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Power and Identity–Conversations Before The Remedy Club

In this episode, the panelists for the July 15 Remedy Club (Julia DeNoto, Amy Pearl, Se-ah-dom Edmo, and David Garnand) talk about power, access, and oppression. The conversation revolves around equity vs equality, and expands on how to respond to sexist/racist/homophobic/culturally insensitive comments and behaviors. This is no interview – this is a live, raw discussion.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Which communities you belong to

• All of the various communities our guests belong to, and the ones they don't

• Why Amy Pearl is only comfortable when you're uncomfortable

• What has caused the speakers to be champions of social justice?

• Why "objective observers" who are making policy changes from places of power begets a system of oppression that keeps marginalized people out

• How when someone's very identity is 'othered' in politics and in media, in all sorts of powerful ways they believe that they're not worthy of life.

• When you become real to someone else, you can no longer be a 'thing'. Its harder to justify 'othering' someone you know and care for.

• Why Se-ah-dom tries to befriend people she disagrees with.

• Why you have to be able to keep up with movements - our movements are moving!

• How economic justice is tied to social justice

• What a feminist is. (It's simple: do you believe that women are people?)

• Just because you don't want to see race doesn't mean racism doesn't exist.

• How in the beginning of the feminist movement, there are ways that it enforced ideas around the gender binary, and how that is changing.

• WE ARE NOT DONE. The declarations are only the beginning.

• Whether or not to interrupt eloquently; whether or not to burn bridges.

• The difference between an ally and accomplice.

• How all our oppressions are interlocked, and so are our liberties.

• Why you need to talk as if everyone is in the room.

Guests

Se-ah-dom Edmo, Coordinator, Indigenous Ways of Knowing Program at Lewis & Clark College, author of American Indian Identity

Julia DeNoto, Park Ranger, Cyclist

Amy Pearl, Executive Director, Hatch Innovation

Dave Garnand, Executive Director, Housing Northwest, Inc.

How Green is Weed - Sustainability and Cannabis with Cristian Koch and Simon Love

Simon Love speaks with Cristian Koch, one of the founders of HIFI farms, located in Portland, OR. "HIFI farms is a Clean Green Certified™ craft cannabis cultivation company" that is developing one of the most sustainable growing operations in the Pacific Northwest. Often overlooked in this booming industry is the impact and energy consumption of traditional cannabis cultivation techniques. HIFI's unique approach using technology, and passive systems, allowed them to raise $2.8 million dollars for their startup farm.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Cristian's history and background as an entrepreneur.
• The unique advantages and challenges of growing cannabis both organically and sustainably.
• How the cultivation of soil is such an important component in their process.
• How they developed their unique technology system, which in some cases saves up to 90% of their traditional energy usage.
• The opportunity and profits that come from a focus on quality and sustainability vs. quantity and faster production.
• How they raised $2.8 million by inspiring younger investors looking to make a difference
• The importance of working with certifying bodies, and the future relationships that can develop.
• The Future of cannabis growing operations and their relationship to sustainability

Links:

HIFI Farms

Clean Green Certification Articles:

HIFI Farms Planting Sound Roots

Portland cannabis cultivator raises $2.8M for a 50-acre farm

The Resource Innovation Institute

Guests:

Cristian Koch

Founder and Chief Cultivator, HIFI Farms

Starting HIFI with a 3 other close friends, Cristian is a former musician, producer, and medical marijuana grower. His goal is to grow a fully sustainable and organic cannabis operation that utilizes technology and passive natural systems to decrease the impact of their business.

From Varietals to Variety in Winemaking with Bertony Faustin and Finn Terdal

In this episode, Finn Terdal sits down with Oregon winemaker Bertony Faustin. As the owner of Abbey Creek Winery in North Plains, a small town just outside Portland, Bertony currently holds the title of Oregon's first black winemaker. He aims to change this by diversifying the faces we see when we think of winemaking, as well as the people drinking it. He is currently in production on a documentary called Red, White, and Black.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Personal stories about Bertony and his journey into winemaking

• Challenges that are commonly encountered in the wine industry

• Tips and tricks for a diverse set of entrepreneurs in the wine industry

• The opportunities that are available in Oregon

• A unique perspective on niche marketing

• Why education is a key component of his business

• His plans for Abbey Creek going forward, and why it does not include explosive growth

Links:

Abbey Creek Winery

Red, White, and Black Documentary Guests:

Bertony Faustin

Proprietor, Abbey Creek Winery

Born from Haitian immigrant parents and a transplanted New Yorker, Bertony has found not only his family, but his destiny in Oregon wine country. A physical trainer by trade, Bertony started his wine career like many, somewhat by accident. Noting his in-laws had a small vineyard, he began exploring the potential of making his own wine and gradually launched Abbey Creek Vineyard. Always a student and innovator, Bertony dug in and learned a great deal from neighbors and friends. Abbey Creek Vineyard grew enough in production to warrant it's own tasting room and winery so Bertony moved his operation into North Plains, Oregon. Today he is literally an earth to glass winemaker. Abbey Creek Vineyard is all Bertony, all his personality, style and grace. Get to know him and you know his wine.

