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.
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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.
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Encore: Preserving the White Mountain Apache Culture with Krista Beazley
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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:
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Encore Episode: Serving Vulnerable Veterans & Active Service Members
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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.
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S2E16: No Starving Artists
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Dionne Powlenzuk is the Executive Director of the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington in Bowmanville, Ontario Canada.
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S2E15: Improving the Lives of Horses Now and Later
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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?
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S2E14: Managing Childhood Illness With Song
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Today's guest is a young man who found his life’s purpose while pursuing a music degree at Yale University.
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S2E13: Loving Bottoms, Changing Minds
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My guest today is LeeAnn Porter, the Founder and Executive Director of Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank in Galesburg, Illinois.
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S2E12: Advancing Asian American Christianity
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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.
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S2E11: Competent Care for LGBTQIA2S+ Communities
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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_outlineIt’s Mental Health Month, and I could not think of a more important way to wrap the month than talking with someone who runs an established mental health agency in Southern California.
I don’t know about you, but if you are like me, you are probably wondering what happens with the unaccompanied minors who have found their way to the land of the free and the home of the brave, right? And how does one cope when they’ve experienced trauma but cannot afford the professional help they need to start the healing process?
Let me introduce you to my next guest because she’s going to educate us about all of this and more.
Teddie Valenzuela is the Executive Director of Amanacer Community Counseling Service in Los Angeles. She’s a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been at Amanacer for more than 20 years starting as a therapist and currently serving as Executive Director. We’re going to unpack her journey over the course of this conversation and you’ll be inspired by what Teddie has been able to accomplish over the years in her different positions.