Let's Care

Let's Care

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Let's Care episodes

  • Bayyina Black: Just Blast (LIVE from Harvard Business School, home to the Social Enterprise Conference) - ft. an intro with Dr. Melodie Toby, PhD (my mom)

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    Bayyina Black is Global Sustainability and Impact Manager at R/GA, which helps brands and companies grow by enabling them to change. Fast. In addition, Bayyina is a multi-talented changemaker at the cross-section of three increasingly vital fields: social impact, tech, and storytelling.


    Let's go down the list of SOME of the ways this incredible human-being has spent her life and career:

    • She's a licensed drone pilot.
    • She has been to 32 countries to-date, with her travels including Ghana, Brazil, and Cuba.
    • She's the co-founder and VR filmmaker behind The Other System.
    • She has a great answer to the question "where are you from?".
    • In addition, this episode features the podcast debut of my mom, Dr. Melodie Toby, PhD! She is co-owner and Chief Financial Officer of Right at Home of Essex County. Prior to owning Right at Home, she had a career in corporate finance and consulting as well as more than thirty years as a full-time college professor. She retired from her position as a tenured faculty member at Kean University in Union, NJ, after teaching in the areas of Sociology, Management, Ethics, Religion, Africana, and Jewish Studies. Melodie holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance, from Pace University; a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University; an MPhil and PhD in Religion and Society from Drew University. Melodie is working closely with her daughter, Maeghan, to honor her late husband Moses' legacy by constantly striving to improve the quality of life for those they serve in Essex County, New Jersey. Love my mom.

      For more on Let's Care, parent company of 180º of Impact and the social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers 20s & Change, visit www.lets.care or email us at [email protected]. My name is Matt Scott (connect with me on LinkedIn) and I'm your host. Thanks for listening!

      1 hr 8 min
    • Amy Dumas (WWE Hall of Famer Lita) - The Oral History of 20s & Change: San Francisco (Part 5)

      20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented  changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin  to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco  features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their  conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco  Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more  about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news  and updates on the 20s & Change film.

      This week's episode features Amy Dumas, also known as Lita, a 4x WWE women's champion and WWE Hall of Famer. In this interview, Matt and Erik talk with Amy about her life as an advocate and activist for animal rights, gender equality, and representation for women in the media. She is @AmyDumas on Twitter and @machetegirl on Instagram.

      53 min
    • Tristan Robitaille (D-Rev) - The Oral History of 20s & Change: San Francisco (Part 4)

      20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news and updates on the 20s & Change film.

      This week's episode features Tristan Robitaille, Electromechanical Engineering Intern (Autodesk Student Expert) at D-Rev. D-Rev is a non-profit product development company focused on the needs of the poor. They design and deliver world-class, affordable health technologies.

      45 min
    • Mark Jackson (Cambridge Quantum Computing) and Nathan Bowman (Net Impact) - The Oral History of 20s & Change: San Francisco (Part 3)

      20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news and updates on the 20s & Change film.

      This week's episode features Nathan Bowman, from the previous episode, along with Mark Jackson, a physicist working with Cambridge Quantum Computing. CQC is a world leading independent quantum computing company that develops architecture-agnostic, enterprise quantum solutions to tackle some of industry’s most intriguing challenges. Previously, Mark founded Fiat Physica, the world's premiere physics fundraising platform, and Science Partnership Fund, the non-profit arm of Fiat Physica.

      34 min
    • Nathan Bowman (Net Impact) - The Oral History of 20s & Change: San Francisco (Part 2)

      20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news and updates on the 20s & Change film.

      This week's episode features Nathan Bowman, a former student organizer with Net Impact at San Francisco State University. Net Impact is an organization that mobilizes next generation leaders to use their skills and careers to make a positive impact in the world. For more on Net Impact, visit netimpact.org.

      42 min
    • Deje Silas (Delivering Innovations in Supportive Housing) - The Oral History of 20s & Change: San Francisco (Part 1)

      This episode has been edited and reuploaded from its original posting.

      20s & Change is a social change docuseries for underrepresented changemakers and the communities that rally around them. From Tenderloin to Sausalito to Oakland to Palo Alto, 20s & Change: San Francisco features impact storyteller and 180º of Impact creator Matt Scott along with Type 1 Diabetic filmmaker Erik Douds, and their conversations with 21 changemakers over 6 days during San Francisco Design Week and San Francisco Pride. Visit www.lets.care to learn more about the Let's Care journey and to sign up to the email list for news and updates on the 20s & Change film.

      This week's episode features Deje Silas, from Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), which believes that everyone deserves a home. Every day, DISH provides high-quality, permanent housing to San Franciscans who suffer from serious health issues—because with this help, San Franciscans who have experienced homelessness can get off the streets, rebuild their lives, and  strengthen communities. For more on DISH, visit dishsf.org.

      44 min
    • Greg Monterrosa (Hub101, Techstars Startup Weekend): Doers Do

      This episode is an interview with Greg Monterrosa, the Community Manager and one of the founders of  Hub101, a startup center and coworking space located in Westlake  Village, California with a mission of encouraging businesses to “create,  launch, grow.” Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and visit www.lets.care/story to sign up for the email list.

      For more on host Matt Scott, Let's Care and 180º of Impact, visit www.lets.care. Feel free to reach out! You can email us at [email protected].

      51 min
    • Kim Fredricks Bowman: Fed Up

      This week's episode is an interview with Kim Fredricks Bowman, who works with the organization Fraser, Minnesota’s largest and most experienced provider of autism and early childhood mental health services. Fraser serves children and adults through healthcare, housing, education and employment. Kim is the mother of Nathan Bowman, who we interviewed as part of 20s and Change: San Francisco back in 2019. To hear Nathan's interview, where he discusses his experience with the organization Net Impact, subscribe to the podcast and sign up for the email list at www.lets.care/story.

      For more on host Matt Scott, Let's Care and 180º of Impact, visit www.lets.care. Feel free to reach out! You can email us at [email protected].

      49 min
    • Satwinder Sandhu (IAC - The Centre for Adoption): My I, Me, and Why

      This week's episode features host Matt Scott's conversation with Satwinder Sanhu, CEO of IAC - The Centre for Adoption, the UK’s leading intercountry adoption centre and a registered charity  working with children, adopters, international adoption agencies, local  authorities and the Department for Education. IAC is the only agency in  this country that works in partnership with both adoption agencies and  government bodies overseas. While Sat was not a foster child and is not a foster parent, his experiences as well as his deep commitment to learning and supporting child well-being have made him a strong advocate. 

      For more on host Matt Scott, Let's Care and 180º of Impact, visit  www.lets.care. Feel free to reach out! You can email us at  [email protected].

      59 min

    About Let's Care

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    Let's Care, initially founded as 180º of Impact, is a platform to pass the mic to those that often go unheard in the social change space. We've interviewed 100+ underrepresented changemakers to-date.…