David Gaines is the author of the forthcoming book, “Radical Business: The Root of Your Work and How it Can Change the World.” He is also the CEO and chief visionary for La Terza Artisan Coffee Roasterie, and serves as the board chairperson for the Social Enterprise Alliance. His company, La Terza, is a full-service coffee resource that provides the highest-quality coffee for consumers, as well as equipment and education for restaurants and coffee shops, and more. La Terza takes pride in the relationships they have formed with coffee producers from around the world, whose employees are paid living wages and whose growing methods are sustainable.
David draws on his experiences leading these social enterprises to provide a blueprint for helping organizations deepen their social impact. He is admittedly an idealist that dreams of a world where all businesses are social enterprises and where people are equally valued, served, and empowered.
David is a loving husband and father, enjoys the solitude and beauty of nature, and is energized meeting new people and old friends over a crafted beverage.
Links:
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Business-Root-Change-World/dp/1685550088
Coffee: https://laterzacoffee.com/collections/limited-time/products/honduras-empowering-women-coffee-bundle
After feeling the call to be a peacemaker, Jason Porterfield moved to one of Canada’s poorest neighborhoods known as Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Coming face-to-face with the realities of drugs, prostitution, violence and murder, he was forced to wrestle with some life changing questions. And, after years of soul-searching, prayer, seeking counsel and putting in the hard work of academic research, he has found some answers. He is with us today to share them with us.
Listen to Episode 31 of “The Point” Podcast
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Moto Meds: Before the morning: Saving Lives Through Nighttime Intervention
Here are some other stats that will blow your mind:
Some good news?
A lot of these statistics can be avoided, simply through prevention. And that is exactly what our guests today have been working on, for years. Not only have they been working on it, but they have also been SUCCESSFUL at it
Dr Eric Nelson and Molly Klarman, and their incredible team in Haiti and Ghana, have come up with an innovative approach to healthcare in some of the poorest places in the world
They are quite literally saving lives by bridging the gap between the onset of illness and access to healthcare with just a few hours, but the most precious hours, the hours from when a disease can go from bad to deadly.
How are they doing it? Join us today to find out
Statistics: *United Nations (News.un.org)
Website: https://www.motomeds.org
How do we disrupt systems that protect promote and perpetuate social and inequality? This is not a small task or an easy thing to discuss but if we are serious about bringing social justice to the surface, it is a conversation that we must have and not just today, but ongoing. And here to lead us in this conversation is Dr. Shawn Duncan
He is the Director of the training and Consulting Division for an impressive group called Focused Community Strategies or FCS. This organization was started by Dr Lupton best know for the book Toxic Charity, and Charity Detox. Shawn is a TEDx Speaker, trainer, consultant, and honestly just one of those people you feel like you could learn something new from every day. Dr. Shawn Duncan is the Director of FCS’s Training and Consulting Division, The Lupton Center.
Shawn comes to FCS from the nonprofit leadership sector with research and writing focused on pedagogies for social impact. In his previous careers he has focused on multi-sector coalition building for community impact, content and curriculum design, group facilitation, leadership development, and immigration reform advocacy. As the leader of The Lupton Center team, Shawn brings a visionary voice for innovation, a strategic mind for resource development, and the leadership acumen to support and equip the team for success.
He loves being a part of a mission-driven team that finds joy in one another while doing such important work.
Take a deep dive with us today with our new friend and long-time ally Shawn Duncan.
Mill Creek Farms: Farmer Levi & Farmer Tosheena
Here’s 5 food facts I am sure you didnt know
Mill Creek Urban Farm is an educational farm and environmental education center located in West Philadelphia. They are dedicated to improving local access to fresh, chemical-free produce at low cost for the immediate Mill Creek community and surrounding neighborhoods.
Mill Creek is a people of color-led non-profit organization in service of communities of color in need of basic resources. They are dedicated to cultivating a healthy environment, growing strong communities and promoting a just and sustainable food system.
Natalia Bondarenko: Ukraine-Russian War, A Mother’s Story
One day your life is as normal and the very next day Russian soldiers have taken over your home, bombed your car, and destroyed your business. That is the devastating reality for thousands of families including Nata and her 13-year-old son Yegor.
