1 Girl Revolution

On this week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast, we welcome Lisa Simpson, founder of Crossroads for Women - a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive, integrated services to empower women emerging from incarceration to achieve safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives in the community, for themselves and their children. Crossroads for Women was founded in 1997, after Lisa began to recognize that women emerging from incarceration (jail or prison) needed a place to live and comprehensive, integrated services in order to stop recidivism (women ending up back in jail and prison) and for them to find safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives again.  Crossroads for Women provides housing and trauma-informed therapeutic services with a gender-responsive approach for women across seven domains: legal, independent living, medical, substance abuse, mental health, vocational, and family. Their specialized model is based on acknowledging the primary importance of relationships in the lives of women, and addressing the challenges of their pasts, presents, and futures. In this episode, you’ll hear:  Lisa’s inspiring life story; How she decided to become an attorney and how she got involved in the case that would change her life; The story of how Lisa recognized the need for Crossroads for Women and how the organization started; About the incredible work that Crossroads for Women is doing to support and empower women and their children; The inspiring stories of women who have been served through the work of Crossroads for Women; And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.    For more information on Lisa and Crossroads for Women, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com/CrossroadsforWomen  For more information about 1 Girl Revolution, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com

2 Marras 202351min

This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Shaney Jo Darden, founder of Keep A Breast Foundation - a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing breast cancer risk and its impact globally through art, education, prevention, and action.  In 1999, Shaney Jo Darden discovered a close friend had been diagnosed with breast cancer and she wanted to do something to help and she realized that she could make a difference in a way that honored her friend's passion: art. As a result, Keep A Breast was born as a unique art concept that was developed to showcase the physical and emotional challenges of breast cancer. The result was a series of customized breast casts. In 2000, the first breast casts were officially showcased in an exhibition called “Keep A Breast.” It featured casts of pro-female snowboarders, painted by artists like Shepard Fairey and Ed Templeton. This signaled a shift toward an arts-oriented breast cancer awareness organization with a new mantra: Art. Education. Prevention. Action. Since then, Keep A Breast has grown and evolved and now has many programs within the organization. Their programs include Check Yourself (Digestible breast health education through printed materials, blogs and our KAB app.); the Keep A Breast App (A free, breast self-check app helps guide you through your monthly check and can connect you with health professionals.); Fit 4 Prevention (A national movement to educate about breast cancer prevention through fitness and wellness.); Keep A Breast Give Back Grant (Directly supporting BIPOC women who are breast cancer survivors or who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.); Treasured Chest Program (Where artistry meets therapy. TCP is designed to create a safe space that allows our castees to confront both physical and emotional changes that a breast cancer diagnosis brings.); Non Toxic Revolution (Informing, educating and inspiring young people to avoid toxic chemicals in their environment and food supply—especially those linked to the initiation of breast cancer.); and their most recent program, which Shaney Jo talked about for the first time (EXCLUSIVE!!!) Keep A Breast Valley (Boutique Wellness Center is being designed as a desert community that will provide the space and tools for visitors to explore and nurture individual and collective wellness.) Shaney Jo’s story is so inspiring and the work that Keep A Breast does to empower women and support our sisters through their cancer journey is incredible. You don’t want to miss this episode. In this episode, you’ll hear:  Shaney Jo’s inspiring life story; How she got into art, fashion, and design; The story of how Keep A Breast came to be and her personal connection to breast cancer (through a friend’s cancer journey); How Keep A Breast has grown and evolved and stories of women they have helped through the years; AN EXCLUSIVE: Shaney shares about a new facet of their work - a wellness center for those going through cancer and cancer survivors;  And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.  For more information on Shaney Jo and Keep A Breast Foundation, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com/keepabreast For more information about 1 Girl Revolution, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com

