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Big Vision Podcast
by Britt Bravo
For seven years (2006-2013) Britt Bravo interviewed over 70 people with Big Visions for a better world. You can contact Britt through her website, www.brittbravo.com.
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Play Big and Change the World: Tara Mohr
Tara Sophia Mohr is a writer, coach and an expert on women's leadership and well-being. Her work helps women play bigger in their work and in their lives. With an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Yale, Tara takes a unique approach that blends…
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Zen Under Fire: Interview with Marianne Elliott
Marianne Elliott is the author of Zen Under of Fire: How I Found Peace in the Midst of War. Marianne is a writer, human rights advocate, and international yoga instructor. Trained as a lawyer, Marianne helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste, has...
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Out of the Spiritual Closet: Organizers Transforming the Practice of Social Justice. Interview with co-author, Kristen Zimmerman
Kristen Zimmerman is one of the co-authors of the Movement Strategy Center report, Out of the Spiritual Closet: Organizers Transforming the Path of Social Justice, along with Neelam Pathikonda, Brenda Salgado, and Taj James. As a Senior Fellow at the Movement Strategy Center, she leads the...
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Raising Diapers with Social Media: Help a Mother Out Founder, Lisa Truong
This month's guest is Lisa Truong, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Help a Mother Out. Help a Mother Out is a grassroots organization that raises diapers and awareness, and advocates for long term change in the social safety net. Lisa is a social entrepreneur with over 12 years experience...
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Transformative Leadership for Social Change: Akaya Windwood of Rockwood Leadership Institute
President of Rockwood Leadership Institute, Akaya Windwood is internationally recognized for elevating the effectiveness of leadership and collaboration in the nonprofit and social benefit sectors. Her vision for our global community includes infusing a sense of purpose, delight and wonder into...
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Living Plastic-Free with Beth Terry
Beth Terry is the author of Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too. She also writes the popular blog, My Plastic-Free Life, and is a founding member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. Beth gives presentations on living plastic-free and why our personal changes do make a...
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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power
Will Allen is an urban farmer who is transforming the cultivation, production, and delivery of healthy foods to underserved, urban populations. After a brief career in professional basketball, and a number of years in corporate marketing at Procter & Gamble, Will returned to his roots as a…
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Deanna Zandt, Author, Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking
Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and the author of Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. She is a consultant to progressive media and advocacy organizations. Her clients have included The Ford Foundation, The Daily Beast/Newsweek, and Jim Hightower's Hightower...
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Stacey Edgar, Founder of Global Girlfriend: Women-made, Eco-friendly, Fair Trade
Stacey Edgar started Global Girlfriend in 2003 as a way to provide economic security for women in need by creating a sustainable market for their products. She used her 10 years in social work practice with women and children as a springboard to her role as a social entrepreneur. Global…
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Empowering Low-Income Families to Create Prosperity: Interview with Ben Mangan
Ben Mangan is the President, CEO, and Co-Founder of the nonprofit, EARN. Since 2001, EARN has helped tens of thousands of low-income people enter the financial mainstream, and move toward prosperity with savings accounts for the unbanked, and matched accounts for low wage workers to invest in...
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Dancing for Peace: Interview with Sara Potler
Sara Potler is the Founder and CEO of Dance 4 Peace. Dance 4 Peace is a conflict resolution, civic education program that promotes empathy, understanding, mediation skills, anger management, and emotional and civic engagement through dance in youth around the world. Dance 4 Peace began in Bogota,...
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Women, Girls, Education and Global Health: Interview with Carinne Brody
Carinne Brody is a doctoral candidate in public health at UC Berkeley. She is conducting an evaluation of a reproductive health voucher program in Uganda and Cambodia as part of her dissertation, and she co-instructs the International Maternal and Child Health Seminar, and the Maternal and Child...
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Halle Butvin, One Mango Tree, a Fair Trade Clothing Company
Halle Butvin is the Founder and Director of One Mango Tree, a fair trade clothing company. One Mango Tree uses a fair trade model to provide income-generating opportunities for women in impoverished and conflict areas around the globe. At the moment, their work is focused in Uganda. In addition…
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Arts Activist Naomi Natale and The One Million Bones Project
Naomi Natale is the founding artist behind One Million Bones. Both an installation artist and photographer, Naomi was the founder and director of The Cradle Project, a large scale installation calling attention and raising funds for the 48 million children orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over 550...
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Samin Nosrat: Cook, Teacher, Writer, Accidental Activist
Samin Nosrat creates community around food with her varied endeavors as a cook, teacher, writer, and accidental activist. She's known for the Pop-Up General Store, Tartine Afterhours dinners, Home Ec Cooking Classes, and the nationwide Bakesale for Japan that raised $140,000. Her newest project…
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Creating Your Generosity Plan: Kathy LeMay, Raising Change
Kathy LeMay is the author of The Generosity Plan: Sharing Your Time, Treasure and Talent to Shape the World. She's also the Founder and CEO of Raising Change. Raising Change helps organizations raise capital to advance social change agendas and helps individuals create Generosity Plans to help...
