Episode 132: Carolyn: Formerly Incarcerated Woman Who is Empowering Others Through Housing, Jobs, and Opportunities
This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Carolyn Presnell, Program Director of 1426 and WELD Seattle. Carolyn herself was incarcerated over 30 different times throughout her life, but finally got out the last time — and decided to reclaim her life and set out to help others getting out of jail and […]
Episode 131: Sister Helen: Walking with People on Death Row
This week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Sister Helen Prejean, founder of the Ministry Against the Death Penalty, advocate, and author of “Dead Man Walking.” Sister Helen may be best known for her bestselling book that was turned into the Oscar Award winning film, “Dead Man Walking”, but Sister Helen is so […]
Episode 130: Kim: Working with Incarcerated Women and the Power of the Word “If”
This week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Detective Kim Bogucki, co-founder of The If Project. Kim was on the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast in 2019 and it was such an inspiring, informative, and powerful episode, that we wanted to revisit her original episode for our series on incarceration + women. We also […]
Episode 129: Sherelle: Breaking the Cycle By Supporting the Children of Incarceration
This week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Sherelle Hogan, founder of the Pure Heart Foundation. Sherelle has a tragic, beautiful, and powerful life story to share. Both of Sherelle’s parents were incarcerated when she was young. While they were incarcerated, she was abused. And then shortly after her father got out, he […]
Episode 128: Vanessa: Formerly Incarcerated and Now She’s Supporting Other Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Their Children
This week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Vanessa Garrett, Reentry and Reunification Program Manager of Motherhood Beyond Bars. You recently heard about Motherhood Beyond Bars from the Executive Director of MBB, Amy Ard (Episode 126 of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast), but Vanessa brings another perspective as a formerly incarcerated woman on […]
Episode 127: Susan: Rebuilding A New Way of Life for Women and Children After Incarceration
This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Susan Burton, founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project. A New Way of Life Reentry Project provides housing, case management, pro bono legal services, advocacy and leadership development for women (and their children) rebuilding their lives after prison. Susan was incarcerated six times […]
Episode 126: Amy: Providing Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children with Care, Support, and Love
This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Amy Ard, doula extraordinaire and Executive Director of Motherhood Beyond Bars. Motherhood Beyond Bars provides support for incarcerated mothers and their infants born to and works to build community between them and reunify families. The work that Motherhood Beyond Bars is doing is so unique […]
Episode 125: Holly: Finding Sanctuary After Trafficking and Addiction and Helping Other Women Find Healing and Purpose
This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Holly Christine Hayes, founder of The Sanctuary Project. Holly was rescued out of a life of addiction, trafficking, and trauma 20 years ago and founded The Sanctuary Project to help others by employing and empowering women who have also survived lives of trafficking, violence and […]
Episode 124: Kimberly: How to Get Through Hard Times and Empowering Women in Guatemala
This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Kimberly Letona – success coach, NLP practitioner, MBA, world traveler, wife and mama. Kimberly helps women create the strategy, mindset and confidence they need to succeed in business and life – without the guilt, overwhelm or perfectionism. Her mission is to inspire others to uncover […]
Episode 123: Megan: Making Teddy Bears for the Loved Ones of Fallen Police Officers
This week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Megan O’Grady, founder of Blue LIne Bears. Blue Line Bears is a non-profit organization that makes teddy bears out of the uniform of a fallen police officer and delivers a handmade teddy bear to their children and loved ones to commemorate the life and service […]