In this episode, Lex Lavatai sits down with Katie Hughes, the founder of Girls Build. Girls Build is a nonprofit summer camp that instills "curiosity and confidence in girls as they explore the world of building". Lex and Katie discuss the importance of teaching girls not only building, fixing, and engineering skills, but also curiosity and confidence. Katie was a participant in 'The Social Pitch', a quarterly Hatch program which brings together community members to fund innovative ideas.

Links:

Girls Build

The Social Pitch

In this episode you'll learn:

• How Katie gathered together a group of women (carpenters, tree trimmers, laborers, plumbers and electricians) to run the camp
• What Katie thinks about high school counselors who encourage all kids to go to college, when college isn't for everyone
• How well-paid the trades really are
• How Katie's sister turned her financial situation around when she became an electrician
• The importance of instilling the confidence to try something new in young girls
• The self-esteem gained and money saved that comes from being able to fix things yourself
• "Well someone has to do it" - How Katie's mom charged her three daughters with the responsibility of putting things together and fixing broken things.
• How society instills perfectionism in girls that dissuades them from trying new things
• How important it is for girls to see women in the trades
• Why we shouldn't just have one idea of what femininity looks like
• How discouraging women from entering fields like engineering decreases the talent pool and intellectual capital and costs society progress
• How participating in the Social Pitch helped Katie jumpstart Girls Build with experience, funding, counsel and connections

It's Not Just About Bathrooms with Lex Lavatai, Lisa Ramirez, and Klyde Burg

In this episode Lex Lavatai (they/them), Lisa Ramirez (she/her), and Klyde Burg (he/him) discuss queerness, definitions, and gender identity.

From a space of common understanding and good will, three queer people dissect aspects of the hetero-normative culture and its language and history. They go on to discuss Two Tongues, a clothing and apparel store dedicated to the needs and preferences of the LGTBQ community in Portland, Oregon. Lisa, the founder of Two Tongues, describes how this innovative new store model will relieve the stress of the shopping experience for the LGTBQ community and educate its allies.

In this episode you'll learn:

• The definition of cisgender

• How to talk to people about their gender identity. "Are you a biologist? Are you a detective?"

• Why someone would wear a belt buckle with "faggot" on it

• That the pronoun "she" did not exist until the 12th century

• What you should do if you have grammatical issues with the use of the singular "they"

• What happened to the "ze" pronoun

• The problem with categorizing clothes as "womenswear" and "menswear"

• All about Two Tongues and why it was founded
• The definition of non-binary
• That over 50% of Gen-Z kids know a person who is non-binary
• Why it'd be great to see a… straight, cis-man strolling down the street in a sundress.

• The definition of an ally

• The issues with phrases like: "chosen name" and "preferred pronouns"

• That if you don't know someones gender, don't assign them one

• And some good advice: keep your heart in the right spot, and always Google

Links:

Transgender FAQ

http://www.americandialect.org/2015-word-of-the-year-is-singular-they

Two Tongues

Blog Guests:

Lisa Ramirez

Founder,Two Tongues

Lisa is an ardent, young entrepreneur who recently completed Hatch Oregon's CPO InvestOR Ready Accelerator program. She has a passion for diversity, inclusion, individuality and art which are the driving factors for her new business, Two Tongues— an apparel and accessories store dedicated to serving the needs and preferences of the LGBT community. Two Tongues is the first apparel store in Oregon to curate clothing specifically for the queer and trans community. www.twotonguespdx.com In the past ten years, Lisa has worked in local and international art galleries as a director, co-curator, and artist representative in Portland, OR. She and her wife, Erica, run a community organization called Dyke Hike that has nearly 1000 members and hosts monthly hiking trips and social events around Mt. Hood and the Columbia Gorge. She's a true philanthropist and community advocate and is eager to spread the word about community investing!

What's The Big Idea? - A discussion between Amy Pearl and Simon Love In this episode, Hosts Amy Pearl and Simon Love have a lively discussion about the two biggest ideas behind this podcast: social entrepreneurship and community capital. Both of these ideas stem from one simple question: Why don't people address their own problems? What is stopping them? Amy and Simon share some of their thoughts on the potential of social enterprise to change the world, and why access to capital (money) is so important. Plus hear about some of the programs coming from Hatch Innovation, and ways to get engaged. In this episode you'll learn:

• Some of the reasons why ordinary people don't address their own problems

• The concepts of social enterprise and community capital

• The difference between downstream-oriented nonprofits and upstream-oriented social enterprises

• How every big idea comes with people who muddy it, and why it's important to be clear

• The differences between "social enterprises" and other enterprises

• Why the ecosystem for capital for social entrepreneurs has been so weak, and why it's not such a crazy idea to change it

• How 'returns' are defined: financial returns vs non-financial returns and the concept of "blended returns"

• Why it's such a big idea for everyday people to invest in their community, and why we say that local investing is impact investing

• How events like Detroit Soup and The Social Pitch are creating new social enterprises

• Amy's experience as a woman in male dominated finance and law fields

• That a lot of crazy ideas might actually work…so why not try? Don't be scared…be bold!

