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Organize Your Butterflies
by YWCA
Welcome to Organize Your Butterflies, an original podcast of YWCA, one of the largest and oldest women's organizations in the country, whose mission is to eliminate racism and empower women. Each episode, we discuss the many different ways women—including some of the amazing leaders at YWCA—are working to help women, girls and families. Topics include organizing, strategizing, and mobilizing around issues like equal pay, domestic violence, women's entrepreneurship, and so much more, and how YOU can get involved. We organize our butterflies to create change and build a better future for women, families, and our communities.
Episodes
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58. A Week Without Violence: #StopStreetHarassment with Sophie Sandberg, Founder of CatCalls of NYC
Catcalls of NYC is a grassroots initiative that uses public chalk art to raise awareness about gender-based street harassment. In this episode, host Alejandra Y. Castillo chats with founder of the movement, Sophie Sandberg, discusses the origins of the movement, the art of chalking, feminism, and...
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57. A Week Without Violence: Me Too and the Evolving Movement to Interrupt and Eradicating Sexual Violence with Dani Ayers
Sexual harassment, abuse, and assault are serious and widespread issues that are often used to instill fear, humiliate, or punish; destroy lives, families, and communities; or enforce power dynamics. These previously taboo issues have now been put in the public spotlight and have sparked many new...
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56. A Week Without Violence: The Allstate Foundation's Moving Ahead Curriculum is Empowering Survivors of GBV
The Allstate Foundation's Moving Ahead Curriculum has made significant strides to serve survivors of GBV who need support when it comes to financial empowerment. In this special edition episode of Organize Your Butterflies, Host Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO, YWCA USA chats with Madeline Gregory,...
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55. Until Justice Just Is: Understanding the Implications of COVID-19 for Kids of Color with Dr. Joelle Simpson
Join expert guest, Dr. Joelle Simpson, Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness, Program Director of Emergency Medical Services for Children - D.C. Program, and Emergency Medicine Physician at Children's National Hospital, and host, Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO of YWCA USA, as they explore how...
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54. Building Justice From the Top Down with Russell Feingold
If we are to ever achieve a world where justice...just is, it's essential that we start with the top of our justice system: the courtrooms themselves. And, a major barrier to justice within the court-system is the actual representation of judges on the bench. Join Russell Feingold, President of…
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53. The Military's #MeToo Moment with Lucy C. Del Gaudio, Melissa Bryant, and Lindsay Church
In the wake of the murder of 20-year old Vanessa Guillen, an Army specialist, the military has faced an immense amount of scrutiny in how they investigate gender-based violence. In response to cries for accountability, a group of former members of the armed services have banded together to seek...
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52. Talking Bail Funds and Community Investment with Dianna Payton, CEO, YWCA Greater Baton Rouge
As summer 2020 has certainly shown through the Black Lives Matter protests and increased calls for community and national accountability when it comes to justice, the power of community investment has shown that when we invest in our neighbors, we invest in the health and safety of our…
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51. Finances 101 With Our Financial Girlfriend Tiffany Aliche
This episode of Organize Your butterflies features a vibrant and educational conversation between Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO, YWCA USA and Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche. Tiffany is an expert financial educator and has helped thousands of women understand their finances, build wealth, and...
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50. Motherhood Wins: The Mom Balancing Act During COVID-19
Balancing the demands of motherhood has never been easy. This is especially evident as moms and mom-like figures perform the ultimate balancing act during the COVID-19 crisis. America is witnessing the power of parenthood as women take control of their households to keep their families and...
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49. We are Only as Strong as Our Most Vulnerable Places: The Value of CDFIs with Maurice Jones
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies explores how COVID-19 has affected low income communities across the country, and the ways in which community investment though (Community Development Financial Institutions) CDFIs is helping provide support during these challenging economic times. With...
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48. Silence is Compliance: Understanding Allyship in Practice with Autumn Gupta and Bryanna Wallace, with a spotlight on YWCA Olympia
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features an exciting and refreshing conversation between Bryanna Wallace and Autumn Gupta, who are the founders of Justice in June, a digital compilation of resources making allyship a lifestyle habit, and Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO of YWCA. As the world...