20 Loka 202339min

This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Kat Wehunt, co-founder of The Formation Project – a survivor-led nonprofit organization that provides specialized services to those who have experienced human trafficking and/or sexual exploitation. The Formation Project has built a community of support led by survivors for survivors. The Formation Project believes that a positive and permanent impact in the lives of survivors is possible by ensuring access to sustainable services. Their services include outreach, intervention, case management, an emergency shelter, and a vibrant, consistent survivor community. Kat is a survivor of familial human trafficking and she co-founded The Formation Project to help other survivors. Kat is one of the leading voices in the movement to bring an end to human trafficking in our world.  You do not want to miss this inspiring and powerful episode!  In this episode, you’ll hear:  Kat’s inspiring life story; Kat’s story of surviving familial human trafficking and how she’s found healing; How Kat’s own experiences led her to starting The Formation Project; About the work of The Formation Project and stories of some of the survivors they have supported; And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.  For more information on Kat and The Formation Project, please visit: www.1girlrevolution.com/theformationproject  For more information about 1 Girl Revolution, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com

13 Loka 202346min

This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Celeste Mergens, founder of Days for Girls – a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to increasing access to menstrual care and education that shatter stigma and limitations for women and girls around the world. Days for Girls increases access to menstrual care and education by developing global partnerships, cultivating Social Enterprises, mobilizing volunteers and innovating sustainable solutions that shatter stigma and limitations for women and girls worldwide. Days for Girls is dedicated to increasing access to menstrual supplies around the world, shattering stigma through education, elevating menstrual health and hygiene, and advocating for global policy change to empower women and girls. Days for Girls is turning periods into pathways. Celeste founded Days for Girls in 2008 after a life-changing experience while she was working with a foundation in Kenya. Since it’s founding, Days for Girls has impacted the lives of more than 300 million women and girls in 145 countries - and counting.  Celeste is an innovator, a speaker, the founder of several successful organizations, and she’s also now an author! Celeste’s new book The Power of Days: A Story of Resilience, Dignity, and the Fight for Women’s Equity is available now.  You do not want to miss this inspiring episode!  In this episode, you’ll hear:  Celeste’s inspiring life story; How Celeste ended up doing work in Kenya and how she learned about the menstrual poverty that many women and girls face daily; The story of how Celeste decided to start Days for Girls and about the incredible world-changing work they do; Stories about the impact that Days for Girls is making; And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.  For more information on Celeste and Days for Girls, please visit: https://1girlrevolution.com/daysforgirls

5 Loka 202342min

On this week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast, we welcome Connie Sobczak, co-founder of The Body Positive – a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a lively, healing community that offers freedom from suffocating societal messages that keep people in a perpetual struggle with their bodies. The Body Positive teaches people to listen to their bodies, learn and thrive, with the  ultimate goal to end the harmful consequences of negative body image: eating disorders, depression, anxiety, cutting, suicide, substance abuse, and relationship violence. The Body Positive is especially concerned about poor body image in teens and young adults, which is why they have been training educators and student leaders for more than twenty years to create Body Positive programs in schools and throughout communities. For more than 25 years The Body Positive has helped over a million people in 28 countries worldwide reclaim their health, reduce anxiety and depression, and increase self-compassion and confidence to live full, happy lives.  Connie’s own experience with an eating disorder in her teen years and the death of her sister Stephanie has inspired her life’s work to help people live with more appreciation and love for their precious bodies. She co-founded The Body Positive in honor of her sister, and to ensure that her daughter Carmen and other children would grow up in a new world—one where people are free to focus on the things in life that really matter. Connie is the author of Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body and she has been training Be Body Positive Facilitators for more than twenty years, and uses her creative skills to produce The Body Positive’s curricula, videos, digital courses, and training. Connie’s passion is watching the light that emerges when people recognize and embrace their magnificent, authentic selves. You do not want to miss this incredible episode!  In this episode, you’ll hear:  Connie’s inspiring journey through life;  About Connie’s own experience with an eating disorder and the story of how she lost her sister due to an eating disorder; How The Body Positive came to be and about the incredible work that they do to empower women and girls - and change the culture and the world; Stories from The Body Positive community; And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.  For more information on Connie and The Body Positive, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com/TheBodyPositive

