoring Action NetworkEveryday Mentoring, The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PANational Mentoring Resource Center

Amal Hassan is the Founder and CEO of Outsource Global. A leading business process outsourcing company based in Nigeria and serving countries in Africa, the United States, UK and Japan. Her passion to unlock Nigeria’s development potential through technology-driven innovation and value addition led her to build, capitalize and restructure a series of technology-related businesses that succeed in developing talents and creating employment for young Nigerians. Over an 8 year period she tried 4 times to start a business processing company in Nigeria, a country not known to be an outsourcing destination. She beat all the odds and today Outsource Global with a staff of over 800 and 3 locations has established Nigeria as a business outsourcing destination on par with India and the Philippines.Amal’s entrepreneurial prowess and business acumen continue to set her apart as a highly regarded emerging business leader in Nigeria. In 2018, Amal was named one of the 16 women business leaders by Fortune-US Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership. She has also been recognized as one of Nigeria’s star by the US Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria for her outstanding impact to nation-building. Widely regarded as a role model for the girl-child and women especially in northern Nigeria, she has continued to mentor young leaders across her industry. Amal's African Business Story is one dedicated to creating job, empowering her community and contributing to the economic development of her home country Nigeria.

Bill Isler is President Emeritus of  Fred Rogers Productions and a long time educator and advocate for children.  He began his career as a teacher and administrator, and later joined the Pennsylvania Department of Education, where he served as Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Education, Commissioner of Basic Education and Senior Program Advisor for Early childhood Education before joining the Fred Rogers Productions in 1984.  In 2005 he was named the Executive Director of The Fred Rogers Center, a position he held until 2008.  In addition to serving on the Board of The Fred Rogers Productions, he is a board member of the Grable Foundation, the Forbes Fund,  the Jewish Community Center   of Pittsburgh and he Co-chairs the Governors Early Learning Council. He is an honorary member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, served as Treasurer of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Chairperson of the Council of Great City Schools,  board member of the Jewish Health Care Foundation of Pittsburgh, and he was a board member of The Pittsburgh Public Schools for sixteen years, serving as President for five years. He received the Pittsburgh Foundation Isabel Kennedy Award for child advocacy, was named person of the year in 2007 by the Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Green-Gardner Award as Urban Educator of the Year in 2015 for the Council of Great City Schools, the Colman Award from the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute of Politics, and the PBS Be More Award for Excellence in Children’s Media. Bill Isler holds a B.A. in English from Saint Vincent College and completed post-graduate study in child development at the University of Pittsburgh.  He is married and has a son and two grandchildren.

The Professional & Vocational Mentoring Program is a 12 month program which brings together people seeking asylum, and volunteer mentors from the vocational, professional and business sectors, to create a Mentoring Partnership."At the moment we are looking for mentors such as mechanical engineers, environment protection professionals, medical doctors, electrical engineers, biologists, and construction management professionals."If you, or anyone you know would like to get involved, please contact the ASRC Mentoring Program at mentoring@asrc.org.au, and check out their website at www.asrc.org.au/mentoring/.  

Carrie interviews former Green Bay Packer and the President of Bolder Options, Darrell Thompson! Darrell discusses the mission of the Bolder Options mentoring program and their emphasis on fitness, raising 4 athletic kids, and the 2018 Super Bowl. Show notes for this episode can be found at ctollerun.com. Darrell Thompson Now entering his 23rd year with Bolder Options, Darrell has become very well known in Minnesota's youth development circles. Originally funded by the Minneapolis Jaycees, Bolder Options is a comprehensive youth mentoring program that works with referred youth, age 10-14 that may be at-risk to delinquent or unhealthy behaviors. Youth are matched with a caring adult mentor and introduced to an active-lifestyle based program that provides guidance, support, and opportunities through one-on-one, small group, and family specific programming designed to help them make positive choices and live a healthier life. As the organization's first full-time employee, Thompson was hired as program manager in the year of the program's inception, 1993. After 5 years of success, Bolder Options became a separate 501 (c) 3 and Thompson was named Executive Director. He has grown the program to over 150 kids annually in the Twin Cities Metro program, recently expanded to his hometown Rochester, MN and leads 13 full-time employees and more than 25 volunteer Advisory Committee members in the Bolder Options mission: Teaching youth to succeed in ALL of life's races. Bolder Options is a leader in mentoring programs, basing their program components on best-practices and leading-edge youth development research. Bolder Options boasts a success rate 22% higher than the national average of mentoring programs. Darrell sits on the board for the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, the National CARES Minnesota Committee, was named to CASA, the National Advisory Commission on Substance Abuse among High School Students, by Congressman Jim Ramstad and was awarded the 2016 "Athletes in Excellence Award" from The Foundation for Global Sports Development which recognizes exceptional athletes who uphold the values of good sportsmanship and fair play both on and off the field. Darrell is often remembered as one of the most decorated athletes to graduate from John Marshall High School in Rochester, MN, the leading rusher in University of Minnesota Gopher Football History and the first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers where he spent 5 years before devoting his life to at-risk youth in Minnesota. Darrell lives in Plymouth, MN with his wife Steph and they have four children. In his off time you might find him enjoying Bikram yoga, fishing, or a round of golf. You can also hear Darrell throughout the college football season as one of Leerfield Sports Gopher Game Day announcers broadcasting on 100.3FM KFAN

