Growing Greener presents:
Carol Olson on VCU’s Project Empower
Carol Olson talks about domestic violence and hospital based programs through her work with VCU’s Project Empower.
christamotley Growing Greener September 9th, 2022
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Tags: carol olson, domestic violence, hospital based programs, Inspire InDeed, VCU, vcuhealth, WRIR
Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Black Leadership with Rasheeda Creighton
On Today’s show we are rebroadcasting our we talk with local community leader: Rasheeda Creighton.
An experienced corporate executive turned entrepreneur, Rasheeda Creighton has always taken the road less traveled. In 2020, after a successful 15 year career at a Fortune 100 company, Rasheeda harnessed her skills and passions into a convergence of business ventures that all work towards a singular path: creating and holding spaces that connect people, particularly Black and Brown people, to opportunities for growth and wealth building, ultimately leading to a path of financial freedom.
She is the co-founder of JWC Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is to Learn, Grow and Own in the Black community. JWC Foundation is a hub that connects Black business owners of all stages to connect to one another and with partners, service providers, programs and financial resources to grow their businesses. She also provides budget coaching and money values courses to women, particularly Black women, seeking to destroy the Superwoman Syndrome in their lives by leveraging financial freedom to navigate that path.
Rasheeda earned her Bachelor’s Degree in English from Spelman College and holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School. She is an active community leader in Richmond, Virginia. Of the many hats Rasheeda wears, her favorite is being mom to her daughters.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics September 8th, 2022
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Tags: blackwomenlead
Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Ukraine, Foreign Policy, and Community Activism – rebroadcast
On Today’s show we are rebroadcasting our show about the Ukraine.
Elizabeth Shackelford
Elizabeth Shackelford joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in January 2021 as senior fellow on US foreign policy. Her analysis, writing, and outreach focus on building awareness and understanding of a “restraint” approach to foreign policy, which seeks to limit the use of military force to the defense of core US national security interests and favors robust diplomatic engagement.
Shackelford was a career diplomat with the US Department of State until December 2017, when she resigned in protest of the Trump administration. Her resignation letter was the first to draw widespread attention to the declining state of diplomacy under Donald Trump. She is the author of The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age, winner of the 2020 Douglas Dillon Book Award. Using both firsthand and historical observations, The Dissent Channel demonstrates that the crisis in US foreign policy predated recent efforts to sideline the diplomatic corps.
As a Foreign Service Officer, Shackelford served in Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Poland, and Washington, D.C., tracking political and conflict developments, advising Mission and Washington leadership, and advocating for US interests with foreign counterparts. For her work in South Sudan during the outbreak of civil war in 2013, Shackelford received the Barbara Watson Award for Consular Excellence, the Department’s highest honor for consular work.
As a non-resident fellow with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in 2020, Shackelford conducted research, analysis, and commentary on the costs of a militarized approach to foreign policy and the need for greater accountability in US actions abroad. Prior to joining the State Department, Shackelford was an associate with Booz Allen Hamilton where she led USAID projects to assess business environments in developing countries. Shackelford was also an associate with the law firm Covington & Burling, where she focused on international trade law.
Carmen Foster, Emergency Medicine
Carmen Foster, MD – Assistant Professor, VCU Health
Carmen Foster grew up in Romania while it was still under communist rule. After the communist regime fell in 1989, she spent four years serving as a translator for many foreign charity organizations and faith-based mission groups that came into the country to serve orphanages that were in deplorable conditions and to provision hospitals that were chronically undersupplied. She came to the United States for undergraduate studies and continued her medical education at Rush Medical College in Chicago. She spent her residency at Mayo Clinic and completed her Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Michigan. She has served as an Assistant Professor at VCU since 2013. In addition to her clinical duties, she helps train residents as well as medical students. In my free time,
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Carol Olson Women & Politics September 1st, 2022
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Parents and School Systems
Today we are talking about parents and school systems, or more specifically the role of school boards, parents, and superintendents. We have three parents on with us today discussing SOL’s, school after covid, and how parent’s and their children are dealing with unprecedented challenges. With us today are:
Emily Kavanaugh who describes herself as a loud woman who tweets and writes about Richmond Public Schools on Twitter and Medium. She is a founding member of Kids First RPS. Contrary to the belief of some, that doesn’t mean she tweets AT the kids but rather FOR them among other kid-centered activism work. Emily is a member of the School Health Advisory Board, a nurse, a mom, and absolutely no relation to that other guy with the same name.