27 Syys 20231h 5min

This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Lysne Tait, co-founder of Helping Women Period - a nonprofit organization that provides no-cost menstrual products to those experiencing homelessness or low-income disparity.   Lysne and her friend Amy Stephenson learned about period poverty and how many women and girls lacked access to critical monthly period products - and they decided to do something about it. What started out as a period product drive has now grown and evolved to be a thriving nonprofit organization that has collected and distributed over 4 MILLION products to women and girls in need. Helping Women Period works to end period poverty through partnerships, advocacy, donations and education.  Lysne has become a nationally recognized leader in the fight to end period poverty and has been featured in Oprah’s O Magazine, TeenVogue, Today.com, Forbes, and more. You do not want to miss this informative and inspiring episode! You will love Lysne, her story, and you will love the incredible work of Helping Women Period! In this episode you’ll hear: Lysne’s inspiring life story;  The story of how Lysne and Amy learned about period poverty and what they decided to do to be a part of the solution; How Helping Women Period started and all about their incredible mission; Statistics and stories about period poverty in our country; How Helping Women Period is making an impact and stories of women and girls who have been helped through their work; And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.  For more information on Lysne and Helping Women Period, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com/HelpingWomenPeriod  1 Girl Revolution is a nonprofit multimedia organization that is dedicated to highlighting the stories of everyday women and girls who are changing the world through their lives. For more information, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com

21 Syys 202348min

This week on The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast, we welcome Nechami Tenenbaum, founder of Defiance Beauty. Formerly Karmela Cosmetics, Defiance Beauty is a natural, high-performance makeup company with a mission to represent and empower ALL women - and to help others and make a difference in the world. From a young age, Nechami loved makeup and anything beauty related, so after graduating with an MBA in Marketing, she decided to pursue her true passion for makeup and beauty - and she launched Karmela Cosmetics, now Defiance Beauty. Nechami wanted to make a difference with her brand, not just by empowering all women through beauty, but she also decided to give back and help others through the brand. Defiance Beauty has grown and evolved through the years and has made a difference and helped others - every step of the way.  Nechami is the founder and CEO of Defiance Beauty, She’s also a makeup artist, a brand strategist and brand launch advisor, and an image consultant - working with brands to improve their brand perception and awareness. Nechami is also the host of “We Are Women” - a podcast that features influential women who share their unique stories of self-love, self-acceptance, and self-discovery in a society that has long exemplified a specific (non-unique) beauty standard. You do not want to miss this inspiring episode! You will love Nechami and you will be so inspired by her story and what she’s created through Defiance Beauty! In this episode you’ll hear: Nechami’s inspiring life journey;  About her upbringing and what it was like growing up in a strong Jewish family;  How Nechami was interested in beauty and makeup from a young age; Why Nechami decided to start her own beauty brand, Karmela Cosmetics, and how it has transformed into Defiance Beauty;  How Defiance Beauty is helping others and changing the world;  And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.  For more information on Nechami and Defiance Beauty, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com/nechamitenenbaum For more on 1 Girl Revolution and to listen to more podcast episodes and to watch our Emmy-nominated documentary series, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com

13 Syys 202356min

On this week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast, we welcome Angel Flewellyn, founder of Sunday Best Crew - a nonprofit organization that distributes home-cooked meals to those experiencing homelessness in the city of Detroit.  As you’ll hear in this episode, Angel is a woman of many talents, who has lived through many different chapters of life - but one thing is constant, she has always been dedicated to helping those in need. Angel was a mother to children in foster care for many years and she cared for her ailing mother for over 20 years. Last year, Angel embarked on a new journey of love, through food - with her daughter and her sisters - and Sunday Best Crew was born. Angel started making meals on Sunday’s for those in need and distributing them at a local transit center because she believes that everyone deserves a good home-cooked meal “especially on Sunday”, but Sunday Best Crew has quickly evolved and has become a six days a week, hundreds of meals per day endeavor - because the need is so great. Angel shares in this episode that she is “not a cook” and rarely even cooks for herself or her own family, but she cooks hundreds of meals daily in her own kitchen for those experiencing homelessness and others in need.  You do not want to miss this inspiring episode! We laugh, we cry, and we love throughout this whole episode! You will love it! In this episode you’ll hear: Angel’s inspiring life story; About her life, her experience as a mother to children in foster care and caring for her own ailing mother for 20 years; How she decided to start cooking for those in need and how Sunday Best Crew began; About the mission of Sunday Best Crew and how they’ve evolved to feeding hundreds of people six days a week;  Stories about who Sunday Best Crew is serving;  And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.  For more information on Sunday Best Crew, to donate, or to get involved, please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com/sundaybestcrew For more information on 1 Girl Revolution, to listen to our podcast, watch our Emmy-nominated documentary series, and more - please visit: www.1GirlRevolution.com

6 Syys 202351min