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From a career in banking to fortifying families against child abuse, our guest today is a testament to the power of following your passion. Jennifer Stein, Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Georgia, joins us to share her inspiring journey and the transformative work her organization is doing to safeguard children. She sheds light on the critical role her team plays in strengthening Georgia’s families and the impact of their first family resource center in Northeast Georgia.

In our discussion, we also touch on the innovative approaches that Jennifer and her team are using to prevent child abuse. Hear how they’re leveraging non-traditional partnerships and emphasizing the role of community support for parents. 

Prevent Child Abuse Georgia  www.PCAGeorgia.org 

Jennifer's Bio:
Jennifer Stein is the Executive Director for Prevent Child Abuse Georgia (PCA Georgia) in the Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development a Georgia State University Research Center located in the School of Public Health.

Jennifer joined PCA Georgia in 2021 after seven years of leading Prevent Child Abuse Habersham where she identified the need for and launched the Family Resource Center of Northeast Georgia. 

With more than two decades of management experience collectively in compliance operations, sales, and nonprofit management, Stein has a gift for discerning organizational capacity and implementing a collaborative vision for excellence. 

As PCA Georgia serving as one of three key partners for Georgia’s Essentials for Childhood initiative, Stein partners with the Division of Family & Children Services to lead the implementation of the state’s Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Plan (CANPP).  Additionally, as the implementing agency for Strengthening Families Georgia (SFG), and the Georgia Family Support Network (GFSN). Stein serves on both the governance and strategic planning committees within SFG’s leadership infrastructure as well as GFSN’s steering committee and communications workgroup. 

With the support of its Board of Directors and strong staff, Stein scaled the organization to increase its potential and tripled its funding within five years, cultivating local and regional support, and expanding its service sector from one to five counties via grants, state contracts, and direct investments from donors.   

Additionally, Stein plays an integral role on Georgia’s Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children, Georgia’s Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act Panel (CPSAC), and Child Fatality Review Prevention Subcommittee; she previously served globally in the Supervised Visitation Network as a board member and officer.

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·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.

·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.

·        Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action.

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Join us as we journey alongside Dr. Alie Redd, Executive Director of Covenant House, Georgia. "Dr. A" was raised in the 70's as a 'parentified kid' and faced homelessness during her undergrad years.  Alie's life story is one of grace, resilience, and self-reflection. Today, she is dedicated to supporting young people who have suffered trauma and are homeless as a result.

We talk about the experience of today's youth - violence, foster care, homelessness, and struggles with mental health. We examine the hurdles encountered when trying to connect these young people with the community resources they crucially need. A spotlight is thrown on the pivotal role of mental health services and community volunteers in breaking the crisis cycle and weaving a safety net around the most vulnerable children in our society.

Dr. Redd emphasizes the power of unconditional love, respect, and support for  Covenant House youth. We delve into the immense potential of community collaboration, and how it fuels the progress and hope of these young individuals. Further, Dr. A shares how other we can lend a hand to their mission - from participating in sleep out events, to donations and volunteering. This episode is a call to action - a challenge to create more opportunities for our young people, to pay closer attention to our community's youth. Join us on this journey, and let's make a difference, together.

Dr. A's Bio
Dr. Alieizoria Redd (“DrA”) joined Covenant House Georgia as the Executive Director in March 2018 and comes with 30+ years of experience as a servant leader in social services. Previously, Dr. Redd served children and families while employed at as the Vice President of Housing and Placement Services at CHRIS 180, Adjunct Professor at Tulane and Clark Atlanta Universities, Vice President of Programs at Inspiritus, and in private practice. She has served various populations as a direct service provider, clinician, clinical supervisor, advocate, advisor, administrator, professor, and executive leader. Dr. Redd supports the LGBTQ+ community as a co-chair of the Mayor’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Board Co-Chair and is a member of Leadership Atlanta Class of 2023, “Rowdiest Class Ever.”

Dr. Redd earned a BA in Psychology from the University of Memphis, an MSW and PhD in Social Work Policy Planning Administration and Social Science with a cognate in Public Administration from Clark Atlanta University. She has been continuously licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2000. Her areas of concentration include: non-profit leadership; social and child welfare policy; commercial sexual exploitation of children; secondary trauma of social workers; refugee and immigration services; racial identity; youth homelessness; LGBTQ+ youth; and military families.

Throughout Dr. Redd’s career, she has offered herself tirelessly, using her business and academic expertise to create, manage, and ensure revenue for social service programs, scale projects, and seize opportunities to formulate strategies and strategic partnerships to bring safety, stability, resources, unconditional love, dignity, and support to the most vulnerable populations.  

