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Yes! We Rise

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Yes! We Rise is a society podcast hosted by Christine Gyovai. It has 60 episodes, with the latest published November 2025.

The Yes! We Rise podcast features solutions-seekers, change-makers, and those creating a resilient future. We share stories and strategies to inspire action to build collective resilience and community transformation. To create change, people need to feel like they belong and that they are part of a growing movement. They need to know their voice matters and that they have the inspiration, agency and ability to transform their lives and their communities. They are the key to a resilient future. From the Navajo Nation to the mountains of Appalachia, incredible work is being done by community members and leaders. Change is often sparked by inspiration: seeing what others have done, especially in similar situations and places. People see that when someone looks like them or lives in a place like theirs, and has created real, true and lasting change, change that will allow their granddaughters and grandsons to thrive — they begin to imagine what might be possible for them. No longer

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1

Letting Go of the Reins: Learning to Relax into Trust

2

Creating Connection: The Power of Nature and Community with Hub Knott

3

Creating Change with Belief, Community, and Art with Zikki Munyao

4

Rooted in Nature: Art, Restoration and Community with Amber Ellis

5

Ten Creative Funding Strategies for Collaboratives

6

Embracing Love Over Fear with Freddy Jackson

7

Weaving Powerful Networks in Communities with June Holley

8

Building Inner Resilience with Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier

9

Building an Inclusive Future for Farmers and Workers in Appalachia with Hannah G.

10

Communities Creating Change and Belonging

11

Leading with Innovation and Sustainability in the Coalfields with Jacob Hannah

12

Conversations Worth Having With Cheri Torres

13

Building Resilient Networks and Sustaining Long-Term Collaboratives with Christine Gyovai

14

Paul Hawken: Creating Restoration, Regeneration, and Community

15

Paul Hawken: Regeneration – Making Life the Center of Every Action and Decision

16

Building Community Wealth and Collective Well-Being with Atlas Charles

17

Maintaining Energy and Momentum: 10 Strategies For Welcoming New Members Into Your Collaborative

18

Solar in the Coalfields – A Future Powered by the Sun

19

Creating Presence and Collective Resilience

20

Igniting your Inner Brilliance with Allera Dawn

21

Beyond Burnout: Grounding In and Breaking Free with Laura Hartley

22

Creating the Change We Want to See with Beth Tener

23

The Gift of Water, Faith, and Pursuing a Just Transition with Percy Deal

24

Pollinators and Gardening Like A Forest

25

Healing the Whole Person and Finding what Feels Good with Dr. Fanike-Kiara Young

26

Finding Joy in the Journey – Yoga, Music and Creating Community with Lori and Jeremy Lowell

27

In Pursuit of Education for All with Dr. Faith Okpotor

28

Mutual Inspiration and Creativity with Chicho Lorenzo

29

Wisdom, Practice, and Heart Space: The Power of Herbalism with Kat Maier

30

Creating Collective Healing and Resilience with Jerrod Brown

31

Growing Authentic Leadership and Transformational Space with Roxanne Derhodge

32

Following Our Body Wisdom to Guide Us and Change the World with Susan McCulley

33

Cultivating Change and Transformation in Coal Communities

34

Wealth Is Your Birthright! Claiming Your Worth with Natalie Bullen

35

Trauma, Transformation and Healing with Dr. Fanike-Kiara Young

36

Breaking Barriers and Finding Success with Ruma Mazumdar

37

Becoming a Changemaker and Growing Equity with Rorri Geller-Mohamed

38

How Your Greatest Passions are Your Gift to the World with Elizabeth Hope Derby

39

Growing Freedom Within, The Power of Being Alcohol-Free with Karolina Rzadkowolska

40

Collective Movement Building for Justice and Equity with Elizabeth Wright

41

Creating Brave Space and Cultivating Trust with Frank Dukes

42

Transitioning with Community, Science, and Traditional Wisdom with Nicole Horseherder

43

Building Resilience in the Chesapeake Bay -- St. Michaels, Maryland

44

Centering Equity and Building Urban Resilience with Laurian Farrell

45

Leading from Within with Heidi Metro

46

On Rising and Resilience in Central Appalachia

47

When Women Lead: Centering Women's Voices

48

Rekindling the Past and Keeping Hope Alive with Cat and Pat in Dante, Virginia

49

Transformation Through Trust and Preventing Burnout with Amanda Workman-Scott

50

Building Resilience: The Power of Listening

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