Links: Skoll Foundation "The New Heroes" Video Series Mohammad Yunus Jed Emerson & Blended Value The Social Pitch Detroit Soup Hatch website Hatch Innovation on Facebook Hatch Innovation on Twitter

Cultivating Community Capital - A discussion with NextSeed Co-founders Youngro Lee and Abe Chu In this episode Youngro Lee Amy Pearl speaks with Youngro Lee and Abe Chu, co-founders of NextSeed, a Texas-based marketplace where "anyone can invest in local businesses and earn solid returns". After the recession, Youngro left his job and started Nextseed to address the capital gap and answer the question "How do we give people access to capital?". Youngro and Abe dive into the deeper reasons behind the movement towards crowdfunding and community capital. In this episode you'll learn:

• The pain and the benefits of private investing (and why it's difficult and costly to do a public offering).

• Why access to capital matters.

• Historic examples of community investing, and how the concept can be successfully applied to American capitalism.

• Why Youngro and Abe consider themselves matchmakers.

• The biggest challenge with educating entrepreneurs.

• Why a business plan for a community public offering needs to be different than a standard business plan.

• The three things an entrepreneur needs to understand to do a crowdfunding raise.

• Why millennials think about spending and investing money differently than other generations (and how crowdfunding investing fits into the new paradigm).

Links: Nextseed Texas Intrastate Crowdfunding Rules Grameen Bank & Mohammad Yunus Articles: "NextSeed Becomes First Texas Crowdfunding Platform to Leverage Intrastate Rules" - Crowdfund Insider "First Texas Investment Crowdfunding Offering a Success" – NextSeed Blog Guests: Youngro Lee, JD/LLM Chief Executive Officer Former private equity funds lawyer in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Helped clients raise over $25 billion in aggregate to pursue various strategies. Previously at Weil Gotshal, Kirkland & Ellis and Cleary Gottlieb.Graduate of Cornell University and Cornell Law School. Abe Chu, MBA Chief Marketing Officer Former marketing executive in charge of technology marketing and sales teams for global electronics brands and retailers. Previously at Premium Retail and Samsung. Ex-founder of a Silicon Valley startup.Graduate of Rice University and Rice University's Graduate School of Management.

Creating Sustainable Economies: Legally Speaking with Christina Oatfield In this episode, you'll hear how SELC began as a part-time project, and became a fully-staffed legal center providing legal education, conducting legal research, advocating for new legislation, and providing free legal advice to support thriving communities. In this episode you'll learn:

• That some lawyers are actually community-minded superheroes that work to support social enterprise,cooperatives and nonprofits.

• How SELC provides a pathway to becoming a lawyer without the crippling debt

• - What SELC is doing to empower the next generation of farmers and to keep farmland out of the hands of speculators

• Why we need more young farmers (Hint: the average age of farmers is sixty years old!)

• How Community Development Financial Institutions could use community finance to support more entrepreneurs

• Why it's important to accommodate both wealthy and non-wealthy investors in community finance

• How the 'Friends and Families' offering Exemption greatly privileges people from wealthier backgrounds (and how California's new law will give entrepreneurs from low-income backgrounds a chance to raise funds from different circles.)

• How worker-owned cooperatives reduce issues like wage disparity and low worker satisfaction within the workplace.

Links:

Sustainable Economies Law Center Hatch Oregon ComCap16 Conference

Opening the Floodgates

Hosted by Simon Love with guests Anthony Zeoli and Amy Cortese

Intrastate investment crowdfunding is sweeping across the nation, and in this episode we're joined by two of the leading voices for the movement: Anthony Zeoli (crowdfundinglegalhub.com) and Amy Cortese (locavesting.com). Hear how investment crowdfunding differs from 'traditional' crowdfunding (think Kickstarter), and why starting at the State level makes sense. Find out how these new laws allow everyday Americans to fund (and profit from) businesses in their own community.

In this Episode You'll Learn

• Why everyone should care about investment crowdfunding (not just entrepreneurs and angels)
• Why everyone should have the chance to invest in a company before it goes public
• How states are tailoring crowdfunding laws to fit with their own priorities and the local landscape
• The concept of "crowd diligence" and how investing in companies you already know can reduce risk
• Why the terms "accredited investor" and "general solicitation" are so important to freeing up funding options for startups and small businesses
• What role crowdfunding portals have in preventing fraud and vetting crowdfunding deals
• How the new Title III federal crowdfunding rules will change the investing ecosystem (and why intrastate investing isn't going away anytime soon)
• How the new federal crowdfunding rules could actually hinder future capital raises for entrepreneurs
• Why investment crowdfunding is an opportunity to unite incubators, accelerators, angels, existing businesses, new entrepreneurs, non-wealthy investors, government, and more.

Links

• Anthony Zeoli's blog: http://www.crowdfundinglegalhub.com
• Illinois intrastate crowdfunding: http://illinoiscrowdfundingnow.com/
• Amy Cortese's Locavesting: http://www.locavesting.com
• Crowdfund Insider: http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/
• Hatch Oregon: http://www.hatchoregon.com
• ComCap Conference http://www.comcapconference.com

Twitter: @AJZeoli, @Locavesting, @Hatchthefuture