On Vérité

On the last episode of On Verite for 2022, Clinical Mental Health Therapist Audrey Valentina shares her passion for mental health and how her nonprofit Access Power and Purpose, launching in 2023, will broaden her impact as a clinical mental health therapist to broader communities throughout the USA.

Audrey is a Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Mental Health Therapist, Motivational Speaker, Life coach, Mental Health Consultant, and Author. She heals and transforms lives through coaching relationships, hands-on mental health workshops, and speaking engagements, specifically for youth, corporations and athletes—the NBA, NFL, and MLS contract Audrey for mental health services.  

Happy Holidays to all! Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and lots of love and light to those celebrating Kwanzaa.

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About podcast:

Hosted by writer-producer-director Giovanna Aguilar, On Verite is a podcast that began with a focus on sharing conversations with filmmakers and creatives about what inspires their work. Over the last couple of years, it has evolved to include guests - thought leaders, the entrepreneurially minded, and other fascinating individuals - who lead with purpose during a time when real, human-interest stories are driving impact for social good.

Did you know that the U.S. movie industry began along the New Jersey side of the Hudson River in the early 1900s? This town is where The Exile, the first all-Black cast "talkie" by Pioneer African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux at Metropolitan Studios, was shot. And where the "mother of cinema, the first female film director and movie executive Alice Guy-Blaché, opened her studio?

Nelson Page, President of the Barrymore Film Center, shares the journey of building the Barrymore Film Center located in Fort Lee, New Jersey and its mission to support the voices of independent cinema and a tribute to Fort Lee's role in the movie-making industry. Opening in October 2022, thanks to Fort Lee's Mayor Mark Sokolich and the support of the Fort Lee Film Commission and Borough Council members, the Barrymore promises to be the leading venue for filmmakers in the NJ-NYC area. It includes a 260-seat cinema and film museum. 

The Barrymore Film Center was designed by renowned theater architect, the late Hugh Hardy, whose work includes the renovations of Radio City Musical Hall and the Rainbow Room in Manhattan and so many other theaters.

Meet Challenge Day Facilitator Katie Salvage

"I didn’t know that resiliency was a thing, a reservoir that you have and that’s just available to you. All I knew is, I know how to survive things and I know how to get through it, and I know how to make the most of it."

About Challenge Day:

Serving over 44 U.S. states, Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands, Challenge Day is on a mission to create a world where every person in our communities feels safe, loved and celebrated.

Challenge Day is a nonprofit organization committed to building empathy and compassion in our communities. We help youth and adults unlearn harmful habits, experience vulnerability as a pillar to restore strength, and enable them to experience the freedom of full expression through the lens of compassion, connection, and diversity. In the past 5 years we have supported 300,000 students and 60,000 adults directly.

Meet Challenge Day's Program Manager and Facilitator Trish Bruno. She shares her journey about dealing with what she calls 'terminal uniqueness,' feeling alone in experiencing life's challenges growing up. With roots in Colorado as a middle school teacher, Trish saw Challenge Day on a TV episode of Oprah and was touched. Then, when Challenge Day went to her school, she realized that was exactly where she needed to be – helping young people realize their power regardless of the experiences they've had.

“It changed how I was as teacher add changed my school and I watched it change my students.  Now in their 20s, they still message me. And we still talk about Challenge Day today, and what it did for them. You know that I think is incredible.”

About Challenge Day:

Serving over 44 U.S. states, Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands, Challenge Day is on a mission to create a world where every person in our communities feels safe, loved and celebrated.

Challenge Day is a nonprofit organization committed to building empathy and compassion in our communities. We help youth and adults unlearn harmful habits, experience vulnerability as a pillar to restore strength, and enable them to experience the freedom of full expression through the lens of compassion, connection, and diversity. In the past 5 years we have supported 300,000 students and 60,000 adults directly.

PROMO for the upcoming episode of On Verite with Executive Director Laura Chavez shares the mission of her nonprofit, Challenge Day, and how vulnerability, compassion, and empathy help youth and adults with emotional well-being for building community.

About Challenge Day:

Serving over 44 U.S. states, Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands, Challenge Day is on a mission to create a world where every person in our communities feels safe, loved and celebrated.

Challenge Day is a nonprofit organization committed to building empathy and compassion in our communities. We help youth and adults unlearn harmful habits, experience vulnerability as a pillar to restore strength, and enable them to experience the freedom of full expression through the lens of compassion, connection, and diversity. In the past 5 years we have supported 300,000 students and 60,000 adults directly.

A Must-Watch Documentary Following Teacher Musician Konrad Wert on Tour Engaging Audiences on Conversations about Special Needs and Public School Education

Award-winning filmmaker Todd Tue who talks about his documentary, the inspiring journey of Konrad Wert who steps away from his classroom in Texas to pursue his musical side as a career under his stage name, Possessed by Paul James.

