S2E18: Help United Through Caring Hands
Your Nonprofit Life
My guest is Founder and Executive Director of H.U.T.C.H. (Help United Through Caring Hands), Armishia Wiley-Adams.
info_outline
S2E17: Earning Mentorship. Empowering Leadership.
Your Nonprofit Life
DeLashea Strawder is the Executive Director and Artistic Director of the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit. Mosaic is a nonprofit organization which unleashes the creative talents of youth while developing leadership skills.
info_outline
Encore: Preserving the White Mountain Apache Culture with Krista Beazley
Your Nonprofit Life
In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, we are re-releasing an educational and inspirational interview with someone whose people lived here before the country was “discovered.” Krista Beazley is now serving as the Executive Director of the Fort Apache Heritage Foundation. Hear about her journey into nonprofit leadership which began after the death of her husband. Show notes:
info_outline
Encore Episode: Serving Vulnerable Veterans & Active Service Members
Your Nonprofit Life
Happy Veterans Day! In this episode, you’ll meet KellyAnn Romanych, daughter of a Veteran and Deputy Director of Veterans Legal Institute in Southern California. VLI provides pro bono legal assistance to homeless, at-risk, disabled and low-income—current and former—service members to eradicate barriers to housing, healthcare, education, and employment, and foster self-sufficiency.
info_outline
S2E16: No Starving Artists
Your Nonprofit Life
Dionne Powlenzuk is the Executive Director of the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington in Bowmanville, Ontario Canada.
info_outline
S2E15: Improving the Lives of Horses Now and Later
Your Nonprofit Life
Have you ever thought about what happens to abused and neglected horses? Or what happens when a horse owner loses her job and can’t afford to care for her well-loved four-hoofed friend?
info_outline
S2E14: Managing Childhood Illness With Song
Your Nonprofit Life
Today's guest is a young man who found his life’s purpose while pursuing a music degree at Yale University.
info_outline
S2E13: Loving Bottoms, Changing Minds
Your Nonprofit Life
My guest today is LeeAnn Porter, the Founder and Executive Director of Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank in Galesburg, Illinois.
info_outline
S2E12: Advancing Asian American Christianity
Your Nonprofit Life
Reverend Young Lee Hertig is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of both the Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity AND Asian American Women On Leadership. She’s the Editor-In-Chief of ChristianityNext, and the author of The Tao of Asian American Belonging: A Yinist Spirituality.
info_outline
S2E11: Competent Care for LGBTQIA2S+ Communities
Your Nonprofit Life
In this episode, we turn our focus to PRIDE and the nationwide celebration of LGBTQIA2S+ humans who deserve the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness just like everyone else.
info_outlineSEASON 2, EPISODE 1: CONTENT WARNING
This episode includes discussions about sex trafficking and how sustained sexual abuse impacts survivors even years after they’ve been trafficked. So, if this is something you want to skip, you should skip it. Listener discretion advised.
January is the official National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and this episode was released on January 11, 2021, National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
Throughout the month of January, I am interviewing nonprofit leaders—founders, ceos, and executive directors—who run organizations which are not only working tirelessly to raise awareness about human trafficking but also walking alongside victims and survivors of sex trafficking while they try to rebuild their lives.
Sidenote: This episode was recorded in late December 2020.
Vanessa Schmidt is the founder and board chair of The Wild Hope, an equine therapy ranch which provides healing, safety, and connection for survivors of sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking. The Austin-based organization is currently in phase two of start-up having successfully launched their pilot program in October 2020.
During our interview, Vanessa is extremely vulnerable sharing her own life experience of childhood abuse, her incredible connection with horses, and how the vision of this organization went from a dream to reality. You will be blown away when you hear how she got Jewel, the organization’s first mustang, and you will learn about the magic of horses when it comes to helping us humans heal from trauma.
I cannot wait to introduce you to Vanessa Schmidt, founder of The Wild Hope in Austin, Texas where they "hold onto hope for others until they are able to hold onto it for themselves."
https://yournonprofitlife.com/s2ep01-vanessa-schmidt