From hiding in underground subway stations to killing pigeons for food, Nata shares her first-hand experience of what life is really like in Ukraine as the Russian war progresses.
Join us in this emotional and moving conversation with Nata Bondarenko: A Mother’s Story
Callie Himsl: Top 5 New Essentials to Social Justice
When I first stepped foot in the Caribbean country of Haiti, just an hour and a half flight from Florida, it was about a year after the unfortunate 2010 earthquake that brought the country back to the front minds of the world.
I jokingly tell people that at that time we didn’t even have iPhones, ok but seriously we kind of did but like no one did, I was T-9ing on my Nokia brick phone
So much has changed since that time, Uber exists, Airbnb is now a thing, fingerprint pay, tap to pay, Venmo, all the ways to pay have changed, but on a more serious note, the way we approach foreign aid, social aid, and many levels in the world of social justice has changed, which I guess you could say is a good thing, that means we are learning and evolving - but with that comes responsibility, we have to learn these new terms, these new approaches, new theories and do all of this within an always evolving world, after all when you are in the realm of social justice, the root of what you do is working with people, and people are…always changing
So that is what we are here to talk about today, the new words, the new theories and new ways to approach these very complex topics.
Growing up in an affluent life, he wanted what a lot of us wanted; the picture-perfect life. Maybe a mansion, or a 6 figure income, or just a low-key Ferari. And, by working as a corporate executive during the dot-com boom, he was well on his way to achieving this. Until…a trip to Cambodia changed his life.
This led to a radical life transformation for Craig Greenfield. He got married, and moved to slums in Cambodia, then to the roughest area of Vancouver, and beyond.
His book Urban Halo quickly became a must-read. He went on to write Subversive Jesus, and his new book Subversive Missions comes out fall of 2022.
Join us for this conversation with author, activist, and founder Craig Greenfield.
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In the nonprofit space, we tend to think about things like; feelings and relationships, movements and revolutions, and this glamorous view of how we are changing the world. All of that can be great, but how do we know what is really going on? If we can’t measure we can’t manage. The truth is we need data.
And that is one of the reasons Nonprofit Finance Fund exists. They conduct a national survey that collects information from thousands of nonprofits so they can share experience and expertise with cutting-edge data and analysis so we can feel equipped in making decisions about the future. Simply put, they do lending, consulting, research and advocacy for nonprofits.
Join the conversation with Jen Talansky about how we can use data to create a more just and equitable future.
Streamed everywhere podcasts are available
Website: https://nff.org
In this episode, we cover a topic that makes many of us uncomfortable and inevitably brings tension. But according to one man, that tension is part of the call to healing. The healing we are talking about? Racial reconciliation
Join our conversation with Chuck Mingo, the founder of Living Undivided, a program that has taken thousands of participants through life-changing moments of racial healing.
This program was created by Chuck and his team as a response to the present and past injustices surrounding race.
In addition to Living Undivided chuck is also a teaching pastor at one of the largest churches in America and spent almost a decade in the corporate world at Procter & Gamble.
We invite you to get uncomfortable with us as we explore this topic.
Contact and Links:
livingundivided.com
https://chuckmingo.com
If you have worked in the nonprofit space for any amount of time, then you have likely felt the cringe-worthy word “fundraising”. It can feel daunting, discouraging, and exhausting. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. Fundraising Rebel Lisa Stueckemann joins us to share her knowledge on donor-centric fundraising and how we can invite others into a greater purpose.
She has worked with grassroots organizations as well as multi-million dollar projects. She builds on this foundation through her education by obtaining a Masters in Nonprofit Administration and she is a Certified Fundraising Executive. Currently, she is the Vice President of Philanthropy at New Life Solutions.
Find renewed passion and inspiration today by joining our conversation on how to bring others into the life-changing work you are doing.
Contact + Links
Email: lstueckemann@icloud.com
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisastueckemann/
Stephanie Bowman: From addiction to Advocate
From homeless to head of her own nonprofit, One Heart for Women and Children.
Stephanie bowman is a force to be reckoned with. She candidly shares with us her personal story of overcoming addiction and trauma and how it has fueled her to help thousands of families experiencing similar hardships.
