Be The Good

Jessica Patay is the founder and President of a nonprofit organization called We Are Brave Together. We Are Brave Together is an organization that provides community and mentoring for mothers caring for children of any age with disabilities, special needs, or other medical or mental health challenges.

As a mom of a child with special needs herself, Jessica knows first-hand just how necessary and powerful it is to know that you are not alone. This passion carries over as she gathers women to encourage them, mentor them, inspire them and validate their intense and precious journeys.

Jessica is here to share with us her own journey to create this organization and the powerfully positive support she is working to offer all those who gather in this community.

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Dr. Sheena C. Howard is a Professor of Communications. She is an award winning author, filmmaker, and scholar. In 2014, Sheena became the first black woman to win an Eisner Award for her first book, “Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation”.  She is also the author of several critically acclaimed books and comic books on a range of different topics.

Sheena is a writer and image activist, with a passion for telling stories, through various mediums, that encourage audiences to consider narratives that are different than their own.

In 2014, Sheena published Black Queer Identity Matrix and Critical Articulations of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation. Sheena is the author/editor of the award winning book “Encyclopedia of Black Comics and the co-writer of the comic book “Superb” about a teenage superhero with down syndrome.

In 2016, through her company Nerdworks, Sheena directed, produced and wrote the documentary “Remixing Colorblind” which explores the ways the educational system shapes our perception of race and “others”.

On this episode of Be The Good Podcast Sheena shares her inspiring story from collegiate athlete, through her PhD and now as a professor, author, producer and Ted X Speaker on a mission to highlight social justice, diversity, representation and self empowerment.

Learn more about Sheena and her work at SheenaCHoward.com
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Jillian Morris is a marine biologist, shark conservationist, founder and president of the nonprofit Sharks4Kids, author to 2 children’s books, professional videographer and photographer, mom, wife, and avid diver.

She has filmed for numerous television shows and networks, has appeared on Shark Week, and is a PADI Ambassadiver. She was named Scuba Diving Magazine’s July 2016 Sea Hero, awarded the inaugural Shark Con Shark Hero award in 2017 and was the Go Blue Awards 2020 Blue Ambassador of The Year. She is also a member of the prestigious Ocean Artists Society.

This interview was so exciting for me, Jillian’s work is incredibly fascinating and she is here to share with us how her childhood passion carried through into a career and passion driven mission to make an impact. This episode is full of goodness and truly inspiring.

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Legend and Amanda Tarver are the founders of 300 Letters, an organization focused on creating and maintaining the bond between recently released parents from incarceration and their children. The organization aims to provide support and resources for families as they recover and work to create stability after incarceration.

 Amanda and Legend were incarcerated together during the most challenging time in their lives. Leaving behind their oldest son Dorian and soon thereafter learning that a new baby was on the way, just one month into Amanda’s incarceration. A family forcefully split and getting larger fueled this young couple to ensure that they stick together through the letters that they wrote.

 The aftermath of their experience has inspired a passion driven mission in them both to help support families who are working through a similarly challenging circumstance. This interview is incredibly eye opening, informative, emotionally raw and inspiring. Legend and Amanda share with us their story and their mission to make an impact.

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Sebastian Martin is a social entrepreneur and educator based in NYC. In 2013 he founded Cambio Coffee, an organic social enterprise company that operated in Shanghai for 5 years. Sebastian then moved to NYC in 2018 to run the Social Innovation Program at Avenues: The World School. He has now recently launched Cambio Labs, a non profit venture that creates educational apps and programs that transform students into social entrepreneurs, designers for impact, and community activists.  Sebastian is here to tell us more about the inspiring and transformative work he is doing.

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Photo Start is a non profit team of photographers, artists and teachers providing opportunities for impoverished youth who might otherwise get left behind. At Photo Start they believe that talent is universal, opportunity is not and they are on a mission to change that.  The Photo Start Program offers problem based, social emotional learning that leverages digital media arts, starting with photography.

Today we have with us Photo Start’s Director of Development and Partnerships Abby Lehman as well as Jeri Murchura, Photo Start’s Kenya Program Coordinator.  Abby and Jeri are here to give us a more in depth look at the powerful work this organization is doing to make a difference in the lives of children in distressed areas.

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Kevin Shah is on a mission to make empathy a habit for all so that people understand one another. He is the co-founder and CEO of a company called Jaago. Jaago is primarily designed for HR and DEI leaders to enable their employees to build more empathy, but it is also an incredible tool that Kevin encourages us all to utilize as we work to strengthen our own empathy muscles. It is a mobile platform that makes empathy building a daily habit by creating spaces to watch, reflect, and measurably grow using crowdsourced short stories that facilitate understanding new perspectives.

Kevin is here to tell us more about how we can all work to harness the superpower of empathy!

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To learn more about host, Christy McCaffrey, please visit christymccaffrey.com/about 

Christa Mantey is a mind, body, spirit wellness coach, she is a conscious parent and partner facilitator and a lactation educator as well. With years of experience in nutrition and wellness Christa added post partum and couples support to her work after walking the path of her own unique experience with childbirth and parenthood and she brings an incredibly inspiring perspective and light to the conversation of all things wellness.

Christa is here today to share more with us about her journey and the beautiful work she is doing to support others. 

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Evan LaRuffa is a creative problem solver and the founder of an organization called I Paint My Mind. I Paint My Mind is a non profit organization  made up of curators, organizers and advocates for the arts. By working with local artists, partnering with companies that care, and providing arts resources to underserved communities, I Paint My Mind works to make the world a more connected and creative place. 

Evan is here to tell us more about this creative driven mission to do good and foster more connections.

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Ray Nell Jones is a female empowerment speaker, activist and the founder of an organization called the Allignment Chapter. Ray Nell has been featured on The Ellen Show, Brawny initiative and the Top 50 smart Biz. 

Ray Nell and her organization work to help low income single mothers throughout the United States. Ray Nell and her team work to provide the basic necessities needed to wash their children, brush their teeth and properly clean their clothes.

Inspired by her own challenging circumstances as a single mom since the age of 19, Ray Nell has gone on to create a movement to support thousands of other women and families. She is here today to share more with us about her story and the very important work she is doing.

To learn more about/connect with The Allignment Chapter please visit to following links:

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