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Channeling Kindness, Passion, and Purpose w/ Maya Enista Smith
Show Description
Our guest this week is Maya Enista Smith, Executive Director of Born This Way Foundation, which was co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, to support the mental health of young people and work with them to create a kinder and braver world.
In the intro, we bring back the “interpret my dream segment” with a dream submission from Lindsay. Mac and David share about art and culture experiences from their youth that affirmed their identity. Mac shares about Milwaukee based-orgs doing similar work to Born This Way Foundation.
Maya joins at 19:09. She shares her arts and culture origin story and love of storytelling (22:15); finding moments for daydreaming and enchantment, and finding inspiration in watching talent, passion, and purpose at Lady Gaga’s level (25:10); what it’s like to have Lady Gaga invite you to be part of her team (26:40); creating fun partnerships with Starbucks, Deloitte, and young people (30:17); how to have a conversation around KPIs with things as unique and personal as kindness, love, and mental health (34:00); adjusting to meet the mental health challenge of the pandemic (38:10); and favorite examples of fostering inclusion through arts and culture (43:25).
Bonus to close us out: Mac’s interpret my dream (55:37).
Audio Transitions: “https://open.spotify.com/track/40R0ql4akCiU2kEmKTREVp?si=da6509a6a94843b1 (Lovely Child)” by VUCA (featuring Barbara Stephan and Dave Olson)
Plugs:
Maya Enista Smith / Twitter: @MEnista
https://bornthisway.foundation/ (Born this Way Foundation)
https://www.channelkindness.org/ (Channel Kindness)
https://www.facebook.com/bornthiswayfoundation (Facebook)
https://twitter.com/btwfoundation (Twitter)
https://www.instagram.com/btwfoundation/ (Instagram )
S222 Episode Ephemera:
https://independentsector.org/programs/ngen/ngenfellows/ (NGen Fellowship (where are the pre-2014 classes???!))
https://www.imaginemke.org/art-stories/414ward.php (414 (New) Day)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music (British New Wave)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx5lkGS4w30 (Big Trouble in Little China)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkq34rlDRS/ (Barbershop Real Talk)
http://pearlsforteengirls.com/ (PEARLS for Teen Girls)
https://jack.org/Home (Jack.org)
https://www.project150.org/ (Project 150 in Las Vegas)
https://www.exploringthearts.org/ (Exploring the Arts)
https://www.movethisworld.com/ (Move this World)
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Show Description
Our guest this week is Maya Enista Smith, Executive Director of Born This Way Foundation, which was co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, to support the mental health of young people and work with them to create a kinder and braver world.
In the intro, we bring back the “interpret my dream segment” with a dream submission from Lindsay. Mac and David share about art and culture experiences from their youth that affirmed their identity. Mac shares about Milwaukee based-orgs doing similar work to Born This Way Foundation.
Maya joins at 19:09. She shares her arts and culture origin story and love of storytelling (22:15); finding moments for daydreaming and enchantment, and finding inspiration in watching talent, passion, and purpose at Lady Gaga’s level (25:10); what it’s like to have Lady Gaga invite you to be part of her team (26:40); creating fun partnerships with Starbucks, Deloitte, and young people (30:17); how to have a conversation around KPIs with things as unique and personal as kindness, love, and mental health (34:00); adjusting to meet the mental health challenge of the pandemic (38:10); and favorite examples of fostering inclusion through arts and culture (43:25).
Bonus to close us out: Mac’s interpret my dream (55:37).
Audio Transitions: “https://open.spotify.com/track/40R0ql4akCiU2kEmKTREVp?si=da6509a6a94843b1 (Lovely Child)” by VUCA (featuring Barbara Stephan and Dave Olson)
Plugs:
Maya Enista Smith / Twitter: @MEnista
https://bornthisway.foundation/ (Born this Way Foundation)
https://www.channelkindness.org/ (Channel Kindness)
https://www.facebook.com/bornthiswayfoundation (Facebook)
https://twitter.com/btwfoundation (Twitter)
https://www.instagram.com/btwfoundation/ (Instagram )
S222 Episode Ephemera:
https://independentsector.org/programs/ngen/ngenfellows/ (NGen Fellowship (where are the pre-2014 classes???!))
https://www.imaginemke.org/art-stories/414ward.php (414 (New) Day)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music (British New Wave)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx5lkGS4w30 (Big Trouble in Little China)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkq34rlDRS/ (Barbershop Real Talk)
http://pearlsforteengirls.com/ (PEARLS for Teen Girls)
https://jack.org/Home (Jack.org)
https://www.project150.org/ (Project 150 in Las Vegas)
https://www.exploringthearts.org/ (Exploring the Arts)
https://www.movethisworld.com/ (Move this World)