I truly believe that when we hear these intimate stories of real people experiencing real problems, it helps us build empathy and remember that each person we encounter is experiencing things in their lives we may not be aware of.
Stephanie unpacks these heavy topics through her charming and genuine personality. She’s the kind of person you could spend all day with having coffee and sharing stories and laughter.
Join our uplifting and enlightening conversation with Stephanie Bowman, Founder, Director, and Advocate.
Contact + Links
Website: https://oneheartorlando.org
Social: @oneheartmatters
Lauren Neal is an international photographer and writer whose 10+ years’ experience in the non-profit sector largely influences how she chooses to celebrate the beauty of family and the value of connection through her work.
After spending four years in Haiti working with a local NGO, she witnessed firsthand the trauma, corruption, and complexities of exploitive orphan care systems within international aid. Since then, she has found deep purpose in documenting the various dynamics of family, in its many different shapes and forms, near and far.
Links + Contact
Social Media @lauren___neal
Website https://www.laurenneal.com
Fatima Sadaf Saied is the Executive Director of the Muslim Women’s Organization (MWO) based in Orlando, Florida. As the daughter of Pakistani immigrants and a native Floridian, she witnessed her parents build and dedicate their lives to inclusive Islamic institutions including mosques, schools and civic organizations throughout her childhood. Following their example, in her time at the University of Miami, she was a founder and President of a student organization that was an inclusive alternative to the existing MSA which was not open to women or diverse Islamic perspectives.
After graduating from UM with a degree in Psychobiology, she started her family and dedicated her time to raising her five children. Realizing that a gap existed in women’s leadership opportunities in her local Muslim community, she was one of a group of like-minded women, that established the MWO in 2010. It is a nonprofit dedicated to building the power of and creating inclusive and welcoming spaces for Muslim women.
Fatima is also on the Board of Directors of Eid Orlando, an organization dedicated to establishing family-friendly Muslim holiday celebrations. She part of the inaugural cohort for Zakat Foundation Institute’s Muslim Philanthropy and Humanitarian Studies Fellowship program at IUPUI’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. She is now completing her Masters Degree in Philanthropic studies there with the intention of building the nonprofit leadership expertise of Muslim women. She is passionate about uplifting the lives of her daughters, her team members and her community through compassionate service.
Website & Contact: https://www.mwo-orlando.org
Twenty-One Senses (501c3) was founded in 2018 by a Chicago mom struggling to raise two special needs kids in a community that consistently misunderstood them, and sometimes punished them, for taking a slightly different approach. She could relate to what her kids were going through. As a mother, she herself often felt shamed when friends, family, teachers, or even strangers were bewildered or disappointed by her children or her parenting choices. Her vision, and our vision, is for an educated and inclusive community that sees her kids––and all people struggling with difference––through a lens of humility and compassion. Humility about our own individual differences and the differences of others, and compassion for all people regardless of age, background, appearance, capabilities, or limitations.
Their mission is to teach communities to support the inclusion, dignity, and well-being of the ~17% (one-in-six)1 of their kids, customers, colleagues, and peers currently living with a sensory disability. Many familiar diagnoses such as autism, PTSD, ADHD, and anxiety are among the 20+ disorders that all affect how the brain interprets information from the senses. Despite being different neurological conditions, these so-called invisible disabilities frequently produce similar observable behaviors. For example, an autistic child and a survivor of traumatic abuse may both be easily upset by physical touch or unexpected stimuli. By accepting without judgement the slightly different approach to daily life that neurological diversity requires, an informed and empathetic community can empower its sensory sensitive families to embrace their diagnoses with self-compassion and positivity.
Website: https://www.twentyonesenses.org
Research has shown that to break the cycle of generational poverty children need long-term, relationship-based support. This support helps them to graduate from high school, remain free from involvement in the criminal justice system, and wait to parent until after their teen years, and that is exactly what Friends of the Children is doing. It is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1993 in Portland with salaried, professional mentors—and 24 children. Today they are a $33 million dollar network with over 22 locations.
Friends of the Children was founded by Duncan Campbell, a successful business entrepreneur whose own troubled childhood inspired him to found the organization. Our innovative model pairs children who are in foster care or in high-poverty schools with a Friend. Each child selected for the program has a Friend by their side from kindergarten through high school graduation—12+ years, no matter what.
