Episode 186: Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation – Rachel Durchslag

This week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Rachel Durchslag, founder of the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) and a healing practitioner at Emerge Asheville. In this episode, Rachel shares the inspiring story of how a documentary about human trafficking changed the trajectory of her life and opened her eyes to the […]

Episode 184: Love Purse – Maria Castro

This week’s guest on The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is Maria Castro, founder of Love Purse –  a nonprofit organization that is “putting love on the shoulders of women in need, one Love Purse at a time”. Maria works full-time as a Regional External Affairs manager at Comcast and is also a speaker and author. […]

Episode 86: Lori: Inside-Out: Empowering Education Within Jail and Prison

Lori Pompa is a professor at Temple University, and she's the founder and Executive Director of the Inside-Out Center and Inside-Out programs around the world

Lori Pompa, a professor at Temple University, and founder and Executive Director of the Inside-Out Center and Inside-Out programs around the world, joins the podcast this week to share her inspiring story, her incredible organization and the Inside-Out educational program that brings together campus-based college students and incarcerated students for semester-long courses held in prisons, jails or other correctional facilities. 

Episode 61: Treger’s Story: Furnishing The Homes of Those Transitioning Out of Homelessness and Loving Those Around Us

Treger Strasberg, Co-founder and CEO of Humble Design

Treger Strasberg is the co-founder and CEO of Humble Design, an organization that furnishes the houses of individuals, families, and veterans across the country, who are transitioning out of homelessness into warm, welcoming, and uplifting homes with donated furniture and household goods.

Treger joins the 1 Girl Revolution podcast to talk about her life story, how Humble Design came to be and the incredible work they do, her family’s TV show “Welcome Home”, and so much more!

June’s Story: Teaching Mindfulness Meditation to Women in Jail

June Tanoue, Co-founder of the Zen Life and Meditation Center of Chicago

June Tanoue, co-founder of the Zen Life and Meditation Center of Chicago, volunteered to teach mindfulness meditation to women at the Cook County Department of Corrections (CCDOC) in Chicago. June’s work has helped the women in CCDOC see their value and purpose, to recognize that they are not the sum of their mistakes, and has helped them realize they are good, beautiful, and powerful beings – that they have the power to make a positive change in their lives and in the world. June truly is a 1 Girl Revolution and she continues to transform women’s hearts and minds through the power of meditation.

Episode 19: Candice’s Story: Housing the Homeless During the Polar Vortex

Candice Payne

Candice Payne made headlines when she booked hotel rooms for over 100 homeless people in the city of Chicago during the historic polar vortex, with temperatures as low as -20 degrees below zero. Candice is now using her organization Action for a Cause to bring awareness and to help the homeless find housing.

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