97. Shifting our Perspective: How Storytelling Exposes Inequalities, Challenges Systemic Racism and Builds Community For Good - Niven McCall-Mazza

Meet Niven. As a passionate voice for female empowerment and Vice President of the News Platforms at theSkimm, she wakes up everyday with a goal to make it easier for a generation of women to live their smartest lives. Niven cut her teeth learning the essentials of journalism and ethics at NBC News, and now channels her passion and expertise into fostering good around the world. Tune in for a moving conversation about connecting, informing, activating and empowering women around the most important social causes facing us today.It's  We Are For Good Podcast Women of Impact Week presented by Virtuous.  Join us as we release 5 episodes, each dedicated to celebrating the incredible women making an impact in our world, and how you can take action to harness the power of women to further your causes too.This series is more than just podcast episodes. Explore weareforgood.com/women to find extensive resources, a treasure trove of past interviews and inspiration too.  Want to be an ally to spread this message of goodness? Use hashtag #womenofimpact2021Episode HighlightsNiven’s story and journey to where she is today (3:44)Media in today’s world and theSkimm’s values (7:42)Utilizing platforms to advance good personally and professionally (11:00)You don’t have to be the loudest voice in the room, and you don’t have to threaten or try to elicit fear to gain respect (12:00)An overview of theSkimm and how they’re serving, informing, and empowering 7+ million women worldwide (17:40)The importance of having a voice digitally (23:00)145,000 women lost or left their jobs in December 2020 (25:00)The pandemic has shone a light on that we are far from equality (25:58)The power of storytelling: how it can expose inequalities, challenge systemic issues, and build communities for good (29:00)Building advocacy within community (34:00)A woman who has shaped Niven into who she is today: her mom (38:00)A moment of philanthropy that shaped Niven’s life and desire to do good (41:00)Niven’s One Good Thing: Ask others how you can help and pause and listen to their response. (44:00)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/97The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/helloAbout Our Sponsor VirtuousYou know we believe Everyone Matters - and we believe the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you see and activate donors at every level.  And our friends at Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. Virtuous is the only responsive fundraising platform designed to help nonprofit teams build better donor relationships and increase impact with confidence. Plus, their number one core value is Team & Family, so this week we’re excited to highlight a few of the phenomenal women and clients within their family during Women of Impact Week.Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org///Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.comSay hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter