Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Cory Donovan (episode 42)

Cory Donovan is the executive director of Impactphl (an organization assisting people to align their financial assets with their values) and the guest of episode 42 of the #walktalklisten #podcast. ImpactPHL‘s mission is to increase investment in impact companies and organizations in Greater Philadelphia by accelerating development and awareness of Greater Philadelphia’s Impact Economy ecosystem and potential, and provide a front door for the region’s impact economy efforts and interests. It’s an ecosystem that supports the work of both for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises that address social needs in the community; through the products and services they produce, and the processes and strategies they employ. Cory shares the importance and power of your investments (like your pension) outside of your vote in creating systematic change.
 
Cory mentions and refers to a lot of organizations, people and initiatives, we list a couple here: the book of Amy Cortese , Summer of Funds initiative is coming this summer identifying opportunities to invest in local responsible impact organizations; crowdfunding investing (WeFunder, Republic, HoneyComb, and Sharswood) and Social Enterprises (WearWell, Innamed, Mosaic Real Estate, Projects and ROAR for Good) . He also refers to an investment tool from As You Sow. Feel free to contact Cory if you want more information about ImpactPHL, Cory's email: cory@impactphl.org
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Cory does a shout out to the group Digital Underground especially Shock G who recently passed away. 
 
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!
 
From June 1-8, I will be participating in the Ration Challenge which means I will be eating the same 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.
 

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Maria Clara Magalhães (episode 41)

Maria Clara Magalhães is the co-founder of the Startup Be.Labs empowering women entrepreneurs in Brazil with leadership skills connecting them with mentors and provides training on developing business plans and pitching investors. Clara is a Futures Engineer and Activist Tech Entrepreneur, her enthusiasm, passion and drive is infectious .Clara is trained and educated as a peace builder and she wishes to dedicate her life to use her skills and knowledge in complex problem solving to bring social impact and freedom of the feminine. She engineers creative, strategic solutions to business problems.  Be.Labs is awarded by UN Women and IEEE Entrepreneurship. The company is one of the first exclusive accelerators for women in Brazil, working towards fostering gender equity and economic power for women.Futures design and entrepreneurial expertise are in our core and alongside our acceleration program for women entrepreneurs, we offer exclusive virtual workshops and we develop a triple approach to the management of unconscious biases.
 
If you want to know even more about Clara after listening to the podcast, check out a recent interview with her: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-institute/ieee-member-news/this-startup-is-empowering-women-entrepreneurs-in-brazil-with-leadership-skills
 
You can find Clara and her company on twitter: https://twitter.com/be_labs, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bemcla/ and https://www.instagram.com/be.labs/
They also have a Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/furacanizando
 
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!
 
From June 1-8, a Walk Talk Listen team will be participating in the Ration Challenge which means we will be eating the same 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 our team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share our link with your network.

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Andreas Harsono (episode 40)

Andreas Harsono has covered Indonesia for Human Rights Watch since 2008. Before joining Human Rights Watch, he helped found the Jakarta-based Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information in 1995, and in 2003 he helped create the Pantau Foundation, a journalist training organization also based in Jakarta. A staunch backer of the free press, Harsono also helped establish Jakarta’s Alliance of Independent Journalists in 1994 and Bangkok’s South East Asia Press Alliance in 1998. Harsono began his career as a reporter for the Bangkok-based Nation and the Kuala Lumpur-based Star newspapers, and he edited Pantau, a monthly magazine on media and journalism in Jakarta. In Indonesian Malay, his published books include Jurnalisme Sastrawi: Antologi Liputan Mendalam dan Memikat (with Budi Setiyono) and “Agama” Saya Adalah Jurnalisme as well as in English Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia. 
 
Most recently he was a co-author of a 98-page report, “‘I Wanted to Run Away’: Abusive Dress Codes for Women and Girls in Indonesia,” which documents government regulations that require girls and women to wear the jilbab, Muslim apparel that covers the head, neck, and chest. Human Rights Watch describes the historical imposition of discriminatory regulations on clothing, and the widespread bullying to wear a jilbab that causes women and girls psychological distress. Girls who don’t comply have been forced to leave school or have withdrawn under pressure, while female civil servants have lost their jobs or resigned to escape constant demands to conform.  Follow Andreas 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!
 