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47. The Power of Influence: The Native American Women Narrative During a Health Crisis with Nikki Pitre
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a dynamic conversation between Nikki Mitre, Acting Director Executive Director, Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute, and Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO, YWCA. The historical milestones of Native American women have shaped…
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46. Centering Black Transwomxn in the Racial Justice Movement with Elle Hearns
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a moving conversation between Elle Hearns, the Founder of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) and Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO of YWCA USA. In the one year since founding the MPJI, Elle has formally created a space for Black transwomxn to find...
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45. Women Run the Show with Peggy Nagae
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a vibrant and thought provoking conversation between Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO, YWCA and Peggy Nagae, Senior Consultant at White Men as Full Diversity Partners and the co-chair of the Diversity Task Force for the National Asian Pacific American...
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44. Discussing Philanthropy: The Only Way Up is Forward with Nisha Patel
Join Nisha Patel, who is an Independent Consultant working with individual donors and community foundations on the philanthropic side, and has an affiliation as a Senior Fellow at the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis and Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO of YWCA USA as they...
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43. What Does Representative Policy Look Like with Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
This week's episode features a conversation with Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Assistant Dean of Civic Engagement, lecturer, and faculty affiliate of Mexican-American and Latino Studies, and Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO of YWCA USA. In her various roles, Dr. Soto strives to lead dialogues on…
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42. She's Doing the Work: A Conversation with Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16)
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar is a woman of firsts - she was one of the first Latina Congresswoman to serve in the U.S. Senate, serving the 16th district of Texas, and she is the first Congresswoman to be on Organize Your Butterflies. In this conversation with Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO of YWCA...
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41. Operating in Your Full Potential with Annice E. Fisher Ed.L.D
Join Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO, YWCA USA and Dr. Annice E. Fisher, CEO and founder of The BEE FREE Woman and Developing Capacity Coaching, LLC in this lively conversation where they discuss tapping into the power of your full potential, following the calling of your spirit, and operating from a...
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40. Business Life During COVID-19 (How to Survive & Thrive During An Economic Downturn)
As small-business owners continue to weather the coronavirus pandemic, many innovators are creating unique strategies to survive in this current economic environment. Nima Merchant is the Sr. Associate Director of Strategic Planning and Partnerships at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and...
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39. Uncomfortable but Never Unsafe: Organizing the Future with Deja Foxx
What does the world look like for GenZ-ers in these uncertain and confusing times? This episode's guest Deja Foxx, is the co-founder of both the GenZ Girl Gang and El Rio Reproductive Health Access Project, and a future Presidential candidate(!), chats with Alejandra Castillo, CEO, YWCA USA, and...
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38. Blueprints for Our Future: Talking Business During and After COVID-19 with Melissa Bradley
Proclaimed as "an architect of great ideas" by host and YWCA USA CEO, Alejandra Y. Castillo, Melissa Bradley, co-founder of Ureeka – a platform designed to grow small businesses by providing unprecedented access to a collaborative community and other resources, joins us as our featured guest on...
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37. Stand Against Racism: Exhibiting History and Curating the Future with Dr. Ariana Curtis
Dr. Ariana Curtis is the first-ever Curator of the Latinx Studies program at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture and this episode's guest on our Stand Against Racism mini-series for Organize Your Butterflies. Dr. Curtis and host Alejandra Y. Castillo, YWCA USA CEO, chat...
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36. Stand Against Racism: Building a Compassionate World with Michelle Kim
Michelle Kim is the Co-Founder and CEO of Awaken and this episode's guest for our Stand Against Racism mini-series for Organize Your Butterflies! As we continue to do the work of justice, we recognize how important it is to elevate the stories of those who are working at the ground-level and...
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35. Definitely NOT a Flyover State: Getting to Know Kansas at the Ground Level
On this episode of "Organize Your Butterflies," take a trip to America's heartland with this week's guest, Mayor of Topeka, Michelle de la Isla. In conversation with YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo, the two cover topics such as the importance of rural communities, civic engagement at the local...
