Jeff Smith has spent the past 40 years doing community organizing work, popular education work and creating independent media. He has spent a significant amount of time in Central America and Mexico doing accompaniment work, which has influenced his organizing work here in Michigan. Jeff writes for two online sites, the Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy and the Grand Rapids People's History Project.

Listen to this episode of Your True North, in which we have the opportunity to interview these three Catholic sisters: Sister Barbara Hansen, Ellie Hutchison, & Katie Gordon.

Listen to this episode of Your True North, in which we have the opportunity to interview these three Catholic sisters: Sister Barbara Hansen, Ellie Hutchison, & Katie Gordon.

Gerri Detweiler has been guiding individuals through the confusing world of credit for 20+ years. Her articles have been widely syndicated, and she is the author or coauthor of five books, including her most recent, Finance Your Own Business: Get on the Financing Fast Track. She has testified before Congress and been interviewed for more than 3000 news interviews. She currently serves as education director for Nav, which gives small business owners free personal and business credit scores and guidance, and helps match them to financing. She recently downsized to a tiny house.

Gerri Detweiler has been guiding individuals through the confusing world of credit for 20+ years. Her articles have been widely syndicated, and she is the author or coauthor of five books, including her most recent, Finance Your Own Business: Get on the Financing Fast Track. She has testified before Congress and been interviewed for more than 3000 news interviews. She currently serves as education director for Nav, which gives small business owners free personal and business credit scores and guidance, and helps match them to financing. She recently downsized to a tiny house.

Brendan Kiely is The New York Times bestselling author of All American Boys (with Jason Reynolds), Tradition, The Last True Love Story, and The Gospel of Winter. His work has been published in more than ten languages, and has received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award, the Walter Dean Myers Award, and the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award. His work was twice selected for the American Library Association’s Best Fiction for Young Adults (2015, 2017), and was a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best (2016) and a Kirkus Reviews Best of 2014. He is on the faculty of the Solstice MFA Program at Pine Manor College. Originally from the Boston area, he now lives with his wife in New York City.

Brendan Kiely is The New York Times bestselling author of All American Boys (with Jason Reynolds), Tradition, The Last True Love Story, and The Gospel of Winter. His work has been published in more than ten languages, and has received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award, the Walter Dean Myers Award, and the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award. His work was twice selected for the American Library Association’s Best Fiction for Young Adults (2015, 2017), and was a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best (2016) and a Kirkus Reviews Best of 2014. He is on the faculty of the Solstice MFA Program at Pine Manor College. Originally from the Boston area, he now lives with his wife in New York City.

Eileen Kerlin Walsh grew up on a small farm in Ireland and came to the U.S. in 1989 where she earned a law degree from Loyola University School of Law. She worked in both the private and government sectors before starting her own estate planning practice. Eileen presents a monthly television show in the Chicago suburbs, “Wills, Trusts & More,” and hosts the podcast, “Where the Road Rises.” She is also a motivational speaker and leads workshops about ethical wills.

Eileen Kerlin Walsh grew up on a small farm in Ireland and came to the U.S. in 1989 where she earned a law degree from Loyola University School of Law. She worked in both the private and government sectors before starting her own estate planning practice. Eileen presents a monthly television show in the Chicago suburbs, “Wills, Trusts & More,” and hosts the podcast, “Where the Road Rises.” She is also a motivational speaker and leads workshops about ethical wills.

Listen to Eboo Patel and Hannah Minks on the very first edition of Your True North on WPRR, Public Reality Radio.

Eboo Patel is a leading voice in the movement for interfaith cooperation and the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. He is the author of Acts of Faith, Sacred Ground, Interfaith Leadership and Out of Many Faiths. Named by US News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders of 2009, Eboo served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council.

Hannah Minks, Student and Alumni Leadership Manager at Interfaith Youth Corps (IFYC), develops programs and communication tools that speak to the needs of both students and IFYC alums. Hannah brings personal experience to her position having been through many of IFYC’s programs as an undergrad student and alum, most recently the Germanacos Fellowship.