From June 1-8, a Walk Talk Listen team will be participating in the Ration Challenge which means we will be eating the same 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 our team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share our link with your network.
 

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Katrina VanHuss & Otis Fulton (episode 39)

Katrina VanHuss has been motivating and equipping volunteer fundraisers since 1989. She is the founder of Turnkey, a leader in strategy and execution for peer-to-peer fundraising programs whose client list includes 15 of the top 30 U.S. nonprofits. She specializes in using human behavioral tendencies to create attachment, build relationships, and spark high fundraising among volunteers.  Since 1989, Katrina has been developing successful revenue programs and counseling executives for organizations like the American Lung Association, March of Dimes, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Special Olympics, and the Alzheimer’s Association. Her client’s successes and her dedication to research and learning about human behavior have made her a sought-after speaker, presenting at national conferences for the likes of Blackbaud, Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum, Nonprofit Pro P2P and her clients’ national meetings. Katrina also regularly shares her wit and business experiences on NonProfit PRO as a blogger on “Peeling the Onion” and is co-author (together with her husband Otis Fulton) of the 2017 book Dollar Dash – the Behavioral Economics of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.
 
Otis Fulton spent most of his professional life in the for-profit sector at multinational education companies. For ten years, he was the SVP for Government Relations for MetaMetrics, Inc., a psychometric R&D company in Research Triangle, North Carolina. Since 2010, he's worked with nonprofits to leverage consumer behavior to maximize fundraising.  Otis is a much-sought-after copywriter for nonprofit fundraising messages. With Katrina, he also co-authors a blog at NonProfit Pro, "Peeling the Onion," on the intersection of psychology and philanthropy. Follow Turnkey on social media via Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
 
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!

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Kehkashan Basu (episode 38)

Kehkashan Basu (born in 2000) was elected, at the age of 12, for a 2 year term as UNEP’s (United Nations Environment Programme) Global Coordinator for Children & Youth and a member of its Major Groups Facilitating Committee and she is the youngest person and the first minor, ever, to be elected into this position in the history of UNEP. She is the winner of the 2016 International Children’s Peace Prize. She is a United Nations Human Rights Champion, a National Geographic Young Explorer, one of Canada’s Top25 Women of Influence and has been named as one of the Top100 SDG Leaders in the world in 2020.
Her internationally acclaimed work on sustainability has resulted in her appointment as a Climate Reality Mentor, a One Young World Ambassador, Honorary Advisor for the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development – New York, Global Teen Leader at We Are Family Foundation, members of World Oceans Day Global Youth Advisory Council and EarthEcho International Youth Leadership Council. She is also the youngest member of Canada’s Women in Renewable Energy forum and the Council Lead at Toronto-St.Paul’s Constituency Youth Council.
 
Kehkashan is the founder of global social innovation enterprise, GREEN HOPE FOUNDATION , whose mission is to engage all sections of civil society, especially those who are marginalized, using ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) as a transformative tool to provide them with knowledge, behaviors and skills to think and act for a sustainable future. It now has over 2000 members and chapters in 16 countries. Kehkashan is the author of “The Tree of Hope” which was launched at the United Nations in New York, during the 2015 UN Children’s Summit. The book tells the story of young people taking actions to mitigate climate change. Her blogs have been published by the Huffington Post, UNICEF and many other portals.
 
She complements her grassroots advocacy with influencing policy making at the highest levels of governance, by amplifying youth voices through her speeches and interventions. A powerful and much sought after speaker, she has spoken at over 200 United Nations and other international summits, traveling to over 40 countries.
 
In recognition of her work on nuclear disarmament, she was awarded the first ever Voices Youth Award in commemoration of the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev & George Shultz. She is a L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honoree, Starfish Canada’s Top25 Environmentalists Under 25, the recipient of the 2020 Women Super Achiever Award, the John Muir Conservation Award for Habitat Restoration, the Straubel Leadership Award, Community Award for Youth Service in Ontario, the 2019 Innovator of the Year ( Awarded at HundrEd Innovation Summit in Helsinki on 8th Nov 2018 chosen from the world’s top 100 innovations in Education) . Kehkashan has also received international awards from UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification ) in 2012 , the 2012 Korea Green Foundation award, the 2013 International Young Eco-Hero award from Action for Nature, USA & the 2014 Kids are Heroes, USA award, 2014 GESS award as Ambassador for the Environment and the 2014 Solar Pioneer Award , the 2015 Non-Resident Indian of the Year Award, the 2015 & 2018 International Diana Award , the 2017 Turner Social Change Prize, the 2017 National Energy Globe Award , the 2018 Rising Star Award in Toronto on the occasion of International Women’s Day and she was one of the five Caribbean & the Americas Region Winners for the Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work 2018. She has been named as one of Toronto’s most inspiring women changemakers. Kehkashan joined the World Future Council as a Youth Ambassador in 2012, when she was just 12 years old. She is now the youngest Councillor at the World Future Council.
 
