Podcasts about Students United

Renee sits down with Lexi and Kayla from Students United, a student-led organization that has launched Fck Student Debt, a campaign to eliminate student debt. They discuss the efforts within Minnesota, how their work can be a catalyst for a greater movement, and why student debt is a feminist issue.   Feminist Book Club will donate 5% of our total sales in September to the Fck Student Debt campaign. If you would like to contribute more, head to www.fckstudentdebt.com.   Follow and support our host: Renee: Instagram   Today's episode is sponsored by Kobo. Imagine having your favourite bookstore with you, wherever you go. Or being able to access over 6 million titles at all times. At Rakuten Kobo, we're here to make your reading life better. Download the free Kobo App, shop the always-open Kobo eBookstore, and easily integrate the power of reading into your every day. Because stories can shape who you are, and words can transform the world around you. Ready to elevate your reading world? Start reading with Kobo: www.kobo.com   Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

A new lawsuit was filed days ago by a group of grassroots parents who want their kids in schools immediately. John & Ken talked to the proponents of this lawsuit who are fed up with the nonsense from the districts and teachers unions.

Today on Automate, Delegate, Eliminate we are privileged to chat to Jeremy Ring, one of the members of the first team at Yahoo! Jeremy Ring was hired as Director of Sales at Yahoo! In 1996 by legendary founder Jerry Yang. After a profanity-laced telephone call with Jerry, Jeremy quit his current job - after only one day of being with that company - to begin a 5 and a half year journey with Yahoo! That would change his life.  Since leaving Yahoo! Jeremy has been a successful entrepreneur, a Florida state senator, and ran for CFO of Florida in 2018. He has also been a champion for students with his Students United with Parents and Educators to Resolve Bullying (SUPERB) program. Jeremy is here with us today to talk with us about the rise and fall of Yahoo! From his 50-yard line view. How did Yahoo! Differ from its competitors, what made it so profitable? Early on they were the first online company to partner with major brands. They believed in making a profitable company. You joined the company after it was founded, were they still innovating? They were still innovating, but they were innovating for the time. They innovated in the content area. In hindsight, were there any business opportunities that were passed up that could have saved Yahoo!? It’s a hard question to answer, as so many different acquisition opportunities came through the Yahoo! offices. The bigger acquisitions that were passed up were by the second team. The second team had the opportunity to acquire Facebook and passed. The decisions that were made that hurt the company were made by non-tech executives. Jeremy believes the biggest mistake that the first team made was to not monetize search. What are some things entrepreneurs can do to help them recognize they may be looking through a lens that may be the wrong one? How you identify customers. How do you identify areas that need disruption? How did the company grow while you were there, what were some of the difficulties in the beginning? 25 employees when he started there when he left there were around 3000. There weren’t many internal difficulties at the beginning. The company culture collapsed with the second team. The biggest challenges they faced came from Wall Street because they expected a more short term explosive growth, so they couldn’t spend time with clients that would be more profitable in the long term than the short term.  What was it like to see the Dot.Com bubble burst coming? They knew the storm was coming about a year beforehand. There was no way to reverse course and stop the burst. The biggest entities were not actually destroyed by the burst, just damaged. Yahoo! Was not destroyed, but they failed to rebuild. What were the differences in the company between when you started and when you left? The company culture was intact, the culture collapsed after the dot.com bubble burst. The company culture during his time was great. Where is Yahoo! today? They are owned by Verizon They’re about one step above Radio shack and Blockbuster What advice would you give other entrepreneurs? Don’t be afraid to set new rules. See the existing opportunities and take advantage of the moment. Focus on your go-to market aspect, otherwise, it doesn’t matter if you have a great technology or not. Selling is equally as hard as building great technologies. Don’t over-analyze. Resources: Websites:  Yahoo! Data Automation Suggest a SaaS founder for the Automate, Delegate, Eliminate show at: podcast@dataautomation.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Students are finding out if their campuses are reopening for classes in the fall, if classes will be held online, or if there will be a combination of virtual and in-person instruction. What went into colleges’ decisions to reopen or remain closed? Do students want to return? Do professors and other instructors feel safe returning? Are colleges losing a lot of money because some students are waiting for the pandemic to end before returning? Guests: Jonathan McNicholes, state chair of Students United, the official voice of students at Minnesota State’s seven universities. He just graduated from Bemidji State University and is now pursuing a master’s degree at Metropolitan State University. Michael Vasquez, senior investigative reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Robbyn Wacker, president of St. Cloud State University. She has held that position for two years. St. Cloud State has opted to offer classes online, in person and through a combination of the two to help promote social distancing when possible. Use the audio player above to listen to the program. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.