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Join me as I sit down with Nonet Sykes, the Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at Atlanta Beltline Inc., who reveals the many changes brought about by the Atlanta Beltline project. Nonet describes how the Beltline, beyond its identity as a walking and biking path, is striving to reconnect 45 previously segregated neighborhoods and foster racial and economic equity.

Nonet delves deep into how the Beltline is not just shaping the city's skyline but also promoting job creation, driving economic development, and safeguarding affordable housing. We tap into the often ignored social determinants of health and how projects like Atlanta Beltline are transforming transportation, housing, healthcare, and food access.

Rounding off our conversation, we look into Atlanta Beltline's commitment to transparency and accountability. Nonet gives us a glimpse into how the Beltline is implementing equity in their practice and policies. Be it their equity audit, their legacy resident retention program, or even their initiatives in affordable housing, the Beltline's approach is holistic and future-focused. Hear the vision for the Beltline's future and the invaluable lessons Nonet gathered along the way.

Guest Information and Links:

Nonet Sykes, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

[email protected]

www.linkedin.com/in/nonet-sykes-8796a413

https://beltline.org

Nonet's Bio

The first to hold this position, Nonet leads the development and implementation of the Atlanta BeltLine’s comprehensive equity and inclusion vision, strategy, and action plan. As a member of the Executive Team, Nonet leads an organization-wide effort to operationalize the BeltLine’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and implement strategies that stabilize communities, increase housing affordability, spur job creation, and ensure economic opportunity.

Nonet was previously director of racial equity and inclusion at the Annie E. Casey Foundation where she led the organization’s equity and inclusion strategies and invested resources to identify, implement, and promote the most effective approaches to increase equitable opportunities and outcomes for children, families, and communities of color. Nonet’s 20 plus years of experience spans the areas of racial equity and inclusion, community and economic development, strategic leadership, nonprofit capacity building, and change management.

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·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.

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Join us on this enlightening convo with Catherine Cote, founder of Project Empathy. A college study abroad experience to Melbourne, Australia, changed her life. Catherine's story is one of personal growth and social awakening. 

Catherine's passion project, Project Empathy, is her remarkable initiative that aims to open up dialogue and understanding through the power of storytelling and unique empathy exercises.  The Black Lives Matter movement and the 2020 election greatly influenced the project, underlining the crucial role of storytelling in fostering empathy and understanding. Catherine's shares who the Project creates a safe space for dialogue and the transformative impact of shared story. Catherine shares her insights on the profound power of empathy and connection in bridging societal divides. 

We explore the inner workings of Project Empathy -  the rehearsal process, final performance, and the pivotal role of the audience in the narrative. If you seek a deeper understanding of humanity and are intrigued by the potential of storytelling to change hearts and minds, this conversation with Catherine Cody is one you won't want to miss.!

Catherine's Bio:

Catherine Cote, founder of Project Empathy, is a Boston-based creative, marketer, and entrepreneur with a passion for human connection. Catherine graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 2018 with a psychology major, education and Mandarin Chinese minors, a certificate from the Ciocca Center for Business, Ethics, & Society, and a habit for theatre. Her interests and studies all boil down to a passion for understanding people and the way we communicate.

 In February 2017, while studying abroad in Melbourne, Australia, Catherine created Project Empathy as an experimental answer to the social division and lack of deep conversation she was experiencing. After directing the first cast of six people at the University of Melbourne, she brought the Project back home to the US for its American premier at Holy Cross. To expand the Project’s reach and impact, Catherine developed the Performance Package and founded Project Empathy, LLC in October 2020.

In addition to running Project Empathy, Catherine works in higher education marketing. When she’s not at her desk, you’ll likely find her hiking with her family and dog, picnicking with friends or a good book, or singing in her Subaru.

Connect with Catherine:

• Website: https://www.officialprojectempathy.com/
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram/TikTok: @ProjectEmpathy
• Facebook/LinkedIn: Project Empathy

 Mentioned in this podcast:
The Conversations We Should Be Having Podcast
Empathy is Not Endorsement Ted Talk

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·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.

·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.

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Are you ready to understand community level change? Buckle up as my business bestie, Dr. Susan Wolff, and I share our experiences working with community coalitions and community-based nonprofits. We share our highs, our lows, and those 'aha' moments that keep us going in our quest to effect change.

We've poured our expertise into a co-authored book, "Guidebook to Community Consulting," a must-read for anyone seeking to make a difference in their community. (Enter GTCC2023 at checkout for a 20% discount!)  We explore the essentials of connecting with community members, upholding values of equity and anti-racism, and honing your skills to become a successful community consultant. We also delve into the powerful concept of cultural humility and its impact on DEI training. We tackle the resistance to DEI training head-on, offering strategies to overcome it.

