A World On Purpose

Avary Kent, Co-Founder of Conveners.org & ImpactAlpha, explores what it means to achieve the most leverage in life by aligning with others, guided by purpose at its core, & how often we stand in our own way because we decide something is impossible. She reveals the value in understanding frameworks as a key step toward building partnerships & creating the vision of the world we want to live in and shares about the positive impact alternative parenting had had for her child, family and career.

Founder Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, wise and loving founder of The Birthing Project now in 30 countries, shares her story of being a young girl at the epicenter of the civil rights movement and how that shaped the principles of her powerful organization. As she says, "We rest on the shoulders of those who have come before us." She also reflects on life lessons The Birthing Project gave her --the the gift of learning how to dwell in the light & the unexpected power in making the choice to minister to oneself.

Mahdis Keshavarz, founder of Make Agency, a PR agency focused on social justice, shares how being an Iranian immigrant in the U.S. inspired the inception of her unique, but much needed PR agency, and discusses how to maintain a social justice perspective in a chaotic PR world. She also shares how in order to make effective global change we need to look in your own backyard, just as she does, by leveraging her global work & her area of expertise to fuel results for causes close to her heart and her home.

Abbey Wimmeo, Co-founder and Co-CEO of EssuRents.com, shares an impressionable memory of how his mother's inability to get a simple bank account was due to lack of financial identity-- a problem that affects millions in the world. Hear how this inspired his brilliant platform solution designed to leverage one's rent, enabling and empowering one to buy a first home.Hear too how Esusu addresses the affordable housing shortage with their Rental Relief Fund created to support those affected by Covid19.

As the grandson and grand-daughter-in-law of legendary Jacques Cousteau, Philippe and Ashlan Cousteau are not only carrying out the family legacy of ocean advocacy. They are also successful ocean explorers, activists, authors, & flimmakers in their own right. Listen as they share how a purpose driven life motivates their ocean saving initiatives, such as their youth strategy devised to empower youth through their family NGO Earth Echo International, & an oceans survival tool kit collabed with Oceans Unite.

Successful social entrepreneur and philanthropist Doug Pitt shares how best business practices are key to creating philanthropic powerhouses. He also describes how issues around the lack of accessible, clean water globally spoke to his soul and was a big first step into his passion for social impact. Hear too how Doug is taking another #pivot2purpose putting his hidden filmmaking talents to use on a project intended to spark dialogue around social justice, another issue that deeply speaks to his soul.

Kate Williams, CEO of global NGO 1% for the Planet, reveals how her #pivot2purpose came on an outdoor adventure gone awry, yet ended with victory and guided her to the purpose path she leads today. She describes how the significant pledge 1% FTP brands have made over the last 15 years totaling roughly 250 million dollars has translated to tangible impact on environmental causes and the NGO's that champion the planet. Hear too how 1% made a pivot from in an person network to digital in a pandemic world