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Forward 40 (4tea)
by Coach Faith
Highlighting the experiences of 40 women of color on the rise in the nonprofit and social enterprise sectors.Building a #CommuniTea of our experiences across generations.
Episodes
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Episode 41: Tested, Tried & True featuring Imani "Faith" Missouri
Greetings everyone! It has been quite the journey. The journey cannot fully be captured in one episode. This is a whole book *wink wink*. I wanted to provide an opportunity for supporters to hear some tidbits of what has been at work behind the scenes and what is underway. Very much aligned with...
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Episode 40: Birth the Vision. Build A Legacy featuring Nicole Lynn Lewis
Nicole Lynn Lewis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Generation Hope, a nonprofit that provides direct service support to young parents earning their college degrees, advocates nationally for the unique needs of student parents and their families, and partners with colleges and...
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Episode 39: Cooperative Leadership: Leaving No Community Member Behind featuring Latanya Devaughn
Latanya Devaughn is a mother of 3 and the Founder of Bronx Bound Books - a bookstore on wheels & community hub that aims to leave no community behind as it travels throughout the borough--especially to neighborhoods where access and transportation pose barriers . A lifelong resident of the Bronx,...
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Episode 38: Inclusion & Experiential Learning Informs Your Practice featuring Jessica Huang
Jessica Huang was trained as an environmental engineer, and then moved into environmental and health education, before finding her current path as a public health professional. While her journey wasn't the most straightforward, in hindsight, she's grateful for what she learned along the way…
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Episode 37: Commit to Growth & Pass the Baton featuring Janeen Brown
Janeen Brown is the Executive Director and Founder of EmpowHERto, a Toronto-based nonprofit dedicated to helping 14 to 21 year-old women and girls reach their fullest potential through three pillars: Independence, Leadership, and Confidence. Previously, Janeen spent time managing a team for an...
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Episode 36: Prepare for the Shifts in Your Plans featuring Sam K. Johnson
Sam Johnson was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington and spent her childhood exploring and kayaking along the Puget Sound. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Biology and minor in Chemistry from the University of Portland where she fostered her love of all artisanal ice cream and baked goods...
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Episode 35: Laying the Blueprint: Your Value, Your Development & Your Joy featuring Meenakshi Menon
Meenakshi Menon is Groundswell Fund’s Chief Development Officer. The daughter of immigrants from India and Malaysia, over the last 14 years, she has worked in 30 countries across 5 continents, advancing sexual health and reproductive rights, peace and security, and racial justice. Meenakshi began...
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Episode 34: The Tenacity of Showing Up for Yourself and Others featuring Tabitha Mpamira
Tabitha Mpamira is a therapist, activist, motivational speaker, and consultant on sexual and gender-based violence with a long working history in the mental healthcare industry. In 2015, Tabitha founded EDJA to provide free medical, legal, and mental health services to survivors of sexual assault...
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Episode 33: Humility, Truth & Reconciliation: Guides for Equitable Recovery featuring Colleen Ecohawk
Colleen Echohawk is the Executive Director of the Chief Seattle Club. She is an enrolled member of the Kithehaki Band of the Pawnee Nation and a member of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Lake. As the founder of the Coalition to End Urban Indigenous Homelessness, Echohawk is committed to...
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Episode 32: The Undeniable Pulse of the Land, People, Culture and Healing featuring JoRee LaFrance
JoRee LaFrance is Apsáalooke and comes from the Greasy Mouth clan and is a child of Ties in the Bundle clan. Her Apsáalooke name is Iichiinmáatchilash/Fortunate with Horses and she is a seventh generation direct descendant from Chief Pretty Eagle, the last principle chief of the Apsáalooke…
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Episode 31: Amplifying the Power of Local Civic Engagement featuring Christine Edwards
Christine Edwards is a civic firebrand that has immersed herself in the art of helping urban communities reach their highest levels of growth, empowerment, and success. A speaker by profession, leader by vocation and entrepreneur by passion, Christine’s work involves using her voice to foster...
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Episode 30: Unveiling Inequities in Progressivism, Policing & Our Workplaces featuring Brandy Grant
Brandy Grant was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She holds a Masters from the University of Oklahoma in Human Relations and Organizational Development with an emphasis in Counseling and Pre-Law certification from the University of Tulsa. Brandy and her family moved to Seattle to bring 20…
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Episode 29: Disrupting & Taking Risks for Community Business Development featuring Karla C. Boldery (Cárdenas-Álvarez)
Mrs. Karla C. Boldery (Cárdenas-Álvarez), is currently the Cincinnati Market Manager for La Mega Media, Inc. La Mega Media, Inc. is the largest Hispanic media platform in the state of Ohio. It operates 3 radio stations in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati and publishes 4 newspapers, spanning the...
