find your cause

In this episode we interview Rudy Meo, President and Marx Succes, Director at Equity and Empowerment for Evanston Families (EEEF). EEEF’s mission is to serve families of color in Evanston that have been marginalized by structural racism by providing access to parental resources while empowering their children through mentorship programs, academic supports, discovery opportunities and real world experiences.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

Donate: https://swipesimple.com/links/lnk_127009a7

Phone: +1 (847) 424-7103

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.equity4evanston.com/

In this episode we interview Father Joshua Peters, Director of Mission and Identity at Christ The King Jesuit College Prep. Christ the King Jesuit College Prep is a Catholic school on Chicago’s West Side and a member of the Cristo Rey Network challenges and inspires its young women and men through the integration of academics, work experience, and extracurricular activities to lead lives of integrity, faith, and servant leadership for the greater glory of God.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

Donate: https://www.ctkjesuit.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1113453&type=d&pREC_ID=1390514

Phone: +1 (773) 261-7505

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.ctkjesuit.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CTKJesuit/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctkjesuit/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/christ-the-king-jesuit-college-preparatory-school/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ctkjesuit

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctkjesuit?lang=en

In this episode we interview Bonnie Sawyer, Executive Director of Herren Project. Herren Project is an organization on a mission to support, inspire, and empower those affected by substance use disorder.

Herren Project was started with one person reaching out for help to find the treatment they deserved to recover from addiction. Since that time, Herren Project has assisted 2,823 men and women with treatment options with 1,137 choosing to take the first step towards recovery from drugs and alcohol. We have advocated for over $4.6 million in treatment scholarships and awarded 610 recovery scholarships. Many still continue celebrating long-term recovery. We are committed to walking with those we support from the beginning and throughout their recovery journey.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

Donate: https://herrenproject.org/donate-3/

Phone: +1 (844) 543-8555

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://herrenproject.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/herrenproject/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herrenproject/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-herren-project/?viewAsMember=true

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhek1kODd29XMunleUHtZg/featured

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HerrenProject

In this episode we interview Tony Alvarado-Rivera, Executive Director and Essence-Jade Gatheright, Youth Organizing Fellow at Chicago Freedom School (CFS). CFS is an organization on a mission to create new generations of critical and independent thinking young people who use their unique experiences and power to create a just world. CFS also provides training and education opportunities for youth and adult allies to develop leadership skills through the lens of civic action and through the study of the history of social movements and their leaders.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

Donate: https://chicagofreedomschool.org/support-us/donate/

Phone: +1 (312) 435-1201

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://chicagofreedomschool.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoFreedomSchool

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chifreeschool/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chicago-freedom-school

YouTube: https://www.vimeo.com/chicagofreedomschool

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChiFreeSchool

In this episode we interview AJ Vetter, Executive Director at benefit.design. Benefit.design is a need-based design studio focused on connecting nonprofits to their communities by providing unique creative solutions like websites and marketing materials.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

Donate: https://www.benefit.design/donate

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.benefit.design/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workwithbenefit

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benefit.design/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/benefit-design/Twitter: https://twitter.com/workwithbenefit

In this episode we speak with Dr. Sylvia Smith, Executive Director of Giant Steps. Giant Steps is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing individuals with autism spectrum disorders therapeutic services focused on improving the quality of daily life from early childhood through adulthood.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

Donate: http://donate.gsteps.org/

Phone: +1 (630) 864-3800

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.mygiantsteps.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mygiantsteps

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantstepslisle/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/giant-steps_2/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/giantstepsil

Twitter: https://twitter.com/giantstepsil

In this episode we speak with Deborah Clair, Founder and Executive Director of Camp 1302. Camp 1302 is a summer camp 9 years-running that serves kids ages 5-12 in the southside Chicago neighborhood of Englewood. Summer camps like Camp 1302 provide opportunities for kids to be kids!

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged? A $125 donation covers all camp costs for 2 kids!

Phone: +1 (773) 398-9341

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CAMP1302

A nonprofit lending movement that makes no CENTS

In this episode we speak with Paul Hawkinson, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Transform Capital. Transform Capital is a 501c3 non-profit organization on a mission to ignite generational advantage for others on the journey of asset ownership.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

Phone: +1 (312) 307-8774

Website: https://tccommunity.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tccommunity.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transformcapital/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/transform-capital-nfp/

“Knowledge is power, but only when paired with action”

In this episode we speak with Kay Farlow, Founder of the IMPower Center. IMPower Center is an organization on a mission to promote the financial literacy of youth and adults covering topics like credit, real estate, and investing to help close the racial equity gap through education. IMPower Center is located in South Bend, Indiana and will help support the surrounding community through a full financial freedom curriculum.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IMPowerSB

Hip hop is around the world and if we don't take this back now, it is either going to destroy our community or it is going to save our community because hip hop has always been the tip of the social-political sphere in black and brown communities.”

In this episode we speak with Khafre Jay, Executive Director of Hip Hop For Change. Their mission is to use grassroots activism to educate people about socio-economic injustices and advocate solutions through Hip Hop culture.

Want to learn more, donate, or get engaged?

Website: https://www.hiphopforchange.org

Phone: +1 (510) 350-7730

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hiphopforchange/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hip-hop-for-change/

IG @hiphop4change

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKmK6-HFquAu0hSZKVvEKgw