Be The Good

Maxwell Poth is the founder of an organization called Project Contrast.

Project Contrast is a non profit organization created to help share the stories of, and give a voice to, LGBTQ+ youth across the country. In addition to raising awareness and lowering the amount of suicides among LGBTQ+ youth in the U.S., Project Contrast aims to create a platform for these youth to become advocates for each other and in their own communities.

Maxwell is here to help educate and explain further the incredible mission he and his team are on.

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To learn more about host, Christy McCaffrey, visit www.ChristyMcCaffrey.com/about

Wendy Shew is the founder of a for-purpose organization, "Building Education", that serves to alleviate poverty in developing countries by inspiring, educating and empowering.

In collaborating with the government, partner organizations and local schools The Building Education Organization aims to transform rural villages into prosperous, dignified communities. 

Building Education is a 501c3 organization that provides funding for education to children of developing countries in an effort to end poverty as well.  

The vision is to "transform the lives that touch these projects, changing the way that we see ourselves in the world, creating leaders in the community and developing villages by uplifting the lives of others."

Wendy is here to tell us more about her own journey to this powerful and inspiring work and all that she hopes to achieve going forward.

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Kevin Stickelman is the CEO of the National Ability Center, a non profit organization that is a leader in adaptive recreation, offering outdoor adventures that cater to those with a different ability or disability and programs designed with inclusion as a first priority. 

The NAC rallies around the belief that our differences make us stronger and that recreating together can change our world. By including family and friends in their programming, the NAC strives to reinforce relationships and build support systems that exist beyond the initial program experience. 

Kevin is here to share with us more about this amazing program and all the good that they are doing.

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Alex West is the founder of an organization called One More Wave. The mission at One More Wave is to provide wounded or injured veterans with customized surfboards, wet suits, stand up paddle boards and body surfing hand planes customized to their injuries. 

At One More Wave it is their belief that ocean therapy will not only improve the lives of our veterans but also impact the veteran suicide rate of 22 a day.

Alex is here to tell us more about this incredible organization and all the amazing work they are doing.

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Greg Cohen is one of the most inspiring people I know. I have known Greg for about 2 years now as we have worked together on several projects for my non profit Project Scleroderma. Greg suffers from the autoimmune disease, Scleroderma, which is a disease I lost my own mom to 11 years ago.

Scleroderma literally means “hard skin”, it causes a hardening of the connective tissue. Although the skin hardening is a major issue for many patients, scleroderma can also affect internal organs with life threatening consequences. This disease affects each patient differently but can be very debilitating. Which is why what Greg is doing is incredible. He is running marathons to raise awareness for the cause and to support scleroderma research. He has become an incredible example of strength and hope for all who suffer from this disease and he is here to talk with us today about a year long documentary project we have been working on together.

Greg is working tirelessly to not only to raise awareness but also to encourage support of the life saving research that is being done. Please take some time to learn more about Greg's fundraiser here.

And if you are able to, please considering making a donation to help Greg reach his fundraising goal! Donate here. Thank you!

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Laurel Sims is the co-founder and CEO of a non profit called Urban Growers Collective. Rooted in growing food, the Urban Growers Collective works to cultivate nourishing environments which support health, economic development, healing and creativity through urban agriculture. The Urban Growers Collective currently has eight urban farms that operate on 11 acres of land, predominantly located on Chicago’s south side. 

The organization also focuses on job readiness, training hundreds of teens, difficult to employ adults, and new farmers in the art of growing. Laurell is here to tell us more about the programs offered by The Urban Growers Collective and all the amazing work they are doing on the South Side of Chicago.  The heart and mission of this non profit is guided by the incredible compassionate focus of Laurel and her team and with the intention to deliver more GOOD to this world. This organization is doing really inspiring work!

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 To learn more about host, Christy McCaffrey, visit: www.ChristyMcCaffrey.com

Robert Thornton is the founder of an organization called Cloud Covered Streets. Robert is on a mission to bring hope, compassion, kindness and needed supplies to those experiencing homelessness in the Phoenix, Arizona area. 

Robert and his team work to provide new shirts, socks, toiletries and letters of encouragement to those in need. And they recently hit the streets with a brand new mobile trailer that provides showers, laundry services, haircuts and many other services to those experiencing homelessness. 

Robert’s passionate, heart driven work is amazing and he is here to share more with us about what inspired him to create this organization and all that he hopes to achieve going forward.

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Destini McAlister is an author, wife, and mother of 3. She has a passion for advocating for vulnerable youth and adoptees. One of the ways she has recently accomplished this is by publishing her childhood memoir, “Set Free”, which outlines her turbulent childhood and shows readers what children from trauma need in order to become thriving adults.

Born into a family saturated with generational trauma, Destini’s case file with child protective services began when she was only 7 months old. In her own words and unique perspective Destini shares her vivid and detailed memories of her experience navigating child abuse, kinship care, foster care and finding a future despite the broken pieces of her past. Through all the secrets, confusion, twists and turns of her complex childhood, Destini’s story is one of hope for trauma survivors and she is here to share with us her story and her message of hope.

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Prince Brathwaite is the founder and owner of Trooper Fitness, based in Manhattan and currently offering Virtual Group Strength and HIIT Classes. He is not only a highly motivational coach to his clients and team but he’s also a very inspirational and empathetic person who encourages a “Stronger Together” type of mindset. He is someone who has dedicated his life’s work to building others up and unifying people in his own unique way.

I first learned of Prince when a friend of mine shared a video he had posted during the weeks that followed George Floyd’s death. I was so moved by his focus on empathy and his desire to bring people together.

Prince is here to tell us a little bit about his work with Trooper Fitness but also to dive deeper into our current state of racial tension, speaking specifically to how he feels we can be stronger together. He is a highly inspirational and motivational guy with a great message!

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Valeria Kechichian is the co-founder and CEO of Longboard Girls Crew, an organization that put female long boarding on the map. In the beginning, Valeria and her crew successfully got some international media attention and started not only gaining recognition for women but achieving a bigger goal: getting thousands of women around the world into the sport and breaking social stereotypes while doing so.

Eight years later, Longboard Girls Crew has grown into the biggest community in the action sports industry and one of the biggest female communities in the world, acknowledged in more than 180 countries with official crews and ambassadors in more than 60.

Valeria is an Argentinian born bad ass who now travels the globe working relentlessly to support and promote women through action sports – reinforcing the female role in the industry and in society in general, changing the existing perception of women and more importantly their perception of themselves.

This conversation is full of empowerment and inspiration!

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