While the entire country was focused on the more than 50 celebrities charged in the FBI's Varsity Blues scandal, the Department of Justice was investigating the nation's leading non-profit college admissions. Nobody heard about it, but the policy changes that the DOJ forced upon the non-profit could have a huge impact on students. In the first episode of Students United, hear from college counseling professionals who comment on the DOJ investigation, its outcome, and its potential impact.

November 6, 2019 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM Humphrey Forum, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Minnesota led the nation in 2018 for youth voter turnout, but even with an over 20% rise from 2014, that turnout was STILL under 45%. What does current research say will happen in 2020? Join us in an exploration of the successes in youth voter turnout and the data that show what has worked, and a look at how a more engaged young electorate may challenge the traditional approach to policy making and require new tactics for political outreach and engagement efforts. The event will feature Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University as well as Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and a student panel. This event is co-sponsored by the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, Lead MN, and Students United.

Our officers sit down to discuss advocacy efforts with three students Kaleen Kruger, Minnesota State University Moorhead Student Body President and our Board Member; Kale Hennek, Bemidji State University student; and Ben Ellgen, Winona State University student. During the recording of this podcast, Students United brought students from all seven Minnesota State universities to Saint Paul to advocate on a student-passed state legislative agenda. These three students attended the Advoacay Day and were willing to sit down and discuss why it was important to them, and to also give advice to fellow students who are thinking about becoming more civically involved.

Jeremy Ring was there at the beginning. He shares his views on how and why businesses succeed, or fail. Jeremy has enjoyed success in both public and private arenas. After graduating from Syracuse University, he eventually landed in what proved to be a life-changing role with a recently-launched Yahoo!. For the next 5 years, he would be a part of business history, with a 50 yard-line seat. He saw the good and the bad decisions, the missteps and the triumphs. It was a business and life education of the highest order, and he learned much from the experience. Since leaving Yahoo!, Jeremy has been a successful entrepreneur, a Florida state Senator, and he is currently running for the office of the CFO for the State of Florida. He has also been a champion for students with his Students United with Parents and Educators to Resolve Bullying. Jeremy is also the author of We Were Yahoo! Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Our State Chair and Vice Chair sit down with the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon during this podcast. They discuss voter registration, outreach, and engagement in Minnesota. Simon explains how Minnesota regained its number one spot for voter turnout in 2016 and our officers get answers to common voting questions many students have. Make sure to listen to the entire podcast, as Faical and Lexi also sit down with our Director of Campus Organizing to discuss Students United's voter outreach efforts that took place on National Voter Registration Day.

This month our State Chair Joe Wolf had the opportunity to sit down with our Treasurer Sean Duckworth and our Director of System and Government Relations to discuss Minnesota State. If you have ever been curious about what Minnesota State is, how it functions, or Students United's relationship with the system, this is a great listen! 

Sex Ed in high school isn't too far off from that scene in “Mean Girls,” where we all get chlamydia and die. But some students are fighting the good fight to make sexual health and reproductive rights fun and accessible. Chris and Josh chat with one of these folks. Elizabeth Wells is a fourth-year sexpert — she's the head student coordinator of the Sexual Health Education Program at UC Berkeley, and a co-director at Students United for Reproductive Justice. She gives us her take on pegging, some tips (heh) about the right way to use a condom, and her experiences as the big dick on Sproul.

We have begun our strategic planning process, which will result in a student-driven strategic plan that will carry Students United through 2020.

KU activist students join us to discuss SURGE and debunk the myth that the younger generation is lazy. The post Students United for Reproductive and Gender Equity appeared first on KKFI.

Fellowship of Reconciliation Centennial: 100 Years Of Nonviolence, Action, Peace, and Justice This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with four guests who each offer a unique lens into the upcoming, historic Fellowship of Reconciliation Centennial Conference at Seabeck, WA, exploring the past, present, and future of the largest, oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, and how one hundred years of working for peace, justice, and nonviolence affects us all in our contemporary lives. As Fellowship of Reconciliation celebrates its centennial year, we can almost trace the arc of social justice through their history, for indeed, FOR has been entwined in nearly every struggle for peace and justice in the last hundred years. The Fellowship of Reconciliation is the largest, oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, working for peace, justice and nonviolence since 1915. As an interfaith organization, FOR-USA’s mission is to organize, train, and grow a diverse movement that welcomes all people of conscience to end structures of violence and war, and create peace through the transformative power of nonviolence. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guests: Michael Colvin is on the planning committee for the FOR Seabeck Conference and is also a member of the FOR National Conference. Adam Vogal serves on the planning committee for the FOR Seabeck Conference, is the leader of Students United For Nonviolence at Portland State University, a member of the FOR National Council, and a Campaign Nonviolence Associate. Karla Elizarraraz is a board member for the Inland Congregation United for Change based in Southern California, and a part of the PICO National Network, as well as being a youth participant in the FOR Seabeck Conference. Tom Hastings is a life long activist, serves on the communications committee of the NAACP, is a professor of conflict resolution at Portland State University, and a presenter at the FOR Seabeck Conference. Related Links: FOR Seabeck Centennial Conference http://forseabeck.org/ Ask questions of presenters during the Seabeck Conference through Twitter by using: #FORSeabeck and #DandelionInsurrection, or tweeting at @FORSeabeck Fellowship of Reconciliation http://forusa.org/ Erica Chenoweth's TedX Talk on Why Civil Resistance Works https://youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w Jamila Raqib & the Albert Einstein Institution http://www.aeinstein.org/ Students United for Nonviolence https://www.pdx.edu/conflict-resolution/students-united-for-nonviolence Campaign Nonviolence http://www.paceebene.org/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org Our featured music this week is "Now Is the Time" by Heather Houston. Find her music at www.heatherhoustonmusic.com About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit:https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance.http://www.riverasun.com/

