Episode 198: Crossroads for Women – Lisa Simpson

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.

Episode 197: Keep A Breast Foundation – Shaney Jo Darden

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. 

Episode 103: Kristy: Kids on the Go and Being the Change You Want to See

Kristy Schena, Founder of Kids on the Go

Kristy Schena, founder of Kids on the Go, joins the 1 Girl Revolution podcast to share her life story, how Kids on the Go, she talks about their incredible world-changing work, the hope and light that they’re bringing into the world through children and Kids on the Go and their programs, and so much more!  […]

Episode 98: Shreyaa and Esha: Sister-Founders of the Volunteer Network Transforming the World Through Kindness

Shreyaa and Esha Venkat are the sister-founders of the innovative volunteer network, NEST4US

Shreyaa and Esha Venkat, the sister-founders of the teen-led non-profit volunteer network dedicated to providing volunteer and leadership opportunities to make the world better through kindness. Shreyaa and Esha join the 1GR podcast to share their life stories, to talk about how NEST4US came to be and more about the amazing volunteer network that they’ve created, and more about their incredible work. They also share powerful stories from their work, ways we can all spread kindness, what’s giving them hope during this difficult time in our world, and so much more.

Episode 97: Tia: Survivor, Formerly Incarcerated, and Now She’s Empowering Others and Forcing Out Recidivism Through Education

Tia Ryans, F.O.R.T.E. House

Tia Ryans is a survivor, an advocate, formerly incarcerated woman who is helping others and forcing out recidivism through education – through her organization, F.O.R.T.E. House. Tia joins the podcast to share her incredible story of survival, resilience, and purpose. Tia talks about her life journey and what led her to founding F.O.R.T.E. House and more about their incredible work, as well as All of Us or None – Northern NJ, and so much more. You don’t want to miss this powerful and inspiring episode!

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 80: Dayle: Educate a Girl and You Will Change the World

Dayle Haddon, Founder of Women One

Dayle Haddon – model, actress, and founder of Women One, an organization striving to build a world where every woman and girl has access to a quality education – joins the 1GR podcast to share her own life journey, wisdom she’s learned throughout her incredible life, how she founded Women One, she talks about the incredible work they’re doing to educate women and girls around the world, and so much more.

Episode 75: Angela’s Story: Empowering Young Black Girls To Change the World Through Education and Innovation

Angela Patton, Founder of Camp Diva and CEO of Girls for a Change

Angela Patton, founder of Camp Diva and CEO of Girls for a Change, joins the podcast this week to talk about her life and the incredible work she’s doing to empower young black girls. Camp Diva provides girls with fun activities, cooking, dancing, and important social skills that develop the characteristics of strong women. And Girls for a Change empowers girls by inviting them to design, lead, fund and implement social change projects that tackle issues in their own neighborhoods and around the world.

Episode 63: Liz’s Story: World Down Syndrome Day and Helping People with Down Syndrome Achieve Their Dreams

Liz Plachta, Co-founder of Ruby’s Rainbow

Liz Plachta, co-founder of Ruby’s Rainbow – an organization that works to grant scholarships to adults with Down syndrome and helps them achieve their dreams of higher education while also spreading awareness about DS – joins the 1GR podcast to talk about her own life journey, how Ruby’s Rainbow came to be and the incredible work they do, Down syndrome around the world and World Down Syndrome Day, and so much more! You don’t want to miss this inspiring episode!

Episode 33: Laura’s Story: Advocating for People with Dyslexia and Decoding It

Laura Schultz, Co-founder of Decoding Dyslexia Maryland

Laura co-founded Decoding Dyslexia Maryland after her daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia. Laura joins the 1GR podcast to share her own personal journey with dyslexia, her daughter’s dyslexia and how she advocated for her, and now how she’s helping other parents and individuals educate the public and advocate for people with dyslexia.

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