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34. She's Ready! Shaping the Future of Women Leaders Today, Not Tomorrow
Stop waiting on your life to begin! Episode 34 of Organize Your Butterflies focuses on how women can excel in shaping their futures now rather than later. Host Alejandra Y. Castillo is joined by Cecilia Muñoz, the VP of Public Interest Technology and Local Initiatives at New America and the…
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33. Keeping Up With COVID-19: What You Must Know
COVID-19 (coronavirus) has rapidly taken mainstage in the United States. As the country navigates the best management of virus, Alejandra Castillo, CEO of YWCA USA, chats with Dr. Meg Doherty, who is the Director at the Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes at the World Health...
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32. Why Numbers Matters: No Data, No Dollars
Due to the speed of innovation, business industries are constantly changing. To keep up, smart entrepreneurs need to understand how efficient internal operations should be aligned with up-to-date data and research. LaKisha Greenwade, the Founder and CEO of Wearable Tech Ventures, gives key advice...
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31. Tech Tools that Make Business Easy
In this age of technology, there are tools to improve every aspect of business operations. Jenelle S. Coy, Founder and Managing Partner of SPERO, and Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO of YWCA USA, discuss the pathway to entrepreneurship, the value of taking risks, and how to grow from mistakes. Women...
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30. Extensions for the Table: Using Experience as Motivation for Change
Growing up in a low-income community in Hartford, CT, this week's Organize Your Butterflies guest was inspired to build a better future for her community locally and nationally. Today, Virginia Kase is the CEO of the League of Women Voters, and believes that growing up without resources has…
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29. A Brand New You: Gaining Exposure for Your Business
The audience will roll up their sleeves and discover the genuine meaning behind their business brand. This episode will showcase the power of technology in business. Ronne Brown, CEO of Girl CEO Inc. and Tina Bonner, Founder and President of The Entrepreneurial Institute, chat about branding...
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28. Honoring the Importance of Racial Equity Education This Black History Month
This Black History Month, YWCA USA is especially honored to welcome Monica F. Walker, a Racial Justice Educator at the Racial Equity Institute, as this episode's guest. In this conversation between Monica and Organize Your Butterflies Host, Alejandra Y. Castillo, they discuss the significance of...
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27. Where in the world!? Exploring Our Global Reach Through the World Service Council
Join YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and Carolyn Flowers, a long-serving YWCA World Service Council member, in this episode of Organize Your Butterflies. Listen as they discuss the importance of giving back to both local and global communities. This episode's Association spotlight features…
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26. Secure the Joy: Making Time to Live Your Best Life
Why are we so obsessed with being busy? When do we make time for joy? How can we further incorporate play into hectic lives that demand caretaking, jobs, and other obligations? Brigid Schulte, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, the director of The Better Life, and this week's guest on Organize...
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25. YWomenVote 2020: The Stage is Set for Women to be a Driving Force in 2020
In this episode of "Organize Your Butterflies," YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo chats with Celinda Lake, CEO, Lake Research Partners, and Catherine Beane, Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy, YWCA USA about the YWomenVote survey findings and implications for the 2020 election. They...
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24. Women Supporting Women: Mobilizing Women in 2019 and Beyond
In the latest episode of "Organize Your Butterflies," YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo chats with Cecile Richards, a co-founder of Supermajority, a New York Times bestselling author for her book Make Trouble, and the former President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned...
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23. We All Count! Census 2020
When the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a census every ten years, it determines not only the number of people living in the United States. It also determines political representation and annual allocations of more than $675 billion in state and federal funding to communities throughout the United...
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22. YWCA USA: A Conversation About Racial Justice Training
Racial justice education on a macro-level requires grappling with questions such as "what is racism" and "why is racism so difficult to eradicate?" In this candid and reflective conversation, Organize Your Butterflies host, Alejandra Y. Castillo, and Donte Hilliard, Director of Mission Impact at...