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Episode 28: The Pendulum Must Swing Towards Justice for Women & Girls featuring Amina Doherty
Amina is an African-Caribbean feminist and women’s rights activist, her work is centered around raising awareness for social justice through movement-building, and innovative approaches to philanthropy. Through actively supporting transformational work – from artists, dreamers, activists and...
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Episode 27: Cheffing Up Love & Advocacy for Vulnerable Populations featuring Shonah Jefferson
Shonah Jefferson began her culinary career at the tender age of 11 – by helping her dad at his local Houston restaurant. After spending many years in business and as a practicing attorney, she returned to her culinary roots by managing the family restaurant for a few years while obtaining a…
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Episode 26: Coalescing Community Needs in Health for Equitable Outcomes featuring Dr. Angelica Hardee
Dr. Angelica Hardee (affectionately known as Dr.gelz) is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She currently leads strategy and advocacy as the VP of Health Strategies at the American Heart Association and also the President of the National Urban League Young Professionals of Greater Southwest Ohio. Dr....
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Episode 25: Centering Community-Specific Innovation in Education featuring Noella Moshi
Noella Moshi joined Future Fund for Education (FFE) with a strong passion for education and workforce development. Since graduating with a Master’s in Clinical Science from the University of Cape Town, Noella has worked on projects that provide scalable solutions to problems within health and...
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Episode 24: Representative Asset-Building and Ownership in Social Entrepreneurship featuring Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, of Cherokee ancestry, is the Executive Director/CEO of Social Venture Circle, a nonprofit leading the way in the field of social impact; building and galvanizing the business world to create social, economic, and environmental change. She is also the owner/founder of...
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Episode 23: Returning to the Land & Tapping Into the Richness of Our Journey featuring Leonette Henderson
Leonette Henderson is a native of Clarksdale, MS and serves as the Director of Development and Partnership for Higher Purpose Co. (HPC). HPC is a 501c3 economic justice nonprofit, building community wealth with Black residents across Mississippi by supporting the ownership of financial, cultural,...
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Episode 22: Championing Light & Empowerment in the Wake of Abuse featuring Indrani Goradia
Indrani Goradia is the Founder of RAFT Cares (formerly Indrani’s Light Foundation), a philanthropist, and an advocate for women’s health and empowerment. She leads empowerment trainings in several countries around the world. She is also a board member of Everywoman Treaty and Think Equal. In…
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Episode 21: Advocating for Intersectional Activism and Youth Voice featuring Irene Franco Rubio
Irene Franco Rubio is a social justice activist and media professional committed to advocating for her Latinx community and historically oppressed populations in her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona and across the world. Growing up in the West Phoenix Valley in Arizona and recognizing the social and...
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Episode 20: Engineering Transformation in Black Mother and Daughter Relationships featuring Ateira Griffin
Ateira Griffin is a life-long Baltimore City resident, educator, facilitator, and community organizer. She is the founder of BOND - Building Our Nation’s Daughters, Inc. which mentors single mothers to cultivate positive mother-daughter relationships and increase their economic mobility 2...
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Episode 19 - Charting the Path for Equitable Leadership in Sports Development featuring Cyndi Mendoza
Cyndi Mendoza is originally from Southern California, the epicentre of women's football. She is passionate about equaling the playing field for women and girls and believes in transforming data into a language that organisations can understand. She has a Masters in Programme Evaluation and an...
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Episode 18 - Expanding Horizons Through Purpose-Driven Travel featuring Chloe Lander
Chloe Lander is an entrepreneur and philanthropist from Houston, TX. Her company, One Love Travel Club, organizes group trips for its members to the world's most beautiful and sought-after travel destinations. Each experience focuses on diving into the authentic culture, engaging in "off the…
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Episode 17 - Breathing the Gift of Gratitude Into Our Present featuring Amy Elizabeth Paulson
Amy Elizabeth Paulson is a mental health advocate, facilitator, writer, speaker, trauma survivor, and the co-founder and CEO of Gratitude Alliance, a global nonprofit working to democratize access to mental health and healing by building the capacity of everyday community leaders around the world...
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Episode 16: Generating a Circle of Giving in Community Leadership featuring Amber Gonzales-Vargas
Amber is on a mission to leverage the energy and potential of all Latinxs to create a more equitable society. Her goal is to use storytelling to help shape a new narrative about Latinxs in California and across the country. In her current position as Senior Program Manager at the Latino Community...
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Episode 15: Tapping Into Your Core to Grow Community featuring Liz Rebecca Alarcón
Liz Rebecca Alarcón is a communicator and social entrepreneur. She leads Pulso, a digital organizing platform that reaches almost 1 million Latinos in the US via Facebook Messenger with the mission of increasing this community's political power. Liz comments and writes on Latin America, Latino...
