Episode 43: Laura’s Story: Leaving Everything Behind to Serve as a Missionary on a Native American Reservation

Laura, Missionary
Laura and her husband
Laura and her husband

Shortly after Laura got married, she and her husband quit their jobs, sold their private practice in Denver, and moved to a Native American Reservation in Montana – where they lived as missionaries for two years.

Laura joins the 1 Girl Revolution podcast to talk about her experience, the courage it took to leave everything behind and move to the Reservation as a missionary, the beauty and pain she experienced and witnessed, what it’s like living on the Res, the people they got to know and serve, and so much more.

Listen to this INSPIRING episode today.

Show Notes: We talked about some books and movies on this episode. If you’re interested in learning more, watching some good movies, and/or reading some good books. These are some of our recommendations:

Books:

There There by Tommy Orange

Neither Wolf nor Dog

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

One Church, Many Tribes

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian 

Movies:

Smoke Signals

Winter in the Blood (book and movie)

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (book and movie)

Dances with Wolves (book and movie)

More To Explore

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Episode 206: Ladies of Hip-Hop – Michele Byrd-McPhee

On this week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast, we welcome Michele Byrd-McPhee, founder of Ladies of Hip-Hop. Ladies of Hip-Hop is a groundbreaking nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating, empowering, and advancing women within the vibrant world of hip-hop culture. 

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Episode 205: Bas Blue x 1 Girl Revolution’s Special Women’s History Month Kick-off Episode

This episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is a very special one, in partnership with Bas Blue, we recorded an episode in front of a ‘LIVE’ audience featuring five incredible and inspiring Detroit women! This episode features Charity Dean of Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance, Mama Shu of Avalon Village, Amy Peterson of Rebel Nell, Alexa Turnage of Black Tech Saturdays, and Kate Walsh of HOUR Detroit.

The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

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