2021-07
2021-07
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Morgan Berman (episode49)
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Morgan Berman is an internationally recognized and award-winning entrepreneur, and the Founder and CEO of MilkCrate. She is a community leader with a passion for impact serving on multiple nonprofits boards including Philly Startup Leaders, The Energy Coordinating Agency and the President of her Civic Association. She is also a gold medalist in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. She has been recognized by The United Nations Foundation, US Department of State, The United Way, and many others. Morgan has been featured extensively on national news outlets like the WHYY, the Philadelphia Business Journal, Boston Metro, Philadelphia Inquirer, NBC10, Forbes, Philadelphia Magazine's Be Well Blog, and others. Morgan is very passionate about helping underrepresented groups in tech like women and minorities and shares her experience as a woman entrepreneur and lessons learned from competing in both business and martial arts.
In the podcast she talks about an app she is launching for her own neighborhood, so residents can report litter and then anyone with the app can claim a ‘bounty’ for cleaning up that mess. They are going to be testing things in pilots for a few months and if you want to get involved, please check this website: https://www.getglitterapp.com/
You can find Milkcrate on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Morgan can be found on LinkedIn and twitter.
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Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you.
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I just finished participating in the Ration Challenge which means I ate the same rations as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support me or the WALK TALK Listen team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share the link with your network.
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Sylvester Mobley (episode 48)
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
A native of Philadelphia, Sylvester Mobley has earned the attention and recognition of his peers after launching and building Coded by Kids - a youth tech education non-profit that grew from serving one child in a Philly rec center to serving hundreds of students in the region. Sylvester focuses his work on preparing underrepresented people for leadership roles in the tech and innovation space.
Under Sylvester’s leadership, CBK has significantly increased the scope of its impact and launched citywide initiatives, like 1Philadelphia, to ensure all underrepresented Philadelphia residents have access to opportunities in tech and innovation. Within six years, the organization has grown from serving fewer than 15 students in one recreation center to teaching hundreds of students each week in locations across the region. Sylvester’s other major initiatives include launching the early-stage venture capital firm, startup incubator, and startup accelerator, Plain Sight Capital (PSC). Sylvester is also an Entrepreneur in Residence with Osage Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm.
Some of Sylvester’s awards and honors include: the 2018 Philadelphia Award, the University City Science Center Nucleus Cultivator Award, the Please Touch Museum Portia and Otto Sperr Legacy Award and the Philadelphia 76ers Game Changer Award. He is also a veteran of the war in Iraq, serving in three branches of the United States military (Marines, Air Force, and Army) over 12 years.
You can find Sylvester on twitter and instagram. His company Coded for Kids is on facebook, twitter and instagram.
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
I just finished participating in the Ration Challenge which means I ate the same rations as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support me or the WALK TALK Listen team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share the link with your network.
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Sandhya Rani Jha (episode 47)
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Sandhya Rani Jha (she/they), an ordained pastor with a masters in public policy, is an equity and anti-oppression consultant with years of experience in the field. Sandhya continues to work part-time at the Oakland Peace Center, a collective of 40 organizations working to create equity, access and dignity as the means of creating peace in Oakland and the Bay Area, which they founded in 2012.
She serves as an anti-racism/anti-oppression trainer with Reconciliation Ministries for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and also provides anti-oppression, cultural humility and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion consulting and coaching. For many years they have been an instructor with the Emerging Leaders Program at the Leadership Institute at Allen Temple.
A passionate reader and writer, Sandhya is the author of Room at the Table, the history of people of color in the Disciples of Christ, and Pre-Post-Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines on the subject of race and spirituality in America. Pre-Post-Racial America was listed as one of the top five books on race and religion in 2015 by Publishers Weekly. Sandhya’s book Transforming Communities: How People Like You are Healing Their Neighborhoods focuses on concrete ways that regular people are creating change community-by-community in an era where positive change can feel impossible. Sandhya’s 2020 book, Liberating Love, is a 365-day devotional of love notes from God, connecting us to the people who inhabit the 66 books of the Bible and connecting us to God and each other at a time it is so easy to feel isolated.
You can find Sandhya on twitter, instagram, youtube and facebook.
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
I just finished participating in the Ration Challenge which means I ate the same rations as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support me or the WALK TALK LISTEN team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share the link with your network.