Explore every episode of the podcast The Stand Together Podcast
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| Season One in Review: Standing for Something Good | 16 Nov 2022 | 00:37:56 | |
In this season’s final episode, Executive Producer Obiekwe Okolo sits down with Evan, Ski, Jeff, and Ty to identify the insights and conversations that stuck with them the most. We hope that this season has given you a new perspective on how to tackle the country’s most pressing problems, that our changemakers breaking the cycle of poverty inspire you, and that you are excited by our vision for the future of the Stand Together Podcast. You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues. Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Perspectives: Healing in Action with Dorris Walker-Taylor | 09 Nov 2022 | 01:03:38 | |
On Monday, November 9th, 2009, Dorris Walker-Taylor likes to say that she got her life back. That day, after almost three decades wrestling with addiction, abuse, and processing personal trauma, she joined the Thistle Farms community. In the years since, Dorris has embraced sobriety, cultivated a sense of her own worth, and become an ambassador of hope to fellow survivors across the country. You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues. Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Principles: Scott Strode & Bottom-Up Solutions | 07 Sep 2022 | 01:01:28 | |
What does it look like when recovery programs are informed by people who have experienced addiction themselves? Hosts Jeff Proctor and Ski Ahmad talk to Scott Strode, founder of The Phoenix, about his experience overcoming addiction, discovering his full potential, and helping thousands of others do the same. Together, they explore how the principle of bottom-up solutions can be used to radically transform lives and communities. Hosts for this Episode: Jeff Proctor and Ski Ahmad You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
About Stand Together Foundation and the Catalyst Program Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Paradigms: Lauren McCann & The Start of Change | 31 Aug 2022 | 01:07:55 | |
Join hosts Evan Feinberg and Lauren McCann as they share a new vision for social change. We’ll identify the core ideas that led to the founding of Stand Together Foundation, discuss the broken paradigms that the organization is designed to address, and explore a few of the ways that Stand Together Foundation is setting a new course to transform communities from the bottom up. You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
About Stand Together Foundation and the Catalyst Program Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| A Brief History of Good Pt 1: De Toqueville in The New World | 24 Aug 2022 | 00:42:33 | |
In this first full-length episode exploring A Brief History of Good, hosts Evan and Becky take us on a journey from the dawn of American society to the industrial revolution. We will explore how the work of doing good grew from small-scale volunteer associations into a multi-billion dollar economic engine—and we’ll unpack all the implications of that change for the social sector today. You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
About Stand Together Foundation and the Catalyst Program Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Introducing our Hosts and Themes | 17 Aug 2022 | 00:11:17 | |
Welcome to the Stand Together Podcast! Join our hosts, Evan, Becky, Ty, Jeff, and Ski as they share their vision for the series and introduce the four themes that will guide our discussion over the next 14 weeks. From big-picture paradigms to practical transformation, we will cover a lot of ground and would love for you to join us. You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
About Stand Together Foundation and the Catalyst Program Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Welcome to the Stand Together Podcast! | 10 Aug 2022 | 00:02:10 | |
The Stand Together Podcast is a podcast for people who care about tackling the biggest challenges facing our country. In this first season, our hosts—Evan, Becky, Ski, Jeff, and Ty—will start the conversation by exploring the history and future of the social sector. Over the course of 14 weeks, they'll explore the origins of philanthropy, unpack the challenges and opportunities facing community organizations today, learn from nonprofit leaders, and hear from individuals who have successfully transformed their lives. You'll end each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work.
Mark your calendars for our launch on August 17. Then join us every Wednesday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and anywhere else podcasts are found. You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
About Stand Together Foundation and the Catalyst Program Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty.
