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Connecting Our Stories

Stories Foundation

58 episodes

7 months ago

Today we sit down with Emily Douglas, Community Outreach Coordinator at the Blaine Police Department in Minnesota, to talk about healthy communities, the "bank of trust" and how we believe changing culture is indeed possible. Get your bracelet here! These elastic bracelets are a statement of belief that your story matters and the stories of others around you matter. Medium and Large sizes available. storiesfoundation.org/your-story-matters-campaign Please consider sharing this episode and ...

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Today we sit down with Emily Douglas, Community Outreach Coordinator at the Blaine Police Department in Minnesota, to talk about healthy communities, the "bank of trust" and how we believe changing culture is indeed possible. Get your bracelet here! These elastic bracelets are a statement of belief that your story matters and the stories of others around you matter. Medium and Large sizes available. storiesfoundation.org/your-story-matters-campaign Please consider sharing this episode and ...

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Connecting Our Stories

YES to Culture Change

Today we sit down with Emily Douglas, Community Outreach Coordinator at the Blaine Police Department in Minnesota, to talk about healthy communities, the "bank of trust" and how we believe changing culture is indeed possible. Get your bracelet here! These elastic bracelets are a statement of belief that your story matters and the stories of others around you matter. Medium and Large sizes available. storiesfoundation.org/your-story-matters-campaign Please consider sharing this episode and ...

1 year ago

37 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Candid Conversations // Inspiring Communities, Influencing Culture & Implementing Action

Thank you for joining us on this journey where we learn more about the world and people around us as we do this work to inspire communities, influence culture and provide action steps along the way. Here are a few of our favorite conversations from previous episodes: > Healing Trauma Through Creativity > Francine Rivers & Redeeming Love > It's A Human Issue > Gina's Story Pt. 1 > Story of a Buyer LISTEN, SHARE A LEAVE A REVIEW! Your participation in any of these ways help...

1 year ago

6 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Survivors Speak Series // Ep 16: Ren's Story

Happy 2024 from all of us here at Stories Foundation and the Connecting our Stories Podcast! At Stories Foundation we believe every person has a unique story and every story matters. We all know in our stories there are messy, hard and beautiful pieces and when we share story together we gain a greater understanding of each other and the world we live in. In this episode we hear from our friend and survivor of human trafficking and exploitation, Ren. Ren's shares vulnerably abou...

1 year ago

46 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Connecting Our Stories Live Podcast Event

Stories Foundation is a nonprofit and for our End of Year event this year instead of a Gala we did a Ted Talk style event on Relationships! We are thrilled to be able to bring the content to you via our first live podcast. This conversation about relationships matters because in relationships people are manipulated, exploited and trafficked AND in relationships we can prevent human trafficking, intervene in human trafficking and see healing and restoration take place. As we close out t...

1 year ago

1 hour 24 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

EVENT PREVIEW | Tony Loyd

In this episode you'll hear from Tony Loyd. Tony is an encourager, a coach of coaches, an entrepreneur and a humble visionary. He is a best-selling author, business coach, and running coach. Through Culture Shift Companies, he mentors startup founders who use business to do social good. Hear more from Tony at the Connecting Our Stories event on November 16. It's NOT TOO LATE to sign up! Click the link below to register. * EVENT ALERT * Connecting Our Stories: a live podcast event on how...

1 year ago

17 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

EVENT PREVIEW | Heidi Mortenson

Steph sits down with Heidi Mortenson, one of our speakers for the upcoming first ever podcast event on healthy and unhealthy relationships. She shares on who she is, what she does and why this topic is valuable to her. Check out Heidi's book The Brave Encourager too! Join us on the 16th in person or watch for the podcast soon after. If the Connecting our Stories Podcast has been valuable to you, will you share it with your community and leave a review so more people can find us? * EV...

1 year ago

11 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

EVENT PREVIEW | Emily Douglas & Holly Lammers

Steph sits down with Emily Douglas and Holly Lammers two of our speakers for the upcoming first ever podcast event on healthy and unhealthy relationships. They share who they are, what they do and why this topic is valuable to them. Join us on the 16th in person or watch for the podcast soon after. If the Connecting our Stories Podcast has been valuable to you, will you share it with your community and leave a review so more people can find us? * EVENT ALERT * Connecting Our Stories:&n...

2 years ago

12 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Because Healthy is hard + Unhealthy is harder.