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with four guests who each offer a unique lens into the upcoming, historic Fellowship of Reconciliation Centennial Conference at Seabeck, WA, exploring the past, present, and future of the largest, oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, and how one hundred years of working for peace, justice, and nonviolence affects us all in our contemporary lives. As Fellowship of Reconciliation celebrates its centennial year, we can almost trace the arc of social justice through their history, for indeed, FOR has been entwined in nearly every struggle for peace and justice in the last hundred years. The Fellowship of Reconciliation is the largest, oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, working for peace, justice and nonviolence since 1915. As an interfaith organization, FOR-USA’s mission is to organize, train, and grow a diverse movement that welcomes all people of conscience to end structures of violence and war, and create peace through the transformative power of nonviolence. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guests: Michael Colvin is on the planning committee for the FOR Seabeck Conference and is also a member of the FOR National Conference. Adam Vogal serves on the planning committee for the FOR Seabeck Conference, is the leader of Students United For Nonviolence at Portland State University, a member of the FOR National Council, and a Campaign Nonviolence Associate. Karla Elizarraraz is a board member for the Inland Congregation United for Change based in Southern California, and a part of the PICO National Network, as well as being a youth participant in the FOR Seabeck Conference. Tom Hastings is a life long activist, serves on the communications committee of the NAACP, is a professor of conflict resolution at Portland State University, and a presenter at the FOR Seabeck Conference. Related Links: FOR Seabeck Centennial Conference http://forseabeck.org/ Ask questions of presenters during the Seabeck Conference through Twitter by using: #FORSeabeck and #DandelionInsurrection, or tweeting at @FORSeabeck Fellowship of Reconciliation http://forusa.org/ Erica Chenoweth's TedX Talk on Why Civil Resistance Works https://youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w Jamila Raqib & the Albert Einstein Institution http://www.aeinstein.org/ Students United for Nonviolence https://www.pdx.edu/conflict-resolution/students-united-for-nonviolence Campaign Nonviolence http://www.paceebene.org/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org Our featured music this week is "Now Is the Time" by Heather Houston. Find her music at www.heatherhoustonmusic.com About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/

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Couldn't attend the Network for Public Education conference in Austin, TX, in person? Me neither. Join us for an informal, unofficial chat hosted by K-12 News Network with some friends of mine who attended. Guests are Pamela Grundy, a parent activist in support of public schools based in NC, Hannah Nguyen, co-organizer of Students Resisting TFA and Students United for Public Education. We'll find out what some of the highlights were of the conference for them and what important messages and strategies there are for folks at home. http://k12newsnetwork.com

The eighth annual Students United for a Responsible Global Environment (SURGE) Conference was held at Duke University on March 30 - April 1, 2007. The conference focused on a variety of environmental, social justice and economic justice issues. The Friday evening kickoff featured the Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, Dr. William Schlesinger introducing keynote speaker Mary Anne Hitt of Appalachian Voices at the Love Auditorium.

The eighth annual Students United for a Responsible Global Environment (SURGE) Conference was held at Duke University on March 30 - April 1, 2007. The conference focused on a variety of environmental, social justice and economic justice issues. The Friday evening kickoff featured the Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, Dr. William Schlesinger introducing keynote speaker Mary Anne Hitt of Appalachian Voices at the Love Auditorium.

The eighth annual Students United for a Responsible Global Environment (SURGE) Conference was held at Duke University on March 30 - April 1, 2007. The conference focused on a variety of environmental, social justice and economic justice issues. The Friday evening kickoff featured the Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, Dr. William Schlesinger introducing keynote speaker Mary Anne Hitt of Appalachian Voices at the Love Auditorium.