We also look at the importance of inclusivity within community engagement, discussing how to make meetings accessible for everyone, and using data to measure inclusivity. We discuss our experiences with experiential activities to boost participation and ensure every voice is heard. So, come and join our enlightening conversation, as we unlock the potential for change that lies within communities.

Susan joined me on Episode #3, listen to it here: 

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·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.

·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.

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In this episode, advocate, evaluator, city councilman, and recently new podcast host, David Shorr joins me on Community Possibilities.  We met through our mutual colleague and friend, Kathleen Sullivan. Kathleen has the distinction of being my most popular episode to date. There is a lot of interest in advocacy, and David knows advocacy like few others.
 
  In this episode we talk about:

·        How does an issue become a decision?  

·        How do community leaders and community-based organizations move an issue and set it up for a decision(s) that lead to change.

·        How the advocacy game is played and what is the "inside game" is, versus the "outside game” and how these are related to change.

·        His experience on the inside as an elected, local-level decision maker. What can community members and leaders do to advance issues they care about in their communities.

Website: David Shorr -- Policy Advocate & Evaluator - Home

David's Podcast: The Battles We Pick

Kathleen Sullivan's episode on Community Possibilites .

Link to the article by David and Kathleen with great examples of community level change: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A16759255-9fa2-3fcc-90de-482e45a1f2d0  

David Shorr has built his AdvocacyCraft Consulting practice drawing on decades of shaping debate and decision making in varied policy arenas—from high-level diplomacy and presidential politics to local land use. Before launching his practice, David was a Hewlett Foundation consulting program officer responsible for the wind-down of its Nuclear Security Initiative. David is keenly interested in issues at the nexus of political decision making and technical practicalities, which he explores in his new podcast "The Battles We Pick." He has served as a decisionmaker himself since his 2016 election to city council in his Central Wisconsin community. For over thirty years David advocated on foreign policy issues in senior roles with Stanley Center for Peace & Security, Human Rights First, Refugees International, Search for Common Ground, Arms Control Association, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and NYPIRG. 

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·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.

·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.

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On this episode, Allisaon Padilla-Goodman, Vice President of the Southern Division of the Anti-Defamation League joins me. As Vice President of the Southern Division, Allison Padilla-Goodman and her team work daily to fight antisemitism and all forms of hate in the Cleveland, Florida, South Central, Southeast and Washington, D.C. regional offices. 

In this episode we talk about:

1. Allison's origin story - you have to listen!  
2. Her early work in academia and as a community organizer and what that work taught her.
3. The term “othering” and what it has to do with hate and extremism.
4.  The Anti-Defamation League and how she first became involved.
5. The specific work ADL does in fighting extremism, policy, and education.
6.  How the ADL, like many groups working for social change, faces criticism. So we explore that and how she deals with it. We also talk about what she wants people to understand about the work ADL does.
7. What can people, specifically young people, can do in their own communities to address hate and extremism.

Allison's Bio:

Allison joined ADL in 2014 as the Regional Director of ADL’s New Orleans office after many years in academia. Her academic work focused on racial identities and othering. Most recently, she was the Regional Director of ADL’s Atlanta office. Prior to her work at ADL and in academia, Allison was a Senior Research Fellow in the premier Center for Service-Learning in Southeast Asia, worked in public education in New Orleans, and was a community organizer around public safety and culture. She received the Torch of Liberty Distinguished Service award by the ADL New Orleans Regional Board and has become an avid voice for fighting hate in the American South.

Allison earned a B.A. from Middlebury College, an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University, and a PhD in Sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center. 

Allison's Contact information:

• www.adl.org
• [email protected]
•  https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonpadillagoodman

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• Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action.
• Speak at your conference or event.
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·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.

·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.

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In this episode, Ann speaks to Maryum Lewis, President & CEO of Jerasulem House, now known as Status:Home. We talk about:

• Maryum's journey from the family farm to the city and why she chose to work in the nonprofit space. 
• The history of Jerusalem House,  Atlanta’s oldest and largest provider of permanent housing for low-income individuals. 
• Why housing is healthcare and why it is central to the work they do.
• We explore how the affordable housing crisis is changing the lives of working families and how that directly impacts the support Status:Home provides
• The whole family approach and why that is important.
• How they make a difference for people with HIV/AIDs and how that work has changed over time.
• What is challenging for her as a nonprofit leader right now. Hint: It's not just about money.  Leadership can be lonely sometimes. 
• Their rebranding experience and they why behind it.
• What she would tell her 22-year-old self.

