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20: Gerry Balcazar and Hugo Ramirez, Vision y Compromiso – “The Movement is Built from the Community of Friends and Neighbors”

Feb 4, 2020

In California, only about 30% of children are being taken care of by formal licensed daycare centers while their parents go to work. This means as many as 70% are being taken care of by informal options such as family, friends and neighbors. These FFNs as they are...

19: Sasha Rabin, Equal Opportunity Schools – “Working the Muscle to Change: Bringing Equity to AP/IB Classes”

Jan 29, 2020

All across the country, there has been a long history of students being overlooked due to race or economic factors for the classes that will get them into college, the AP and IB courses. Equal Opportunity Schools is working with schools to personally identify students...

18: Tema Okun, Duke University – “Facing Into Your Own Racism with Courage and Love”

Jan 21, 2020

For over 30 years, Tema Okun has devoted her life to dismantling racism and oppression of all forms. In this episode, Tema discusses her own evolution as an anti-racist white person and some of the hard-earned lessons she’s learned along the way. As she mentions in...

17: Parvathi Santhosh-Kumar, StriveTogether – “From Proof Points to Systems Transformation”

Jan 14, 2020

The myth is that systems are broken but every system is in fact perfectly designed to get the results it gets. So in order to get different results, and true equity, you’ve got to change the design. StriveTogether came to Skid Row School many years ago and met and...

16: Arfon Williams, General Practitioner in Rural Wales, “When Crisis is the Mother of Invention”

Jan 7, 2020

Around the world there has been a crisis shortage of rural doctors. How did Arfon completely transform his practice when he became the “last man standing” in his community of 4500 patients? At the time, the GP surgery was topping the charts for all the wrong reasons,...

15: Peter O’Driscoll, Equitable Food Initiative – “Getting a Win-Win-Win-Win-Win by Aligning Your Interests”

Dec 31, 2019

In this episode, Peter O’Driscoll discusses the transformational change that can happen when the whole system is in the room. When you change one part of a system, it has a ripple effect on the whole, but if you if want it to be sustainable, you need everyone in the...

14: Bruce Nilles, Rocky Mountain Institute – “Climate Change as a Profound Equity Issue”

Dec 17, 2019

Shortly after meeting Bruce through the Climate Breakthrough Project, the Margiottas were convinced and began making changes to their home to go all electric. In this episode, Bruce and Becky talk about  the climate crisis, and that it is not just about what is...

13: Christopher Chatmon, Kingmakers of Oakland – “When it is Time to Throw the Textbook Out the Window”

Dec 11, 2019

In this episode, Christopher Chatmon, Founder and CEO of Kingmakers of Oakland shares his personal experiences growing up in the education system, having his desk relegated to the coat closet, to finally being acknowledged and apologized to by a coach and teacher in...

12: Jake Maguire, Community Solutions – “From 100K Homes to Built for Zero”

Dec 3, 2019

What happened after the 100K Homes Campaign? Becky reunites with Jake who was on the Community Solutions team to talk about what came after. Instead of counting up, it was time for some cities to count down. Now the Co-Director of “Built for Zero,” Community Solutions...

Introducing Season 2 Guests

Nov 26, 2019

Find out who you can look forward to hearing from in Season 2!
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