Follow her on social media: Facebook, twitter, instagram and YouTube. Kehkashan talked about three different songs during the podcast. This is the link to the first song, the second song will be available soon on her website and the third song can be found via 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!

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Ana Clara Giovani (episode 37)

Ana Clara Giovani is a journalist, video editor, and teacher. In Brazil, she is a member of the Focolare Movement as a Youth for a United World and internationally she is a member of the Religions for Peace Youth Media Team. Ana Clara Giovani was born in São Paulo, Brazil and holds a Bachelors Degree in Communication, with a specialty in Journalism. She lived in the Philippines for a year to study Spirituality, Global human formation, and Training in Social Service, where she started working as a multimedia expert for educational institutions. Currently she is a teacher of a public school in the rural area as part of a program of Educational Leadership called Teach for All. Inspired by Chiara Lubich, the founder of the Focolare Movement, Ana engages to promote social justice, youth and women empowerment, and intercultural and interreligious harmony.
 
Youth for a United World (the youth of the Focolare Movement) instagram is: @y4uw.official. Religions for Peace Youth Multimedia Team also has instagram: @rfp_youth . You can follow Ana as well on instagram and twitter.
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Outside of the artist/song mentioned by Theon in this episode, available via this link, he also mentioned the following songs to me: Wake Up Everybody -John Legend; Harvest for the World -The Isley Brothers; and “There’s Hope” -India Arie which I added to the #WalkTalkListen Playlist
 
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!

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Theon Johnson III (episode 36)

Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III came to the California-Nevada Conference from Mississippi. An Ordained Elder in The United Methodist Church, Theon has served as a campus minister and in local churches.  Upon arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2012, he became the youngest person in history to serve on the pastoral team at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church .  In addition to providing pastoral support for congregants, supporting thousands of clients, and interacting with community partners and elected officials, he considered serving as a cheerleader for the 150+ member GLIDE staff one of his primary roles.
 
Theon was appointed to serve alongside the people of Downs Memorial United Methodist Church on July 1, 2018.  
 
He completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Philosophy-Religious Studies (Minors in Education and Faith & Work Initiative) from Millsaps College in 2006.  He completed his theological studies at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. (M.Div., 2009).  While in Washington, D.C., he served with the Education Leadership Formation division of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society on Capitol Hill.  Theon holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Supervision from Jackson State University (2018).  His research interests explore dynamics related to organizational leadership, culture, and strategy.
 
He serves widely with civic, social, and ecumenical organizations. You can follow his church via instagram and facebook. He is a great story teller and you might even experience him starting to preach during this episode, check it out!
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Outside of the artist/song mentioned by Theon in this episode, available via this link, he also mentioned the following songs to me: Wake Up Everybody -John Legend; Harvest for the World -The Isley Brothers; and “There’s Hope” -India Arie which I added to the #WalkTalkListen Playlist
 
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!

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Max Finberg (episode 35)

Max Finberg is the President and CEO of  Growing Hope Globally. Founded in 1999 as Foods Resource Bank, Growing Hope Globally started when Ohio Farmers Vernon and Carol Sloan invited their neighbors to become part of the solution to world hunger by shipping corn from their fields to developing countries. They quickly learned shipping was too costly – nearly 15 times the cost of the grain itself – and would wreak havoc on local farmers and markets. Then they came up with a unique solution: Use the proceeds from crops raised and sold in the U.S. to fund agricultural development programs overseas. That seed of an idea has blossomed into a network of community Growing Projects in more than 20 states.  Together, GHG served over 2 million people and helped them to grow lasting solutions to hunger. You can follow Max his organization via facebook, instagram and twitter.
 
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!