Ep. 071 - Empowering Local Communities

The Partnership For Working Families has an extensive number of campaigns that focus on empowering local communities. On the next episode of Attorney Heart I interview Ben Beach, who is the Legal Director at The Partnership and he explains that he works with organizations and local governments in cities across the country in order to transform local economies. Ben has extensive experience advising community organizations and community-based campaigns for economic justice and has experience in social issues that include affordable housing, racial inequities, climate justice, energy efficiency, transit-oriented development, future of work issues and other areas as well. Ben Beach received his J.D. from NYU School of Law and in addition to discussing the very powerful work that The Partnership takes on, we also had an awesome conversation on the meaningful wellness policies that The Partnership has adopted. If you need some ideas on what kind of wellness policies you can adopt at your law firm and/or non-profit organization you definitely want to tune in, the wellness policies Ben discussed are holistic and effective. To Contact Ben, you can reach him at http://www.forworkingfamilies.org/contact. ----------------------------------------------------------------- New Attorney Heart interviews will be posted on iMATER NOW’s YouTube channel. Attorney Heart is brought to you by iMATER NOW. Stay connected with iMATER NOW and join its community on any of the following: Attorney Heart Facebook page Attorney Heart Website Attorney Heart on YouTube To connect with Fernando, the Founder of iMATER NOW and Attorney Heart, you can reach him on any of the following: Fernando Flores on LinkedIn Fernando Flores on Instagram Fernando Flores is an attorney and high performance coach based in the San Francisco Bay Area who founded iMATER NOW to help fellow attorneys live happier, healthier lifestyles. He also provides resources and information on the topic of attorney happiness and health through his Attorney Heart Podcast. Apart from being an attorney, Fernando is a High Performance Coach for Attorneys and Law Firms and a speaker at law schools. Prior to becoming a coach, Fernando spent 10 years as a trial and appellate attorney. Fernando graduated from UC Berkeley with Sociology and Rhetoric degrees and then studied at UC Davis Law School where he obtained his J.D.