Becca DuVal is a Binford and Fox (at Clark Springs) Parent and contributing writer for Kids First RPS. When not chasing after her three kids or advocating for school equity, Becca can be found caring for her house plants and taking beautiful photos.
Katina Harris is an English teacher and advocate for children’s education and establishing foundations that support growth and learning.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics August 25th, 2022
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: United Black Birth Collective
We are back from vacation and still talking about women, leadership, and black maternal health. This week we talk with United Black Birth Collective. We will be talking with Mental health specialist and student midwife, Weluna Finley; Midwife Tomasina Oliver, Grand Doula Basmah Karriem, and Midwife intern Zakiya Robinson.
UBBC is committed to protecting the sanctity of Black life through supporting Black birth workers, honoring the cultural traditions of Black birth, and informing communities of color of birthing options and choices. Our goal is to protect the birthing power of the Black community through the offering of culturally centered, quality care rooted in consciousness; provide supportive pathways of growth and development for Black birth workers; and promote unification of all interested in the advancement of Black birth within our communities. We are a collective of mothers, daughters, community members, birth workers, professionals, and healers that care about the future of our communities and the value of life within them. We believe in the principle and power of unity as we support one another and our communities’ health, well-being, and purpose.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics August 18th, 2022
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The Unquiet Grave presents:
The Unquiet Grave episode 59: Tierra Y Libertad (Indigenous Heavy Metal)
Tonight on The Unquiet Grave (9-11pm): Indigenous heavy metal, mostly of the Americas, and mostly from the last 5 years. We’ll check out Pre-Hispanic black metal, hear music from the self-described “most isolated heavy metal band in the world,” and listen to the first indigenous language heavy metal album ever. Listen live right here, or check out the archive later at this link.
Emily Robinson The Unquiet Grave August 14th, 2022
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Birth in Color – Third Act
This week we share our platform with Kenda Sutton-El and the podcast she is launching: Today we air her third podcast.
Kenda Sutton-El
Kenda’s greatest pleasure as a reproductive healthcare worker has been watching women become confident and excited about the birth and early parenting of their children. She firmly believes in the power of redirecting your fears and anxieties into finding new, empowering ways to experience birth and parenting.
Kenda is the Founding Director of Birth In Color RVA. Kenda holds a Bachelor’s in Health Science and is also a Doula Trainer, Diversity Equity Inclusion Consultant, Policy Analyst, CPR Instructor, Holistic Nutritionist, Lamaze Childbirth Educator, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, Hypnobirthing Educator.
Kenda serves as the Chair of Virginia Doula Taskforce Chair, Chair of Greater Richmond Regional Maternal Child Health Taskforce, member of the Virginia Maternal and Data outcomes Taskforce, Pregnancy Services for Incarceration Workgroup.
In 2019, Kenda Sutton-EL helped establish “Black Maternal Health Week” and also led the campaign for Doula Medicaid Reimbursement for the state of Virginia. Her passion for reproductive justice has led her to relentlessly pursue methods of improving maternal health for women of color. She firmly believes that until every woman is safe before, during, and after childbirth, we have not done our job as a society.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics August 11th, 2022
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Birth in Color – second act
This week we share our platform with Kenda Sutton-El and the podcast she is launching: Today we air her second podcast.
Kenda Sutton-El
Kenda’s greatest pleasure as a reproductive healthcare worker has been watching women become confident and excited about the birth and early parenting of their children. She firmly believes in the power of redirecting your fears and anxieties into finding new, empowering ways to experience birth and parenting.
Kenda is the Founding Director of Birth In Color RVA. Kenda holds a Bachelor’s in Health Science and is also a Doula Trainer, Diversity Equity Inclusion Consultant, Policy Analyst, CPR Instructor, Holistic Nutritionist, Lamaze Childbirth Educator, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, Hypnobirthing Educator.
Kenda serves as the Chair of Virginia Doula Taskforce Chair, Chair of Greater Richmond Regional Maternal Child Health Taskforce, member of the Virginia Maternal and Data outcomes Taskforce, Pregnancy Services for Incarceration Workgroup.
