Imagine what can happen when a group of very caring and very technically savvy individuals gets together to make others’ lives better? Real Magic happens. e-NABLE is an online global community of “Digital Humanitarian” volunteers who use their 3D printers to make their magic (free and low-cost prosthetic upper limb devices) for those in need. 

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Many of us have lost friends and relatives to addiction, but few of us have been brave enough to build a program that fosters healing. The organization featured today was started, because a family was suffering and wanted to prevent another family from experiencing that same loss and sadness. LIVE4LALI is a legacy for harm reduction, resources, and ending the stigma associated with substance use.

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Change the World with One Random Act at a Time

It takes vision, optimism, deep belief and many, many volunteers with truly big hearts to put into practice all that is kind which results in the betterment of humanity. Over 10 years ago, one man had a vision that the world could really change with single acts of kindness and, in a moment, you’ll hear about how that concept has changed the way we collectively think about giving of ourselves, our resources, and our hearts.

Through a partnership of community and law enforcement, Hollenbeck PAL’S mission is to nurture young people to become responsible, productive, and law-abiding citizens by offering character-building, education, sports, financial literacy, and life-enhancing programs to low and moderate-income families. Some of those programs this podcast features are Pal-Up, Get it Straight, Sports 4 Kids, and Life Camera Action.

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Cyclical LA is a collective of leaders is an ecumenical community of innovators that share a common culture and set of practices created to thoughtfully start new churches across Los Angeles. Cyclical Los Angeles has 12 core values that drive their offerings for Discerners, Starters, and established Churches to support sustainability. 

After Hollywood legend, Spencer Tracy, and his wife, Louise Tracy's infant son was diagnosed with a profound hearing loss in 1925, Louise Treadwell Tracy devoted her time and energy to studying how deaf children could be taught to communicate with the hearing and speaking world. She patiently guided her son, John, into an understanding of language and lip-reading.  With her encouragement, he learned to speak.  John Tracy Center was established in 1943 and offers so many children an opportunity to be engaged in the speaking world. #andradaymusic; #lakeshow

Most of us never have to consider our car as our home, but some of us do….and as the featured organization will soon share: nobody plans to be homeless...Founded in 2016, Safe Parking LA is a coordinating organization for the community which assists homeless families and individuals living in their vehicles. They support the implementation of "Safe Parking Lots", by providing individuals a safe place to park each night, restroom access, a security guard, and social service resources.

 Music can relax the mind, energize the body, and even help people better manage pain. Music is also known to evoke memories. In his article, How Opera Makes Brain Sense, Dr. Norman N. Holland discusses the complexity of opera and our response to both the music and the specific situational story that evokes emotion, tying the emotion and situation together as compared to other mediums where a story is unfolding over time. It’s what he calls music drama; with opera, our emotions shift from situation to situation as the music and specific moments are intertwined.

Can you look in the mirror and see the hero or heroine that may be inside you? Why shouldn’t all children be exposed to heroic figures from history who look like them? How can they feel not just a sense of pride, but a sense of true belonging as folks who look like them have contributed and continue to contribute to our world in significant ways? That genuine pride of being connected to a fundamental part of history gives any marginalized individual not just a sense of pride, but a sense of belonging in a world where being marginalized feels literally and figuratively like a second skin.

What if an entire community got together and recognized how powerful it would be to collaborate on projects and opportunities using the concepts of geoscience and geospatial technologies? What if these projects propelled young students into envisioning new ways of understanding STEAM, the acronym for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics? And what if, by building their capacity, they contributed to the development of our collective future workforce?