Lantern

“A lot of the time, you feel like you have to have everything in place before you start something, or everything needs to be aligned… and everything has to be strategic and so planned before you make a move, but it’s not the case”

For our sixth episode, Naomi Smith and Reegan Quick sit down with Rita Nehme, co-founder of Steer North, to discuss her journey behind co-founding the organisation, how the epic bike rides across the nation work and are organised, her method for creating awareness within communities, both the roles of charities and nature of the term ‘social enterprise’, as well as her personal advice on starting a purpose driven organisation.

Show Notes:

• Steer North (Organisation)
• Steer North VCCC PhD Scholarship (Scholarship)
• YLab - Foundation for Young Australians (Opportunity)
• The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (Book)
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (Book)

You can find out more about Steer North’s mission to promote and inspire people to live healthy, active and creative lives or sign up for one of their future rides on their website. You can also follow Rita’s work on her Twitter.

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“As far as breaking stereotypes in general, it's important to not be afraid to ask, because if you ask someone something… it shows that you’re not aware of something but want to be."

For our fifth episode, Asanga Seneviratne sits down with Tia Yang, co-founder of Where's The Love Philadelphia? to discuss her experience getting out into the local community, breaking down stereotypes around gun violence, advocacy through photography work and solutions to gun violence and Where's The Love Philadelphia's mission to raise awareness around the gun violence crisis in Philadelphia and to share the stories of those affected.

Show Notes:

• Where's The Love Philadelphia? (Organisation)
• Philadelphia Ceasefire (Organisation)
• #GunCrisis: Philadelphia (Resource)
• Is Gun Violence Contagious? (Article)

You can discover all of Where's The Love Philadelphia's stories and support their mission to raise awareness around the gun violence crisis in Philadelphia on their website, Facebook page and Twitter. You can also follow Tia's work directly on her Twitter.

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“Realise that opportunities aren’t as limited as they seem, really reflect on what you want... and go after that”

In our fourth episode, Asanga Seneviratne chats with Yash Kothari, Product/Growth at GiveDirectly & Former Co-Founder & CEO of the Y-Combinator backed Prayas Analytics. They discuss finding your purpose, Yash's journey from the tech to not-for-profit space, learning from best practices in the for-profit sector, intelligence tests in impact work, recruiting the best talent into not-for-profits and of course GiveDirectly's mission to reshape international giving via direct cash transfers.

Show Notes:

• David Brooks (Author):
  • The Moral Bucket List (Article) [New York Times]
  • The Road To Character (Book)
• Man's Search For Meaning By Viktor E. Frankl (Book)
• When Breath Becomes Air By Paul Kalanithi (Book)
• 80,000 Hours (Resource)
• Give Directly (Organisation):
  • Microfinance Misses Its Mark by Aneel Karnani (Article) [Stanford Social Innovation Review]
  • The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomised evaluation (Study) [MIT]
  • GiveDirectly Evidence Page (Resources)

You can learn more about GiveDirectly's initiatives and how you can support their work on their website. You can follow Yash's work on his Twitter and his latest thoughts on his blog: Mind Mentos.

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“People generally don’t connect with evidence or reason. It doesn’t matter how right you are, the way you go about it is what matters the most.”

For our third episode, Reegan Quick and Yaz Naji sit down with Jason Ball, LGBTIQ & Mental Health Advocate, to discuss his journey to activism, the challenges of coming out in the football community, the importance of mental health, driving grassroots change particularly in rural areas, the role of politics & social change and overcoming stereotypes more broadly.

Show Notes:

• Minus 18 (Organisation)
• Beyond Blue (Organisation)
• Schwartz Media (Publisher)

You can follow Jason’s work as an advocate for mental health and the LGBTIQ community on his website and Facebook page.

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“Start with the who, the people you want to help and from there you will find your why”

In our second episode, Asanga Seneviratne chats to Shadrack Frimpong, Co-Founder and CEO of Cocoa360, on revamping international development, tackling corruption, finding your motivation, getting started on your idea and the importance of self-care in impact work.

Show Notes:

• John Wooden (Author)
• Start With Why (Book)
• The Effects of an NGO Development Project on the Rural Community of Tarkwa Bremen in Western Ghana (Report)

You can learn more about Cocoa360's work and how you can support their mission to transform farming communities and facilitate access to education and healthcare in rural Ghana here.

Correction: It was previously reported that Shadrack was Co-Founder and CEO of Cocoa360 when he was in fact the sole Founder and CEO of Cocoa360. We apologise for any confusion or inconvenience caused. 

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"Step back, look in (your) gut and find what doesn't sit right with you and make today the day you start changing things"

For our first episode Yaz Naji and Asanga Seneviratne sat down with Morgan Koegel, CEO of One Girl, to talk finding your passion, creating effective change, the challenges of running a charity, privilege, corporate vs the not-for-profit space, working in prisons and One Girl's mission to educate 1 million girls.

Show Notes:

• Girl Rising (Film)
• Bryan Stevenson (Author)
• Noam Chomsky (Author)
• Peter Singer (Author)

You can learn more about One Girl's work and how you can support their mission to educate 1 million girls right here.

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Lantern is a fortnightly podcast about young people trying to 'change the world' and trying to understand what that actually means.

Season 1 is dropping November 5 2017.

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