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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw
Twenty-year-old Rachel Cohen is the Founder and Executive Director of Hand2Paw. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. Hand2Paw provides homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences. It also ensures that...
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Next Generation Big Visionary: 18-Year-Old Aneesha Raghunathan, Hope Line Fashions
Eighteen year old Aneesha Raghunathan is the founder of Hope Line Fashions. Hope Line's mission is to empower women around the world through the sale of unique T-shirts made by women. Listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast on iTunes. Learn more about Aneesha and Hope Line Fashions:...
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Funny and Fun Fundraising with Crowdrise: Conversation with Co-Founder, Robert Wolfe
Robert Wolfe is the co-founder of Crowdrise, an online fundraising website with the tagline, "If you don't give back, no one will like you." They're all about, "raising money for charity and having the most fun in the world while doing it." Robert co-founded Crowdrise with his brother, Jeffrey...
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Gabriela Masala: How to Organize Have Fun Do Good Flash Mobs
Gabriela Masala is the Founder of the One Love Alliance. The One Love Alliance creates visionary arts community flash mob events that are both transformative and entertaining, and are fueled by the values of unity, playfulness, creativity and love. Gabriela is the creator of the Inner Wealth…
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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess
Secret Agent L (Laura Miller), and her affiliated agents perform anonymous acts of kindess missions across the globe, and share them on Laura's blog, www.secretagentl.com. Laura was anonymous for a year, until she held a reveal party and fundraiser in July of 2010. Since then, her project has…
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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse
Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse. World Pulse is a global media and communcation network devoted to bringing women a global voice. They broadcast and unite women's voices from around the world into a powerful voice for change. They produce a print and web magazine as well as...
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Dinner Giving Circles: Marsha Wallace, Dining for Women
Marsha Wallace is the founder of Dining for Women. Dining for Women is a network of dinner giving circles. The donations collected from the circles goes towards a different program each month that supports and empowers self-sufficiency for women and girls who live in extreme poverty in developing...
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Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat
Temra Costa is a nationally recognized sustainable food and farming advocate. Her recent book, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat is the product of the past seven years she has spent working to promote a more vibrant local food economy in California, and beyond. Farmer Jane features the...
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Creating a Community Supported Kitchen: Interview with Jessica Prentice of Three Stone Hearth
Jessica Prentice is co-owner of Three Stone Hearth, a Community Supported Kitchen in Berkeley, California that uses local, sustainable ingredients to prepare nutrient-dense, traditional foods on a community scale. She is a professional chef, passionate home cook, local foods activist, and author…
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Father's Day Show: My Dad, Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship
This month's show is a specai Father's Day edition featuring an interview with my, Dad, Tom Aageson, the co-Founder of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship. In addition to being the co-Founder of the Global Center, he is also the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico…
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Diet for a Hot Planet Author, Anna Lappe
Author, Anna Lappe, talks about her new book, Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It. Anna is also the co-author of Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet, and Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen. In Diet for a Hot Planet, Anna...
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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond
Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond are the Co-Directors of Women's Earth Alliance. Women's Earth Alliance, or WEA, unites women on the frontlines of environmental justice causes by coordinating training, technology, and financial support for thriving communities and the Earth. When I sat down to…
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Cupcakes, Veganism and Fundraising: Fat Bottom Bakery and the East Bay Vegan Bakesale
Ashley Rowe and Carolynn Webb are the owners of the Fat Bottom Bakery and co-creators of the East Bay Vegan Bakesale. In January, they raised $2200 at the first East Bay Vegan Bakesale for a school gardening program and Bad Rap Pit Bull Rescue. The next East Bay Vegan Bakesale is in Oakland, CA…
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Empowering Women Artisans: Rebecca Kousky, Founder of Nest
Rebecca Kousky is the Executive Director and Founder of Nest, a nonprofit organization that empowers female artists around the world using a unique combination of interest-free microfinance loans, mentoring from established designers, as well as a market in which to sell their crafts. You can…
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Cultivating Food Entrepreneurs: Patricia Loya of La Cocina
Patricia Loya is the Executive Director of La Cocina, a San Francisco Incubator Kitchen for Women. The mission of La Cocina is to cultivate food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses by providing affordable commercial kitchen space, industry-specific technical assistance and...
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Do-Good Tranquilista: Kimberly Wilson
Kimberly Wilson is a teacher, writer, do-gooder, entrepreneur, and eco-fashion designer who is currently obsessed with Paris, potbelly pigs, and all things sparkly. She is the creative director and founder of Tranquil Space, which was named among the top 25 yoga studios in the world by Travel +...
