Hosts Girl Scout Troop 46993 invite Hiral to the podcast to talk about her experience addressing climate justice through her youth-run organization the Tomorrow Project. Hear about how young people can get involved in addressing climate justice, the challenges they face, and what inspires them. Hiral Choudhary is currently a high school student and Senior Director for the Tomorrow Project.
About the Hosts
This episode was created and directed by Girl Scout Troop 46993 to complete their Silver Award. Members of the Troop are Aria, Ava, Sophia, and Ren. They are passionate about addressing climate justice.
Host Shireen invites Devi to the podcast to talk about her experience advancing racial equity at her job and in her personal life. Hear about the challenges, strategies to overcome those challenges, and sources of inspiration to continue working toward racial equity. Devi Johnson is currently a project management consultant helping companies navigate large and complex projects. Devi focuses on driving impact and positive change in her workplace and in her community. She is leading her (mostly white) office as their diversity, equity, and inclusion champion and has worked with multiple community non-profits. Outside of work, Devi enjoys cooking, hiking, and reading.
The Courage to Not Know – Brené Brown
About the Host
Passionate about addressing inequities of all kinds, Shireen Tabrizi loves herself some structural and systemic change. She also likes to talk politics, both national and hyper-local, and stay engaged with her community. LinkedIn
Max Mankin is the co-founder and CTO of Modern Electron, an energy technology startup in Seattle working to decarbonize home energy use. He has a decade of experience building and leading teams, designing and characterizing semiconductors and energy systems. Max earned a BS with honors in chemistry from Brown University and a PhD in physical chemistry from Harvard University, where he held fellowships from the Hertz and National Science Foundations. Max is an inventor on a few dozen patents pending and granted. His accolades include one of Inc. Magazine’s most brilliant entrepreneurs under 30 (2017) and Forbes 30 Under 30 (2016).
About the Host
Rami Sayar is a technologist exploring the intersection of design, startups, and the web. He is currently shipping new machine learning powered user experiences to millions of visitors at Microsoft Bing. He is also an elder shaper who has been part of the Montreal, New York City and Seattle hubs. Website
Recorded: September 27th, 2020
Jeremy Schifberg works on improving healthcare delivery – which means he works on homelessness, food insecurity, and many other issues found outside of a clinic or hospital. He found himself working on homelessness – one of Seattle’s most divisive and challenging issues – because of its unavoidable connection to good health, and now he and fellow Shaper Shireen work in support of the Third Door Coalition, one of Seattle’s most promising new initiatives dedicated to addressing chronic homelessness. In this episode of Shaping Seattle, Jeremy and Shireen talk chronic homelessness, permanent supportive housing, and the power of storytelling and cultural change.
LinkedIn| Twitter | The Third Door Coalition
About the Host
Passionate about addressing inequities of all kinds, Shireen Tabrizi loves herself some structural and systemic change. She also likes to talk politics, both national and hyper-local, and stay engaged with her community. LinkedIn
Recorded: October 29th, 2020
Aadithya (Aadu) Prakash is an environmentalist trapped in an engineer’s body. And he’s looking to collaborate with professionals from other sectors to build physical devices that help both our people and our planet. Our second episode of Shaping Seattle, Aadithya, and fellow Shaper Rami talk ClimateTech, Penguins, IoT, and homelessness in Seattle.
Murrelet Innovation | Center for Ecosystem Sentinels | Facing Homelessness | The Block Project
About the Host
Rami Sayar is a technologist exploring the intersection of design, startups, and the web. He is currently shipping new machine learning powered user experiences to millions of visitors at Microsoft Bing. He is also an elder Shaper who has been part of the Montreal, New York City and Seattle hubs. Website
Recorded: November 7th, 2020
Jamal will admit he does and does not get why people listen to things he says. If you were to ask him his opinion on why people listen to him, he'd say, "I've been around white people for too long" and if you were to ask him why people shouldn't listen to him he'd say, "I wasn't finished speaking." Leading off the first episode of the Seattle Shapers podcast, Jamal Yearwood, and fellow Shaper Jeremy, talk Health, Politics, and just enough Conspiracy. Twitter | Vacant Soles
About the Host
Jeremy Schifberg is an experienced social entrepreneur and management consultant, focused on health care delivery reform and community health. He served most recently as Principal and member of the founding team at The Health Initiative, a social enterprise working to spur new, coordinated investments in health. LinkedIn
Recorded: December 2nd, 2020