In 2019, Kenda Sutton-EL helped establish “Black Maternal Health Week” and also led the campaign for Doula Medicaid Reimbursement for the state of Virginia. Her passion for reproductive justice has led her to relentlessly pursue methods of improving maternal health for women of color. She firmly believes that until every woman is safe before, during, and after childbirth, we have not done our job as a society.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics August 4th, 2022
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Birth in Color
This week we share our platform with Kenda Sutton-El and the podcast she is launching:
Kenda Sutton-El
Kenda’s greatest pleasure as a reproductive healthcare worker has been watching women become confident and excited about the birth and early parenting of their children. She firmly believes in the power of redirecting your fears and anxieties into finding new, empowering ways to experience birth and parenting.
Kenda is the Founding Director of Birth In Color RVA. Kenda holds a Bachelor’s in Health Science and is also a Doula Trainer, Diversity Equity Inclusion Consultant, Policy Analyst, CPR Instructor, Holistic Nutritionist, Lamaze Childbirth Educator, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, Hypnobirthing Educator.
Kenda serves as the Chair of Virginia Doula Taskforce Chair, Chair of Greater Richmond Regional Maternal Child Health Taskforce, member of the Virginia Maternal and Data outcomes Taskforce, Pregnancy Services for Incarceration Workgroup.
In 2019, Kenda Sutton-EL helped establish “Black Maternal Health Week” and also led the campaign for Doula Medicaid Reimbursement for the state of Virginia. Her passion for reproductive justice has led her to relentlessly pursue methods of improving maternal health for women of color. She firmly believes that until every woman is safe before, during, and after childbirth, we have not done our job as a society.
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Carol Olson Women & Politics July 28th, 2022
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Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics: Women & Community Leadership
On Today’s show we invite in two community leaders making waves in their cause areas:
Kenda Sutton-El
Kenda’s greatest pleasure as a reproductive healthcare worker has been watching women become confident and excited about the birth and early parenting of their children. She firmly believes in the power of redirecting your fears and anxieties into finding new, empowering ways to experience birth and parenting.
Kenda is the Founding Director of Birth In Color RVA. Kenda holds a Bachelor’s in Health Science and is also a Doula Trainer, Diversity Equity Inclusion Consultant, Policy Analyst, CPR Instructor, Holistic Nutritionist, Lamaze Childbirth Educator, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist, Hypnobirthing Educator.
Kenda serves as the Chair of Virginia Doula Taskforce Chair, Chair of Greater Richmond Regional Maternal Child Health Taskforce, member of the Virginia Maternal and Data outcomes Taskforce, Pregnancy Services for Incarceration Workgroup.
In 2019, Kenda Sutton-EL helped establish “Black Maternal Health Week” and also led the campaign for Doula Medicaid Reimbursement for the state of Virginia. Her passion for reproductive justice has led her to relentlessly pursue methods of improving maternal health for women of color. She firmly believes that until every woman is safe before, during, and after childbirth, we have not done our job as a society.
Honesty Liller – CEO McShin Foundation
Honesty Liller is a woman in long-term recovery from a Substance Use Disorder since May 27, 2007 and a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist in VA. Honesty is the best-selling author of “Scattered Pink”and is the Chief Executive Officer of The McShin Foundation, a non-profit authentic peer-to-peer Recovery Community Organization (RCO), that serves individuals and families with Substance Use Disorders. She is the recipient of the Vernon Johnson Award given by Faces and Voices of Recovery in 2015. Honesty was also featured on “Face The Nation”, FOX News, and PBS discussing addiction & recovery in America. In addition, she completed Stanford University’s Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders. In 2019 she was honored with the Jean C. Harris Community Service Board Award from Hanover County. WRIC – Channel 8 News did a feature about Honesty for the “Richmond’s Remarkable Women” special in 2020. She has been a field reviewer for SAMHSA, Faces & Voices of Recovery, and CAPRSS. As a female entrepreneur she co-founded CARE Talks, LLC. She is a board member of VSIAS and LAPPA. Honesty is able to be a voice for those with addiction and their families through countless news articles, magazine stories, and TV interviews. To spend time with her husband, two children, and her two dogs is a gift that keeps giving!
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Carol Olson Women & Politics July 21st, 2022
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