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This week, yet ANOTHER inspiring Milwaukee woman ...

You are going to want to pull up a seat at the table for this conversation with Christie Melby-Gibbons, Founder and Executive Director of Tricklebee Café on North Avenue. This is NOT just your average café, in fact, it’s anything BUT average. A pay-what-you-can model offers patrons the chance to give and receive with a spirit of generosity, dignity, grace and abundance. This is a place to nourish your mind, body and spirit, and you can’t help but be inspired when you hear the story behind Tricklebee Cafe. 

Listen as we talk about … 

• Tricklebee’s origin story and where the name came from. 
• Going deep with the practice of ‘radical hospitality’ and how we can all benefit from more of this in our own lives. 
• You’ve heard of “trickle down” economics, but have you heard of “Tricklebee” economics? We’re convinced THIS is the way we should operate, see if you agree!? 
• How a pay-what-you-can concept can really survive in the world today.
• The importance of knowing your community, knowing your neighbors and knowing your priorities. 
• Will there be a Tricklebee 2.0 someday? Listen to find out. 

Locals and Links we love! 

Tricklebee Cafe Website and Facebook (menu updates posted here!)  

Trickebee’s WISHLIST (donate here!) 

Who are the Moravians 

One World Everybody Eats 

Tricklebee in the News!  

Tricklebee in OnMilwaukee (by previous guest Lori Fredrich!) 

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This week, yet ANOTHER inspiring Milwaukee woman ...

We need more people like Samantha Starr in this city: organizing events that build community with intentionally curated themes that bring people together (often over food!). Samantha is the powerhouse behind Battle of the Chefs and Dining with Friends, as well as local events like MKE Fest.  And she's soon to be the host of a new podcast Flavor Fix Radio Show with @wnov860 launching in January 2024!! 

Listen as we talk about … 

• How a passion from high school planted a seed for Samantha’s event planning dreams 
• Aligning values with passions, and what a difference that makes when thinking about your own dreams (and boundaries) 
• How Shelly once needed 150 meatballs by noon (and how Samantha’s advice could’ve helped Shelly’s veggie mishap). 
• How gratitude for and exposure to community spurs Samantha’s desire to see the silos down and collaboration up in Milwaukee. 

Locals and Links we love! 

Samantha Starr Events Website and Instagram 

MKE Fest

The Chef’s Table

Lucky Ginger

Heirloom MKE

Edith Cocktail

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This week, yet ANOTHER inspiring Milwaukee woman ...

Money sense is something many of us take for granted. Not today’s guest, Brenda Campbell, CEO and President of SecureFutures, an organization determined to empower teens with the money management skills needed to make sound financial decisions by providing school programs, coaching, and mentorship. This organization is changing the way teens in Milwaukee (and especially those from under-resourced backgrounds) approach money. 

Listen as we talk about … 

• How differentiating between financial literacy and financial capability can be the difference in behavioral change in our teens. 
• Why high school (between 16-18) is really the sweet spot for talking to students about money
• And why Brenda secretly hopes her students will make a few money mistakes during the course of their time with SecureFutures
• AND MORE importantly, how YOU can get involved (yes, YOU!) 

Locals and Links we love! 

https://securefutures.org/

https://negozee.com/

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Tables are turned this week and WE are in the hot seat! If you’ve ever wondered how we got our start with the podcast, why we decided to take the plunge and launch Cream City Dreams, and what keeps us going, listen in to this conversation with Stephanie Melnick, of Melnick & Melnick.

Listen as we talk about … 

Who were Shelly and Meagan BEFORE Cream City Dreams? Find out a little bit about how we both landed in Milwaukee

• Our mistakes, lessons we’ve learned from our guests, and where we could use some help in leveling up the podcast
• Our dreams for Cream City Dreams (and where we’d love to be in five years). Yep, we’re putting these ideas out into the universe!
• And listen as audience members share a few of THEIR dreams

Locals and Links we love!
Alverno College
She Stands Tall 
She Shines
Women’s Entrepreneurship Week
You Betcha She Did Podcast
Franciscan Peacemakers
Once Upon a Figgy (the little pink car!)

Cream City Dreams episodes we referenced:
Rooted MKE (Ashley Valentine)
Lai King Moy of Tour of America’s Dairyland
Angela McManaman
Tia Richardson
Lionart Media
Interwovxn
Dasha Kelly Hamilton
Chase My Creations (Chloe)
Cecelia Gore (Brewers Community Foundation)
Stephanie Melnick
Meagan Johnson (Milwaukee Diaper Mission) 

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This week, yet ANOTHER inspiring Milwaukee woman ...

Another week, another creative and inspiring Milwaukee woman! Listen as we talk to yet another champion of our city, Brit Nicole. Brit is a spoken word artist, healer, performer, author, film maker, musician, and facilitator who uses her voice to lift up our community. But more than that, she’s working to change the narrative around Milwaukee through storytelling and connection.

Listen as we talk about … 

• What does it mean to matter outside your gifts, and how does realizing that help you accomplish your dreams? 
• How we can look at our creative outlets as tools to serve whatever community we find ourselves in. 
• The creative arts and artists as healers in our city, and how we can use creativity to change the narrative of Milwaukee.
• The importance of having the RIGHT people behind you. 

