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episode 313: Changing Lives through a Second Chance, with Karen Lee, Pioneer Human Services
People who were involved in the criminal justice system are more than their labels.
Karen Lee is the Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Human Services.
She was born during the 1960s civil rights era. “During my lifetime, I’ve seen quite a bit of discrimination. I’ve always wanted to do something about that in a way that was true to me.”
Karen graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. She served our country until the 1990s...
episode 314: Screen Printing with a Social Mission, with Sara Weihmann, New Avenues INK
Offering paid job training for youth.
Sara Hart Weihmann is the Director of Social Enterprise at New Avenues for Youth in Portland. She oversees a portfolio of workforce development social enterprises that offer goods and services to the local community. This provides paid work experiences and job training for youth experiencing housing instability. These enterprises include a Ben & Jerry’s scoop shop and a screen-printing business, New Avenues INK...
episode 315: Eliminate Plastic from Your Oral Care, with Kathy Ku, Juni Essentials
Helping bamboo farmers and women in impoverished regions become self-reliant while eliminating plastic waste.
If Kathy Ku’s name is familiar to you, you might have heard about her previous social venture in Uganda, Spouts of Water. I interviewed Kathy in December 2016. Kathy and her co-founder John Kye left Spouts of Water, but it continues to thrive.
Around the same time that Kathy and John were in Uganda working on clean water, Dr...
episode 316: A Sense of Justice for Women and Girls, with Judith Martinez, InHerShoes
What would you do if you were 1% more courageous?
Judith Martinez is a leader at the intersection of social justice and the future of human capital. She is the CEO of InHerShoes, the modern woman’s community for courage.
When Judith was in the fifth grade, she witnessed a scene that changed her life direction. “I’m a first-generation Filipino-American,” Judith explains. “I grew up with Filipino as my first language. My grandparents raised me...
episode 317: Tap into the Strengths of Neurodiversity, with Isabella He
NOTE: For full show notes, see https://tonyloyd.com/isabella-he.
High school students work on behalf of those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
In the United States, 1 in 54 children has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Unemployment rates for individuals with ASD are approximately 85%. More than half a million individuals with ASD will enter the workforce in the next decade...
episode 318: A Traveler’s Guide To World Peace, with Aziz Abu Sarah, MEJDI Tours
NOTE: For extended show notes, see https://tonyloyd.com/aziz-abu-sarah
MEJDI Tours sees tourism as an opportunity to transform lives through dual narratives and by strengthening local communities.
Aziz Abu Sarah is a peace-builder, social entrepreneur, cultural educator, and author of Crossing Boundaries: A Traveler’s Guide To World Peace.
But Aziz wasn’t always a peacemaker.
“I grew up very angry,” Aziz says...