In this episode, Jay Passavant and Father Jay Donahue share their best leadership content. They specifically talk about how Protestants and Catholics can work together to lead to make an impact in their churches, cities, and in the world. Jay Passavant's Bio: Dr. John (Jay) E. Passavant, III is the Founding Pastor of North Way Christian Community in Wexford, Pennsylvania. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington & Lee University and the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and received an honorary Dr. of Divinity degree from Grove City College in 2010. He was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps. Pastor Jay was ordained in the United Presbyterian Church in 1974 and served in youth ministry for seven years before starting North Way Christian Community in 1981. North Way is a thriving congregation of nearly 4,000 members in four locations. He has also supported the establishment of hundreds of mission congregations in China, India and South East Asia as Chairman of the Board of the South East Asia Prayer Center (SEAPC). Throughout his pastoral ministry, Pastor Jay has focused on building strong families through venues such as the nationally broadcast television show “Reality Talks” withDr. Kevin Leman and a weekly radio broadcast that addressed topics from parenting to personal issues. Pastor Jay has been working with other churches & leaders to establish a fully accredited seminary extension campus of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Wexford, PA. He also envisioned a partnership that would address the needs of inner city school children. In 2006, as part of Pastor Jay’s broad vision, North Way partnered with a school district by providing mentors, services, and resources in the East End of the City of Pittsburgh through L.A.M.P., the Learning Assistance and Mentoring Partnership. L.A.M.P. is a collaboration of the Pittsburgh Public Schools,Family Guidance, Inc., and area churches, including North Way Christian Community. Jay & his lovely wife Carol have been married 45 years and have three married children and 5 grandchildren. Father Jay Donahue Bio: Jay Donahue or as he is called in his Church Father Jay; was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He attended Central Catholic High School and then the University of Virginia. At age 21 he left college to join the seminary and follow the Lord's loving call as a priest in the Catholic Church. On December 23, 2006 surrounded by many of his family and friends he was ordained a Catholic priest in Rome Italy. His favorite scripture is psalm 23 especially the verse "He leadeth me". The Lord lead Jay through a training and ministry experiences to Rome, Italy, Mexico City Mexico, Washington DC, Atlanta Georgia. From 1993 to 2011 a good portion of his ministry and training was as a youth pastor. Now he service as a pastor for SS Simon & Jude Catholic Church in the Greentree area of Pittsburgh and is president and founder of "Renew the I Do" a Marriage ministry. You can not get to know Jay without hearing about how the Lord has graced him with a big family and a passionate desire to connect people to Christ. Connect with L3 Leadership: Website: L3Leadership.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3-leadership Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/L3Leader Twitter: @L3leader Instagram: @l3leadership Podcast: The L3 Leadership Podcast in iTunes How You Can Help this Podcast: To listen to past interviews, go to my podcast page. Subscribe to this podcast Rate and leave a review of the podcast Share the content on Social Media Sign-up for my L3 Leadership Newsletter If you have an idea for a future podcast you would like to hear or a leader you would like me to interview, e-mail me at dougsmith@l3leadership.org. If you enjoyed the podcast,Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/l3leadership)

A conversation with Dr. Jim Kooler on mentoring programs to meet the challenges of youth, Jim’s career has focused on helping youth become active leaders and resources in their communities. He is the administrator of the California Friday Night Live Partnership, the highly successful youth engagement program that is widely regarded as a landmark state-mentoring program. He has also served as deputy director of the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and director of the Governor’s Mentoring Partnership in California. Jim holds a BA in psychology and a Masters and Doctorate in Public Health from UC Berkeley.

For many of us, the suburbs hold a magical place in our heart. We grew up in an environment where we knew our neighbors, we played outside, we didn't lock our doors, and the word "community" meant something. But despite how hard we try to relive those times, todays suburbs are a far cry from what we remember, and many of us are looking for a new type of neighborhood. This week we discuss what happened to the suburbs of the 80's and 90's, and what will our neighborhoods look like in the future. Our guest is Leigh Gallagher, Assistant Managing Editor at Fortune magazine, and author of the book, The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving. We also talk to Leigh about new media vs. old media, the Kardashians, the job of an editor, and much more!  Leigh Gallagher is an Assistant Managing Editor at Fortune magazine, where she edits feature stories on a variety of subjects, oversees Fortune franchises including the magazine’s 40 Under 40 rankings and writes The Urbanist column on Fortune.com. She is also a co-chair of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, speaks regularly at Fortune and other business and economics conferences, and is a seasoned business news commentator, appearing regularly on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, CBS News’ Face the Nation, CNBC’s Squawk Box, CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper, public radio’s Marketplace and a wide variety of other programs. She is also a co-chair of the Fortune U.S. State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership and a visiting scholar for the Business and Economic Reporting program at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Before joining Fortune in 2007, Leigh was a senior editor at SmartMoney magazine and a reporter and writer for Forbes. Originally from the “urban burb” of Media, Pennsylvania, Leigh is a graduate of Cornell University and lives in New York. ____ "The new model of suburbs has put people in their cars all the time...That's a lifestyle that increasingly has failed to deliver on its promises." - Leigh Gallagher Quotes from Leigh: What we learn in this episode: How is the democratization of media affecting our culture? Is it good or bad? What are the responsibilities of the top editor for an enormous media brand such as Fortune? Where did the American Dream come from?  Why are people opting to leave the "typical suburb"? What will the new neighborhood look like? Resources: The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving www.endofthesuburbs.com www.fortune.com http://fortune.com/tag/fortune-live/ Twitter: @leighgallagher -- This episode is brought to you by: Highfive: Go to highfive.com/smartpeople to request your free trial and start meeting face-to-face with Highfive. Lynda.com: Do something good for yourself in 2015 and sign up for a FREE 10-day trial to Lynda.com by visiting Lynda.com/smartpeople. Aspiration: At Aspiration, their investment strategies are built for the middle class. Signing up takes as little as $500 and five minutes of your time. You can sign up and find out more information at aspiration.com/smartpeople.