Locals and Links we love! 

Brit on Facebook and Instagram

Lyrical Sanctuary at UWM

Stillwaters Collective and Pentastic

Brit’s book! Moods, Melanin and Magic, A Manifesto

Nocturnal Butterfly on band camp: 

414 day video 2023 - her poem Chosen

Want to learn more about her, Check out this article or this article! 

B~FREE

Tae Spears and Rooted Society

Lilo Allen and the Bronzeville Collective

Heal the Hood Milwaukee

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This week, yet ANOTHER inspiring Milwaukee woman ...

Pull up a chair at the table for this delicious conversation with Lori Fredrich, Senior Writer for Food and Dining at OnMilwaukee.com. You’ll hear all about her new book, and the local farmers and restaurants who were so grateful to have Lori tell their stories. And hear her own stories of life at the table. (Is that a dream job or what??) 

Listen as we talk about … 

• Excuse me?!? How a BURP! started her career in food writing. 
• Lori’s ‘doors and windows’ theory of how dreams turn to reality
• How Lori listened to her gut (no pun intended) and decidedly and intentionally told OnMilwaukee she would not be a food ‘critic.’ 
• Why Lori decided NOT to remain an anonymous food writer on the Milwaukee food scene. 
• Secret gems of Milwaukee and where to get the BEST carnitas in the city!

Locals and Links we love! 

Lori’s new book: Wisconsin Field to Fork

November Events with Lori and her new book

OnMilwaukee.com 

Carnitas Machetes

Birch Restaurant

The Real Good Life

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This week, yet ANOTHER inspiring Milwaukee woman ...

On average, three children a week come into  Children’s Wisconsin Hospital with gunshot wounds. 

THREE CHILDREN A WEEK.

If this doesn’t make you angry, we don’t know what will. Listen this week as we talk with Pediatric Emergency Physician and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Dr. Megan Schultz, about her dreams for our city and our world, and what she’s doing about this desperate statistic every day in the emergency room. 

Listen as we talk about … 

• How a single gunshot in Baltimore changed the trajectory of Megan’s career and pulled her out of the classroom and into the ER
• The alarming gun violence statisics in Milwaukee and just how common it is for kids to have, play with, and use guns
• A helpful script for approaching the topic of guns before a playdate (parents listen up!) 
• How anger fuels her in the ER and on the page (READ her Op-Eds linked below!) 
• Small kindnesses … the antidote to suffering and anxiety? Megan thinks so (and so do we!) 

Locals and Links we love! 

Everytown for Gun Safety

MEGAN’S OP-EDS FOUND HERE: 

(1) https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2022/07/07/politicians-have-betrayed-kids-amid-milwaukee-gun-violence-epidemic/7761811001/

(2) https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2023/06/27/scourge-of-gun-violence-in-milwaukee-claims-too-many-innocent-children/70356393007/

(3/story) https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/health/2023/09/12/childrens-wisconsin-doctor-treats-kids-who-have-been-shot-guns-megan-schultz-physician-milwaukee/70770030007/

MORE PRESS ON THE OP-EDS ON CBS58

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This week, yet ANOTHER inspiring Milwaukee woman ... 

How does a stay-at-home mom/trained art teacher with a passion for cloth diapering become the founder and Executive Director of a thriving non-profit that serves over 3000 families (and tiny bottoms) around Milwaukee?  Listen as we talk to Meagan Johnson of Milwaukee Diaper Mission about how she found her way through and into non profit leadership.

Listen as we talk about … 

• The staggering statistic about diaper need and diaper affordability that started Meagan’s own mission. 
• How a dream went from a garage to a 5,000 square foot warehouse in less than three years (a corner card table to a corner office!) 
• Why we (as women) need to toot our own horns more often!
• How not recreating the wheel is a HUGE part of creating a dream
• #diaperbanksarerunbymeagans - Whaaaaaa? 
• How YOU can get involved

Locals and Links we love!

Milwaukee Diaper Mission on the socials:  Website, Insta, Facebook
The Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation 

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Welcome back! It took us a little longer, but we're back - and we're ready to hit the ground running this season with some fantastic Milwaukee women who are living their dreams. This week, a short episode with a glimpse into the dreamy things we've been doing ourselves and the incredible guests we've got lined up this fall!

🎶 PLUS 🎶  We're SUPER excited to share our dreamy new theme song with you! Created by Nora and Brandon Oaks of The Never Deadbeat Poets - a super cool local band based in Riverwest.

If it's not already obvious, this is a dreamy episode you don't want to miss!

Locals and Links we love!

Come see us LIVE in November at the monthly She Stands Tall Event on November 14th (register at the link!!)

The Never Deadbeat Poets on Instagram
And Meagan's favorite song of theirs on this post
The Never Deadbeat Poets on Soundcloud
The Alma Center on Instagram

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We're BAAAAAAAACK ... did you miss us? 

Just a teaser for what to expect in Season 4. We'll be dropping episode one sometime in September when school is back in session. (You'll remember we have seven kids between us - so we took the summer off). 

Until then, we wanted to let you know we're still here, and more importantly, STILL DREAMING! 

Can't wait to have you along for the ride in Season 4! 

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