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Why Women Are the Market for Changing the World, and How to Reach Them: The She Spot co-author, Lisa Witter
Lisa Witter is the Chief Operating Officer of Fenton Communications, the largest public interest communications firm in the country. She heads the firm's practice in women's issues and global affairs for clients including Women for Women International, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai,...
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Building Sustainable & Responsible Inner City Businesses: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors
Jose has worked in business and community development for over ten years. Currently, as the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors, Jose provides strategic leadership, management and direction to the organization. He is passionate about entrepreneurship, having been raised by his father - a...
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Community Funded Reporting: David Cohn of Spot.us
Interview from July 9, 2009 with David Cohn, the Founder of Spot.us. Spot.Us is a nonprofit project pioneering "community funded reporting." Through Spot.Us, the public can commission journalists to do investigations on important, and perhaps overlooked stories. David is a journalist turned...
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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE
Kjerstin Erickson, the founder and Executive Director of FORGE. FORGE is a US-based nonprofit organization that facilitates African refugees' developing and running projects in their communities that range from libraries to health centers to microlending programs to preschools. Erickson founded...
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Women for Women International: Interview with Zainab Salbi
Zainab Salbi is the Founder and CEO of Women for Women International, an organization that helps women survivors of war rebuild their lives. She is also the author of two books, Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam, and The Other Side of War: Women's Stories...
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Off the Mat, Into the World: Interview with Seane Corn
Yoga instructor, Seane Corn, has been featured in commercials and appeared on the cover of Yoga Journal, Fit Yoga, and many other magazines. She utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis, and is the National Yoga Ambassador for YouthAIDS. Seane is also the…
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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen
Interview from February 11, 2009 with Bryant Terry, eco-chef, food justice activist, and author of Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine. Bryant is currently a Fellow in the Food and Society Policy Fellows Program, a national project of the W.K. Kellogg...
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How to Make Your Big Vision Real: Jennifer Lee of Artizen Coaching
Jennifer Lee is the Founder of Artizen Coaching. She is a certified coach, artist and yogini based in Oakland, California. Jennifer is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. She was also featured in the book, The Girl's Guide to...
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Favianna Rodriguez: Political Digital Artist and Printmaker
Favianna Rodriguez is a political digital artist and printmaker based in Oakland, California. She is the co-founder of the EastSide Arts Alliance (ESAA) and Visual Element, programs dedicated to training emerging artists. She is also the co-founder and president of Tumis, a bilingual design…
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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network
Marianne Manilov is the National Team Leader of The Engage Network, a nonprofit social venture that promotes widespread civic engagement. At the moment, The Engage Network includes three "sectors": What's Your Tree?, inspired by Julia Butterfly Hill's tree-sit, Off the Mat Into the World, founded...
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29-Day Giving Challenge: An Interview with Cami Walker
Cami Walker is the founder of the 29 Day Giving Challenge, a global giving movement where participants give away one thing away each day for 29 days. You can read a transcript of this interview on my blog, Have Fun * Do Good. Cami is writing a book about the 29-Day Giving Challenge. She is…
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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler, Author, Loyal to the Sky
Activist, journalist and singer, Marisa Handler, is the author of the memoir Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist, which received the 2008 Nautilus Book Award for worldchanging books. For more information about Marisa's work and her book go to marisahandler.com. A transcript of this interview...
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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart
Martin Fisher is the Co-founder and CEO of KickStart. KickStart is a non-profit organization that develops and markets new technologies in Africa. These low- cost technologies are bought by local entrepreneurs and used to establish highly profitable new small businesses. The organization has...
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Save Your Trash: An Interview with Ari Derfel
Ari Derfel talks about what he learned after saving his trash for one year. You can read more about his experiment on his blog, Save Your Trash at http://saveyourtrash.typepad.com. Ari is the co-founder of Back to Earth Catering and Outdoor Adventures. Long time Big Vision Podcast listeners may...
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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck
Janessa Goldbeck is the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network, a nonprofit organization that provides individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide. As a college student, Janessa served as the first National Outreach Coordinator for STAND, helping…
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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai
Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center. Founded in 1990, the Women of Color Resource Center is headquartered in the Bay Area and promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well being of women and girls of color in the United States. Desai came to…
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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas
This month's interview is with Kavita Ramdas, the President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women. The Global Fund for Women is an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice. They advocate for and defend women's human rights by making grants to…
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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes
Cristi Hegranes is the Founder of The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World. "The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. The Institute was founded on the belief that journalism is an empowering…
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For seven years (2006-2013) Britt Bravo interviewed over 70 people with Big Visions for a better world. You can contact Britt through her website, www.brittbravo.com.
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