In this episode, we are joined by two of these world changing individuals CEO Terri Sorensen and Executive Director Thomas Lee. They are here to educate us on foster care, the cases, the solutions and how each of us can get involved.
Website: https://friendsofthechildren.org
⚉ Join our conversation with Founder + Chief Cause Consultant Breauna Dorelus of Connecting the Cause
⚉ Breauan gives us insight into identifying and uprooting harmful volunteer practices, specifically in Black and Brown communities. She helps us unpack volunteer-centered service and shows us how we can transform it into community-centered service.
⚉ Connecting the Cause, a consultancy dedicated to helping volunteers and those that lead them identify and uproot harmful volunteer practices specifically towards Black and brown communities. Breauna is an advocate for voices of color to be heard, recognized and valued in the service and volunteerism sector and believes in keeping the community centered in all aspects of the volunteer process. Breauna's work is built on the principle that transformational service must help instead of harm.
⚉ Starting her decade plus stint in the nonprofit sector as an AmeriCorps member, she has continuously held positions in volunteer engagement, program creation, and spearheading community volunteer initiatives in the areas of humanitarian aid, refugee resettlement, and ministry. She received her Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Georgia Southern University, and her Master’s in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management from Georgia State University (Summa Cum Laude).
Website: https://www.connectingthecause.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connectingthecause
Instagram: https://www.connectingthecause.com/contact
Brandon has worked in the child welfare and nonprofit sectors for over ten years. Before joining 1MILLIONHOME, he led a family based care and advocacy program in Tanzania for several years. Brandon has also worked at a Tanzanian orphanage, in the Californian foster care system, at various churches and teaches on issues facing at risk children at the university level. He has his Master’s Degree in Global Development and Justice and is passionate about indigenous leadership, community mobilization and seeing global entities come together to deliver the best care for at risk children.
Join our conversation as he shares with us his personal experience and how you can get involved in the movement of giving the gift of family.
Website: https://1millionhome.com/takeaction/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1MILLIONHOME
Erik Hanberg has spent nearly 20 years working with nonprofits. In addition to serving as the director of two nonprofits, he has worked for nonprofits in marketing and fundraising, and served on boards and committees for more than a dozen organizations, often in leadership roles.
He is the author of four books for nonprofits, focusing on fundraising, social media, and board governance. He was elected as a Metro Parks Tacoma Commissioner in 2011, a junior municipality with an annual operating budget of $50+ million.
Listen to our conversation where he shares details of how small nonprofits, just like yours, can raise funds and have fun doing it!
Website: forsmallnonprofits.com
Jennifer Perry has been Executive Director of the Children’s Action Network (CAN) since its inception. By marshalling the immense communications power of the entertainment community, CAN inspires the public to take action on behalf of children. CAN is now involved in a national campaign devoted to raising awareness about the 107,000 children in this country waiting for adoptive homes and improving outcomes for the more than 400,000 children in foster care.
Jennifer is a co-founder of FosterMore, a coalition of media and entertainment companies, non-profits, businesses and philanthropic organizations working to create greater understanding, empathy, and action to improve the future of youth in foster care. FosterMore shines a light on the accomplishments and potential of foster youth, while securing support for their academic success and creating a pipeline of potential foster parents.
Jennifer is a recipient of the Nancy Daly Advocacy Award from the Lewis Hine Awards for Service to Children and Youth, Raise A Child Honors and the Evan B. Donaldson Spotlight Award. Under her stewardship, CAN has received an Adoption Excellence Award from the US Department of Health and Human Services and a Television Academy Honors for A Home for the Holidays, CAN’s annual special promoting foster care adoption and been recognized as a CCAI Angels in Adoption.
Jennifer is on the Board of Governors for the California Community Colleges as well as the board of the Foundation for California Community Colleges and serves on the board of the Children's Law Center. She has served as a board member of the North American Council on Adoptable Children, an Advisor to National Center for Children in Poverty, the Major League Baseball Player’s Trust for Children and on the Los Angeles Commission on Children Youth and their Families. She also served on the board of the Mar Vista Family Center and Para Los Niños, and was appointed to the Los Angeles City Child Care Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women.
Links & Contact:
@foster_more