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| Principles: Talents Turned Treasures with Kirk Brown | 02 Nov 2022 | 01:03:50 | |
What would the world look like if everyone had the opportunity to realize their full potential? In this episode, Ski and Jeff speak with Kirk Brown, the Founder and CEO of HANDY, which helps youth overcome the obstacles that prevent them from thriving. Together, they identify what the principle of self-actualization looks like in action: seeing the value and talent in every individual, so they live lives of meaning and continually discover, develop, and apply their gifts to benefit others. Host for this Episode: Jeff Proctor and Ski Ahmad You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues. Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Paradigms: Experience as Expertise with Dr. Buster Soaries and Antong Lucky | 26 Oct 2022 | 01:31:00 | |
Evan talks with Dr. DeForest “Buster” Soaries, Jr., the chairman of dfree, and Antong Lucky, the president of Urban Specialists. Both leaders share their perspectives on transformative social change, including the importance of seeing potential in everyone. What if we started treating people as a part of the solution, rather than problems to solve? Host for this Episode: Evan Feinberg You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues. Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| A Brief History of Good Pt III: A New Hope | 19 Oct 2022 | 00:47:07 | |
In this final chapter of A Brief History of Good, Evan and Becky discuss some of the best examples of transformative nonprofits around the country. They identify why focusing on individuals can get better results than centralized planning, and land on a key strategic idea: what if we pursued collective empowerment instead of collective impact? You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
About Stand Together Foundation and the Catalyst Program Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Perspectives: Dignity Behind Bars with JJ Velazquez | 12 Oct 2022 | 01:16:04 | |
JJ Velazquez spent more than 23 years incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit. Now, a year after his release, he is on staff with the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice, working to enhance the dignity of individuals in the criminal justice system. In this episode, JJ joins Ty Spells to discuss how he is turning his “trauma into triumph.” Host for this Episode: Ty Spells You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together. About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Principles: Painting a Fuller Picture with Khali Sweeney | 05 Oct 2022 | 01:01:11 | |
Ski and Jeff hear from Khali Sweeney, Founder and CEO of Downtown Boxing Gym, about his experience building a nonprofit that treats everyone with dignity. Khali designed Downtown Boxing Gym to provide others with the very thing he lacked in his own childhood in Detroit: people who believed in him and his potential. Now, the organization is transforming lives, one at a time, by listening well and giving young people the tools to chart their own path. Hosts for this Episode: Ski Ahmad and Jeff Proctor You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together. About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues. About Stand Together Foundation and the Catalyst Program Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Paradigms: Measuring The Wrong Things The Wrong Way with Todd Rose | 28 Sep 2022 | 01:08:06 | |
Evan is joined by Dr. Todd Rose, an expert on the science of individuality. They discuss the immense impact that environment has on an individual’s ability to flourish, and consider the shortcomings of decisions that are based on averages. What if nonprofits and social sector institutions designed interventions around individual needs and environments rather than generalized metrics? Host for this Episode: Evan Feinberg You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together. About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| A Brief History of Good Pt II: The Non-Identity | 21 Sep 2022 | 00:43:13 | |
Evan and Becky continue their conversation by exploring how the industrial revolution influenced modern philanthropy. They consider the ways in which professionalization may have actually weakened the impact of nonprofit organizations, and identify how well-intentioned industry standards can actually stifle innovation. Hosts for this Episode: Evan Feinberg and Becky Endicott You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together.
About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
About Stand Together Foundation and the Catalyst Program Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||
| Perspectives: Sober Stigma | 14 Sep 2022 | 00:38:35 | |
As a program manager at The Phoenix, Kaley Jones spends every day helping people in recovery rediscover their inherent value. She is also uniquely positioned for this role, as she celebrates more than a decade of sobriety. In this episode, Kaley talks to Ty Spells about her personal recovery journey and what it will take to reshape the national conversation around addiction. You’ll leave each episode with fresh stories, ideas, and advice to shape your own perspective and daily work. Discover the difference you can make when we Stand Together. About Stand Together Stand Together is a philanthropic community. We help America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Our partners transform their results by accessing our capabilities including funding, tapping into our unique network including Fortune 500 CEOs, civil rights leaders, and hundreds of nonprofit leaders, and utilizing our playbook for applying principles that are proven to help people thrive. Together, we are driving solutions on economic opportunity, education, health care, bridging partisan divides, and dozens of other pressing issues.
Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. | |||