Konrad tours the country with his family to engage teachers, parents, and audiences in a conversation about the current state of special education in public schools. As opportunities arise, Konrad must decide how his service is most effective- as an advocating artist or as a teacher in the classroom.

When It Breaks is available for sales and rental via Reelhouse.

Follow on Twitter @WhenItBreaks.

PODCAST NOTES:

Running Time: 38:-07

Time Codes:

00:55 - 1:25 Intro

1:30 –Todd Tue finding his inspiration in teacher-musician with Konrad Wert’s for the documentary ‘When It Breaks’

6:10 – Getting Konrad’s wife, Jenny, to sign off on the film

6:55 – Filmmaker POV on Konrad the musician touring the country and talking to his audiences about the challenges in the public school system, and more specifically special needs education

8:45 – Following Konrad from a dad POV

9:45 – Following Konrad as an audience member and hearing from him what is going on in public school education

11:00 –Konrad at crossroads, making more money as a musician

12:40 –Konrad the musician

13:40 –Konrad leaving the classroom and his teacher side on tour

15:30 – Takeaways and challenges in the film about public school education.

17:45 – Filmmaker’s opinion on why teachers should be paid more

23:00 –The producing and creative process

25:00 –Cameras, equipment and skeleton crew

28:30 –Audio when shooting verité

29:15 – Editing on Premiere and editors

32:00 – Producing lessons learned

33:30 – Funding and sponsors of  ‘When It Breaks’

35:45 – What is on the horizon for filmmaker Todd Tue?

A Special Teacher Takes the Conversation about Public Education on His Music Tour Across the U.S. in the Documentary When It Breaks, Directed by Todd Tue

This is a teaser for the upcoming episode with award-winning filmmaker Todd Tue who discusses his documentary, When It Breaks, the inspiring story of special education teacher Konrad Wert and his journey to avoid becoming another victim of teacher burnout.

Stepping away from his classroom in Texas, Konrad turns to his musical side career under his stage name, Possessed by Paul James, as a means to tour the country with his family and engage teachers, parents, and audiences in a conversation about the current state of Special Education.

As opportunities arise, Konrad must decide how his service is most effective- as an advocating artist or as a teacher in the classroom.

When It Breaks was released to coincide with Teacher Appreciation Week and it is now available for sales and rental via its Reelhouse.

SPECIAL EPISODE -  COVID_19  AND THE CARES ACT ON SMALL BUSINESS

Thank you for tuning in to a special episode. COVID-19 is affecting all of us, from our health to our finances. So, I’ve invited a friend Barry Roy who is an NJ-attorney to share his thoughts on what the Cares Act means for small businesses and self-contractors.

Barry assists small and medium-sized businesses facing difficult financial decisions with bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related matters. He also helps individual clients in eliminating their credit card debt, judgments, medical bills, and other types of debt to help them move forward with their lives without the loss of their most important assets.

Please excuse some of the sound issues, as this episode was recorded over a Zoom call, not a studio.

Disclaimer:  Barry Roy is on this podcast to provide the public with general information and a general understanding of the law, and not to provide specific legal advice. His appearance and opinions do not create an attorney-client relationship between you, a listener, and Rabinowitz, Lubetkin & Tully, LLC or any of its lawyers.

This podcast should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state. 

Thank you for listening.

Music by Kurt Borst.

You're listening On Verite with Giovanna Aguilar. I am a multimedia creator working with business partners to produce high-impact multimedia content and events focused on stories that inspire thought-leadership, entrepreneurship and social good.

La Responsabilidad Social y Pactos

Saludos desde NJ, Estados Unidos, soy Giovanna Aguilar y les agradezco por escuchar mi podcast On Verite. Actualmente, soy productora y estoy desarrollando contenido en multimedia, trabajando con emprendedores, ejecutivos, y lideres de opinión con el compromiso de responsabilidad social.

Estoy compartiendo una conversación que tuve con Alberto Avila, de Innovating Politics. Es un ejecutivo y líder estratega, orientado al cumplimiento y a la administración de riesgos en los negocios, con más de 23 años de experiencia en el campo del combate al lavado de dinero.

Alberto ofrece apoyo práctico a miembros de Consejos de Administración y de empresas transnacionales y brinda su habilidad en el manejo de equipos multiculturales y es Creador de los sistemas de capacitación avanzadas en cruceros. También trabaja en la Prevención de proliferación de armas de destrucción masiva.

Creditos: Compositor musical Kurt Borst.

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On Vérité - storytelling and conversations on the source of inspiration or motivation for our work - conducted by writer-producer-director Giovanna Aguilar.

March 17, 2020,

These are challenging times that can inspire solutions to keep you moving forward and creating opportunities and community.

On the latest episode of On Verite, multimedia creator and host Giovanna Aguilar speaks with business consultant and coach Dayana Cabeza.  about how they connected on LinkedIn, why they are working together, and how cultivating honest ‘human’ conversations with other professionals, at networking events and online, can build partnerships.

Giovanna would like to thank Dayana Cabeza and music composer Kurt Borst.

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