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Episode 14: Transforming Trauma Into Justice Reform featuring Isabel Coronado
Isabel Coronado is a citizen of the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation. Her clan is the Wind Clan, and her Tribal Town affiliation is Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. Ms. Coronado witnessed the effects of mass incarceration on Indigenous people and decided to help create the American Indian Criminal Justice...
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Episode 13: The Blossoming of Wisdom & Social Justice featuring Suki Terada Ports
Suki Terada Ports is a well-known social justice activist and community organizer who has dedicated her life to fighting for issues of school integration and community empowerment to ensure that public spaces were protected from institutional expansion to quality health care access. A child of...
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Episode 12 - Representing and Modeling Liberation featuring Syrita Steib
Syrita Steib co-founded Operation Restoration (OR) in 2016 and serves as the Executive Director. OR was started to eradicate the roadblocks she faced when returning to society after incarceration. The organization specializes in creating opportunities for formerly incarcerated women through…
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Episode 11 - Normalizing Intentional Engagement in Our Learning Environments featuring Samantha Pratt
Samantha Pratt is CEO and Founder of KlickEngage. She graduated magna cum laude from New York University with a B.S. in Applied Psychology as a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar. She served as a Teach for America (TFA) 2015 corps member in Miami-Dade County where she taught 5th grade science for three…
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Episode 10 - Balancing Cultural Responsibility, Honor & Respect in Indigenous Communities featuring Lisa Paz
Lisa (Pawnee/Comanche) has been with AISES since 2012 in various capacities. She started as an administrative assistant, worked in the Development and Communications departments and eventually became the Director of Membership Engagement and Advocacy, the position she holds now. Lisa’s experience...
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Episode 9 - Walking Through & Opening Doors of Opportunity for Yourself & Others featuring Starla Hart
Starla D. Hart, MPA, has worked to enhance the lives of people in Indianapolis for more than 17 years and serves as 16 Tech Community Corporation’s Director of Community Initiatives. She leads the innovation district’s work with Near West, Northwest and surrounding neighborhoods to ensure that…
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Episode 8 - Getting Real About Developing Your Best Self featuring Sable B.
Sable B., founder and creator of Real Brown Girls has over 10 years of experience in PK-12 education and program development. Sable has created a community of over 80,000 women, focusing on building vast national networks for professional women of color in order to arm them with the necessary…
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Episode 7 - Cultivating Solidarity and Collective Power for Women Through Coffee featuring Margaret Nyamumbo
Margaret is the Founder and CEO of Kahawa 1893 Coffee and a third-generation coffee farmer from Kenya. Through her business, she is building a more inclusive coffee supply chain in Africa to empower women. Margaret moved to the US for college, attending Smith College for undergraduate and later...
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Episode 6 - Bending the Narrative Towards Possible with One Leap featuring Amber Scott
Amber Scott is Founder and Executive Director of Leap Year. A child of first-generation college students, the importance of higher education and the power that it can have to raise a family out of poverty was instilled in Amber at a young age. She believes that the opportunity for higher…
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Episode 5 - Moving With Purpose, On Purpose and Claiming Your Space in the Work featuring Sheena Collier
Sheena Collier is CEO & Founder of The Collier Connection and Senior Economic Advisor for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. She is a superconnector, facilitator, and host. A native New Yorker, and Spelman alumna, Sheena made the transition to Boston after graduation to attend Harvard…
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Episode 4 - Started from "the Bottom" Now We're..Still Rising featuring Dr. Sofia B. Pertuz
Dr. Sofia B. Pertuz is a higher education and diversity and inclusion professional who currently serves a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Jed Foundation, a nonprofit that exists to protect the emotional health and prevent suicide for teens and young adults. Sofia teaches at Hofstra...
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Episode 3 - The Power of the Village, Faith and Freedom in Entrepreneurship featuring Esi K. A. Gillo
Esi Kagale Agyeman Gillo is the Co-Founder of DIFFvelopment. She is a wife, mother and mentor to the students she works with. Esi is committed to re-empowering people of African descent by holistically empowering college students to disrupt negative patterns of history through personal…
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Episode 2 - Co-creating Space for Intersectional Women Activism featuring Catherine Almonte
I asked Cat for her favorite number and suggested it be 2 (my way of nudging her to be our second guest). My instincts were correct, she wore #2 on her jersey! Catherine (Cat) Almonte is the Managing Director of The Broad Room. Serving as the organization's first director, Cat’s mission is to…
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Episode 1 - The Live Launch featuring Ofronama Biu
Welcome to the Forward 4O Live Launch hosted by Coach Faith! On this platform we are highlighting the experiences of women of color in the nonprofit and social enterprise sectors, forging an intergenerational collective with our listeners, and sipping tea while we share. Our first guest, Ofronama...
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