* EVENT ALERT * In this episode Steph and Ana Lena give you a sneak peek at the first ever Podcast Event! Connecting Our Stories: a live podcast event on how we relate to others This is a TED Talk style event where we get honest about relationships. Everyone is in relationships (friends, family, and community). Hear from experts in various fields share their lived experience and offer wisdom on relationships and connection. SPEAKERS: > Tony Loyd (Author | Crazy Good Idea...

2 years ago

15 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Survivors Speak Series // Ep 15: Lalenya's Story Pt. 2

Lalenya is a survivor who has chosen to bravely share your story with us, and also use her story to impact others by starting a nonprofit. We’re so grateful she chose to share her story, and we hope that all of us listening can learn more about what intimate partner violence, and abuse looks like and what it looks like to get a place of healing so that you can share and help others. Thanks for listening! Clearview Works Facebook

2 years ago

42 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Survivors Speak Series // Ep 14: Lalenya's Story Pt. 1

Lalenya is a survivor who has chosen to bravely share your story with us, and also use her story to impact others by starting a nonprofit. We’re so grateful she chose to share her story, and we hope that all of us listening can learn more about what intimate partner violence, and abuse looks like and what it looks like to get a place of healing so that you can share and help others. Thanks for listening! Clearview Works Facebook

2 years ago

46 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Healing Trauma Through Creativity

Get tickets to the event Steph mentioned at the end of the episode HERE: storiesfoundation.kindful.com/e/create-for-change You'll get to pour a candle, pot a plant, eat good food and listen to Steph Page give a talk on how worth and value play a role in the fight against human trafficking in our communities. $50/person * SPACE IS LIMITED *

3 years ago

57 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Combating An Oversexualized Culture // Ep 1: Cat Morgan

3 years ago

46 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Survivors Speak Series // Ep 13: Francine Rivers & Redeeming Love

In this episode of the Connecting Our Stories podcast, we have a chat with one of our favorite authors Francine Rivers. Francine is the best selling author of Redeeming Love, The Scarlet Thread, The Atonement Child - just to name a few! You can check out her work at francinerivers.com. In our conversation today we hear the story behind the story of Redeeming Love and talk about the importance and value of storytelling. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode and share it with a friend. F...

4 years ago

55 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Survivors Speak Series // Ep 12: Anna Friendt

4 years ago

54 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Survivors Speak Series // Ep 11: Amanda Casey

4 years ago

1 hour 7 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Survivors Speak Series // Ep 10: Danielle Freitag

Today we sit down with our dear friend Danielle Freitag. She is a fierce woman fighting for the freedom of those trapped in a life of exploitation, which she has a personal connection to. Danielle helps us see the hope that comes out of the work being done to restore those coming out of a life of exploitation and how we can engage. Learn more about Action169, Rose House and Danielle's book The Garden Keys HERE. Want to support the work Stories Foundation is doing to fight trafficking in Min...

4 years ago

44 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Survivors Speak Series // Ep 9: Point of View Story

Steph chats with Mark Steenbarger and Emily Taylor-Ginger about their inventive way of utilizing media to tell stories of those who have survived abuse and exploitation. The mission at Point of View Story is to empower survivors by creating moments through the power of film. Their work is radical and will change the way we relate to stories of trafficking and develop compassion for both those who have similar experiences and for ourselves. Learn more about Point of View Story HERE. I...

4 years ago

54 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Survivors Speak Series // Ep 8: Speak Up, One Day At A Time

Steph Page and Ana Lena Copeland sit down to share about the upcoming episodes in the Survivors Speak series. Join us over the next few weeks for stories of restoration, healing and redemption.

4 years ago

20 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Influencing Culture Series // Ep 10: Awareness Is Action

Awareness truly is action. Thank you for choosing to become more aware of human trafficking and its relating issues. And thank you for listening to this series on how we can influence culture and use that change as a strategic way to fight human trafficking. Share this series with a friend to keep expanding the reach of this awareness! Would you help others find our podcast by rating and writing a review? Some ways you can continue in your awareness: - Go through our online curriculum on...

4 years ago

7 minutes

Connecting Our Stories

Influencing Culture Series // Ep 9: You Matter

Everything you bring to the table is valuable and is unique to you. All of it can be used, repurposed and redeemed to change a culture that exploits people. You have so much to offer with your influence and voice! Your... - life experience - abilities - work background - education - connections - networking - financial resources - and so much more You matter. The lie is that issues of injustice are too big for community members to do anything about. But the truth is that each of us has infl...

4 years ago

12 minutes