Welcome to the Spark videocast presented by Flame Consulting! On this episode, host Julie Stokes introduces our viewers to the Youth Advocacy Team, a by-students-for-students organization that advocates for projects, legislation, and policies to improve the world in which they are growing up. It was started by students in Louisiana, but now is expanding as a national organization, starting with Indiana!

In this episode of Ellevate’s Engage Videocast we explore the state of the Healthcare System in Louisiana. Julie Stokes speaks with Dr. Courtney Phillips, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, about COVID-19, Medicaid expansion, maternal mortality and more!

On this episode of the Engage videocast Julie Stokes speaks with Dr. Rebekah Gee and Kathy Kliebert, the last two people to serve as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, formerly known as the Department of Health and Hospitals. Julie, Dr. Gee and Ms. Stokes discuss the state of healthcare in Louisiana including Medicaid expansion, Louisiana's response to COVID-19 and more!

Welcome to the Stokes Flame Videocast with host Julie Stokes! On our first episode we feature Dr. Marc Matrana, Director of the Ochsner Precision Cancer Therapies Program, the only dedicated early phase clinical trials program for cancer patients between Houston and Birmingham. In our videocast, Julie and Dr. Matrana discuss Precision Medicine and the latest legislative success with SB 204.

In this episode of Ellevate’s Engage Videocast we explore the state of the Mental Healthcare System in Louisiana. Julie Stokes speaks with Karen Stubbs who heads up the Louisiana Office of Behavioral Health as an Assistant Secretary in the Louisiana Department of Health. Julie and Karen discuss accessing mental health services, the effects of COVID-19 on the mental health landscape in the state and more!

Welcome to the Spark podcast presented by Flame Consulting! On this episode, host Julie Stokes introduces our viewers to YouNight, a sisterhood of support for women who have had or are currently battling any type of cancer.

On our final episode of a series of interviews we are further discussing education policy. Julie speaks with Dr. Cade Brumley, Louisiana’s State Superintendent of Education, about his new role and vision for the Louisiana Department of Education, the reopening of schools, closing the digital divide and more!

On our third episode of a series of interviews we are further discussing education policy. Julie speaks with a diverse panel from around the state to give our listeners look into education in 2020 from a practitioners standpoint. The panelists include Dr. Patty Glaser, Superintendent Lamar Goree and Superintendent Ritchie Strong. They discuss internet equity, social and emotional learning, dual enrollment and more!

On our second episode of a series of interviews where we are discussing education policy, Julie speaks with Dr. Geoffrey Nagle, President and CEO of the Erikson Institute, a leading force in improving the lives of young children and their families through knowledge, research, service and advocacy and the nation’s premier graduate school in child development. Julie and Dr. Nagle discuss the difference between early experience and early childhood education, school readiness, achievement gaps and more!

On our first episode of a series of interviews where we are discussing education policy, Julie speaks with Libbie Sonnier, Executive Director of the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children. Julie and Libbie discuss the impact of COVID-19 on child care providers, accessibility and affordability of childcare, the long-term impacts of early childhood education on our state’s economy and more!