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21. Landing Mentors, Growing Business
How can women be empowered within STEM? This episode of Organize Your Butterflies is the sixth in the "Y Women Startup" curriculum. This is the third chapter under "The Core of Business Operations," and focuses on the challenges that women face when entering the (relatively) new STEM sector. This...
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20. Hearing Fear, Not Acting On It: Discussing Conversations About Racism
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a conversation with YWCA National Capital Area CEO Monica Gray. The discussion includes suggestions on how to best engage in difficult conversations about race and racism, the significance of lending helpful tools and language to make the...
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19. Announcing YWCA Women's Empowerment Program powered by McDonald's Black and Positively Golden Movement
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a conversation between YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and Lizette Williams, Head of Cultural Engagement and Experiences, McDonald's USA. The discussion centers on the launch of the YWCA Women's Empowerment Program powered by McDonald's Black...
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18. A Week Without Violence: Ending Gun Violence & Disarming Domestic Abusers
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies is hosted by Alejandra Y. Castillo and features special expert guests Rob Valente and Dorian Karp. Rob and Dorian have built careers helping women, advocating for gun safety legislation, and working to end domestic violence. In this episode, they discuss...
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17. A Week Without Violence: Ensuring Safety for Immigrant Women
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a conversation between YWCA CEO and expert guest Grace Huang discussing how domestic and sexual violence can have additional hurdles to healing for immigrant women. In particular they discuss how the language barrier, immigration status, and...
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16. A Week Without Violence: Trauma Informed Care & Helping Survivors Heal
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies is hosted by YWCA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and features expert guest Kiersten Stewart. The episode explores the in-depth ways that survivors of domestic and sexual violence can heal after trauma, and what trauma informed care looks like in practice. In...
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15. A Week Without Violence: Economic Abuse – It's More than Dollars and Cents
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies is hosted by YWCA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and features expert guest Kim Pentico discussing the realities of economic abuse, and how this often "invisible" abuse method is so prominent domestic violence cases. The podcast discusses how to identify…
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14. A Week Without Violence: YWCA's Annual Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence
This introductory special episode of Organize Your Butterflies features YWCA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and expert guest Rosie Hidalgo discussing the realities of domestic violence and its deep entrenchment in American society. Rosie's experience as a member of, and years of working within the…
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13. Civic Engagement: a Tool for Lasting Change
This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a conversation between YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women's Roundtable Public Policy Network. Discussion topics include...
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12. AMEND Together: How YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee Confronts the Crisis of Violence Against Women
In this week's episode of "Organize Your Butterflies," YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo sits down with Shan Foster, Vice President of External Affairs and AMEND Together at YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee. In this episode, they discuss the AMEND Together conference held in Nashville earlier...
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11. Run As You Are: How VoteRunLead Inspires Women to Lead
In the latest episode of "Organize Your Butterflies," YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo sits down with Erin Vilardi, Founder and Director of VoteRunLead. In this episode, released in conjunction with VoteRunLead's fifth anniversary celebration, they discuss the untapped potential of women and…
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10. Your Secret Tool to Revenue
This week we continue our special series on women's entrepreneurship. YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo is joined by Donielle Eldridge, Founder and CEO of Her Momentum. They discuss finding the right partners to spur collaboration for revenue growth. This episode will also help listeners execute...
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9. Each Day Brings A New Challenge
In the latest episode of "Organize Your Butterflies," YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo sits down with Mari Carmen Aponte, a public servant, lawyer, former Ambassador, mentor, and humanitarian. They discuss trust, respect, empathy, the value of inclusion, and much more. YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y....
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Organize Your Butterflies, an original podcast of YWCA, one of the largest and oldest women's organizations in the country, whose mission is to eliminate racism and empower women. Each episode, we discuss the many different ways women—including some of the amazing leaders at YWCA—are working to help women, girls and families. Topics include organizing, strategizing, and mobilizing around issues like equal pay, domestic violence, women's entrepreneurship, and so much more, and how YOU can get involved. We organize our butterflies to create change and build a better future for women, families, and our communities.
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