Human Stories with Jill Hazard Rowe

Welcome Kristen Mitchell! Kristen Mitchell BSW, MNPA, is the executive director of Youth Futures, a nonprofit that serves runaway and homeless youth ages 12-22. As an entrepreneur who has independently owned and operated her own businesses for 25 years including a manufacturing company, an art gallery and a nonprofit crisis hotline prior to co-founding Youth Futures, she has a passion for youth services and has been involved with human service-oriented agencies for over 31 years; working in group homes, respite services and volunteer service projects, including those that
served people experiencing homelessness and LGBTQ youth.
https://www.youthfuturesutah.org/

This week, Jared Oaks, Ballet West Music Director, shares his coming out journey. Jared has also shared a composition which you will hear at the end of the episode. From Jared:
A Place of Mirrors
III. White Horses of the Shamans
Rebecca Moench, violin
Jared Oaks, piano
The music for my short ballet, A Place of Mirrors is inspired by shamanic tradition, traditional shamanic mirrors, and the idea of reflection.
This final movement, “White Horses of the Shamans,” is inspired by Walther Heissig’s 1944 account of a female shaman, who indicated that the mirrors are a vehicle for the shamans.
The music is somewhat unified by use of a tone row consisting of 10 pitches, which are played in various ways, such as retrograde, inversion, etc.
These ideas came about as a result of my friendship and discussions with dancer and choreographer David Arce. The piece was commissioned by Debra Pearse Rogo, director of Mid-Columbia Ballet.

Join us for Charlsie and Brianna's coming out stories, their love story, and their experience with parenthood.

Sally Gary graciously shares her journey towards self affirmation as a lesbian woman, her relationship with Christ, and how she has learned to cultivate peace and real understanding with her family and the people around her.

https://www.centerpeace.net/

https://www.audible.com/pd/Affirming-Audiobook/B08Y68YJSN?source_code=GO1GB547041122911G&gclid=CjwKCAjw0ZiiBhBKEiwA4PT9z0ENu6e-GrNnDdTeRuoyUN1GVsdpLaYYkfwtdyGUhRGh5XkQqiaIcBoCohMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Welcome Sam Cahoon! Tune in to hear about Sam's coming out journey and what he has learned about family, friendship, and self-love.

Meet LeGrande Lolo. LeGrande shares his experience growing up in Samoa, coming out as gay, reconciling his faith and religion, and pursuing his passion for dance.

Meet Jack Haden. Jack shares candidly about his journey to understand his own identity, and how that fuels his work as a therapist.

Join Jill and Laurie Lee Hall for the first episode of 2023. Laurie Lee gracously shares her expereince as a transgender woman and her relationship with the LDS church.

Join us for Nathan Kunkel's heartfelt story. Nathan's honesty about his journey for self-acceptance and self-love is a lesson to all.

Join us for Brandon's story! Brandon Checketts shares his experience with faith crisis, sexual identity, marriage, parenthood, and reconciliation.