Maryum's Bio
Maryum Lewis, CFRE, currently serves as the President & CEO of Jerusalem House. In this role, Gibson directs all operations, oversees staff and strategizes fundraising activities for the organization, which is Atlanta’s oldest and largest HIV/AIDS permanent supportive housing provider. Jerusalem House is one of the 75 largest nonprofits in Atlanta with a budget of $8.8 Million and a staff of 35. Each year, the organization houses close to 500 people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Maryum came to Jerusalem House in 2021 with over two decades of diverse non-profit leadership experience including executive, fundraising, organizational management, board leadership, volunteer management and consulting. 

 She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science degree in Non-Profit Leadership from Georgia State University.  In 2022, she was selected as a 2022 Georgia Titan 100, one of Georgia’s Top CEO’s & C-Level Executives. In addition, she was selected as a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2023.

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• Engage your group in equitable, difficult conversations.
• Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.
• Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action.
• Speak at your conference or event.

Ann's book with Susan Wolfe, Guidebook to Community Consulting: A Collaborative Approach  published by Cambridge Press is out!  Grab your discount code here: https://www.cambridge.org/9781009244305 enter GTCC2023 at check out. 

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·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.

·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.

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In this episode of Community Possibilities, you will meet Amy Ard, Executive Director of Motherhood Beyond Bars. Being a nonprofit leader was not Amy's career plan, but sometimes, life takes you in unexpected places. One profound experience in her life that led her back to her home, Atlanta. 

• We talk about how Amy first become aware of  incarcerated women who are pregnant and how this forever changed her life. 
• The fact that shackling pregnant and laboring women was legal in many states, including Georgia. 
• How common is it for women who are incarcerated to be pregnant or have children already. (Hint: We don't know).
• I ask the question some people may be thinking, Why should I care? 
• The kind of services does Motherhood Beyond Bars provide? 
• How MBB shifted in response to systemic barriers.
•  How does MBB make a difference? (any outcomes you can share).
• Why I dubbed Amy "the Equalizer."
• What is challenging for her as a nonprofit leader.
• How they are measuring the outcomes of MBB for the families they serve.
• What is next for Motherhood Beyond Bars.

Learn More about Motherhood Beyond Bars and follow them on social.

Amy's Bio
Amy Ard is the founding Executive Director of Motherhood Beyond Bars (MBB), a nonprofit serving incarcerated pregnant women and their infants. MBB provides holistic family support with the goal of ending cycles of incarceration in families and is the only organization in Georgia supporting pregnant women in custody and conducting vital research on the impacts of maternal incarceration on infants and families.  Amy is a graduate of Atlanta Public Schools, Denison University, and Vanderbilt Divinity School.  Amy and her husband, Michael Waller, live in her childhood home with Amy’s mother, three children, and a handful of quail in the backyard.

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• Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.
• Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action.
• Speak at your conference or event.

Ann's book with Susan Wolfe, Guidebook to Community Consulting: A Collaborative Approach  published by Cambridge Press is out!  Grab your discount code here: https://www.cambridge.org/9781009244305 enter GTCC2023 at check out. 

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·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.

·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.

·        Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action.

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In this episode of Community Possibilties, Dr. Joe Gone, Professor of Anthropology and of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University,  joins me to talk about his work at the intersection of culture, coloniality, and well-being in Indigenous communities. An enrolled member of the Aaniiih-Gros Ventre tribal Nation of Montana, he has investigated these issues through collaborative research partnerships in both reservation and urban American Indian settings.

We talk about:

• The historical trauma and the effects of that trauma on American Indians and other Indigenous peoples; 
• The pursuit of social justice;
• “Combatting societal erasure” and how it manifests in our communities, in health and mental health research;
• The meaning of the word “decolonizing;"   
• What decolonizing mental health services look like and valuing the therapeutic traditions of the past; 
• His work in substance abuse treatment with the Blackfeet Nation at the Crystal Creek Lodge.
• “The Power of Story” and indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and healing;
• What community leaders should appreciate about ways of knowing. 

Dr. Joe Gone's Bio
Joseph P. Gone is an international expert in the psychology and mental health of American Indians and other Indigenous peoples. A professor at Harvard University, Dr. Gone has collaborated with tribal communities for over 25 years to critique conventional mental health services and harness traditional culture and spirituality for advancing Indigenous well-being. He has published over 100 scientific articles and chapters, and received recognition in his fields through several fellowships and career awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014 and election to the National Academy of Medicine in 2021.

Connect with Joe
Email: [email protected]

Website: https://gonetowar.com/

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• Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action.
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·        Support the evaluation capacity of your coalition or community-based organization.

·        Help you create a strategic plan that doesn’t stress you and your group out, doesn’t take all year to design, and is actionable.

·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.

·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.

·        Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action.

·        Speak at your conference or event.

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