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Sincerely, Hueman: Stories of Kindness and Doing GoodLifting Girls and the World Through Storytelling with Christina LoweryGlobally, 130 million girls are out of school. But, with this glaring statistic also comes a mountain of evidence showing that girls' education is the most powerful investment towards eradicating poverty. Educated women are more likely to invest in their families and send their children to school. That meant, educating a girl had a ripple effect that lasted across generations.While working on a documentary film, Christina Lowery came across this data and decided to bring this truth to the broader public. Today, Christina leads Girl Rising as the nonprofit organization’s CEO. Girl Rising uses the power of...
2021-03-0222 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesCultivating Relationship as a Resource for Progress: Reacting to Amy Fulford"Build yourself so that you can be a resource for others, and also build a network of people who can support you." Judithe reflects on her conversation and relationship with Amy Fulford, and more broadly the year in which it grew, 2018. She also wishes all of you a successful and happy 2019. Add your voice to our conversation in the new year at http://inclusivus.org
2018-12-2708 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesOwning Your Power, Recognizing Your Privilege - Building Personal Relationships with Judith Registre and Amy FulfordWhen Amy founded enlightin 2005, she envisioned working with clients in a meaningful way and understood that a real partnership, not the typical consulting version, would help them create more value. She has helped clients reshape how they run the business by bringing input and insights that change the way they think about their business and industry. Amy understands different perspectives and involves people in being part of the solution. She's able to look for commonalities among different ideas and finds ways to advance team thinking. She always has ideas but is ready to learn and adapt to every situation.
2018-12-201h 10
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesReflecting on Kerrie-Ann and Carry on FriendsIn this solo response episode, Judithe Registre highlights the duality that the Carribean Diaspora faces in the US. They each come from island nations with distinct cultures and experiences, yet are united in their reaction to and existence alongside the United States. Being treated as "other" makes us one. Interested in being an Influencer? Your influence and opinion are powerful! • Share this podcast with a friend or colleague; • Share your voice by leaving a compliment with a 5-star rating and review at Apple Podcasts, PlayerFM, Google Play, Podbean, Stitcher, or wherever you liste...
2018-12-1307 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesReconciling Your Own Story with Kerry-Ann Reid-BrownTo make an impact and have influence, "find kindred spirits with differing views." Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown of Carry On Friends A life learner, storyteller, and founder of Carry On Friends, The Caribbean American Podcast, Kerry-Ann shares her story and experiences with Judithe Registre in this episode. From the unique challenges facing the Caribbean and those that originate from the islands, to the experience of producing high-quality audio to share that life and culture with the world, Kerry-Ann is the sort of voice we seek to amplify in our efforts to expand the narratives of our human...
2018-12-061h 01
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesThe Power of Anger Responding to Keshet Bachan-Dovrat and a Catch-Up with Judithe.This long-awaited episode marks the return of the Get InPowered Podcast as Judithe responds to the message and work of Keshet Bachan-Dovrat highlighting the importance of putting anger or frustration into action, instead of letting it calcify. Judithe also shares the latest info on her own journey and where the Get InPowered Community is headed next. Don't forget to share the show with colleagues and friends and visit us next week for an all new episode featuring Kerry-Anne Reid-Brown at Inclusivus.org
2018-11-3010 min
CausepodsJudithe Registre - The Get InPowered Podcast (EP.01)
Our first guest on Causecasts, The Get InPowered Podcast’s Judithe Registre, has a main goal with her podcast to bridge cultural gaps and bring about more understanding through the use of narratives that challenge the simplified cultural myths we are so often told. For Judithe the exercise of stepping out of these comfortable, unchallenged spaces into a more empathetic realm is the test that really faces our current society and one that she believes her podcast and others like it can help to address. She also tells us about her work and the potential for change that podcasts of...
2018-09-1333 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesPrivileged to Be Feminist with Keshet Bachan"We don't reward anger in women. I find it really important to tell women, 'You can be a woman, and be angry at the same time.'" Keshet Bachan says she's been a "practicing feminist" for around 14 years, but the seed of gender equality has been in her soul from the start. Originally born in Israel, Keshet now focuses on Diversity@Work a mission driven consulting firm she founded in May of 2018 to drive diversity, gender equality and inclusion. "Reality requires a lot of negotiation." As her father says, Keshet has "an overdeveloped...
2018-08-3050 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesWhat Should We Expect from the Diaspora?In response to her conversation with Karl Jean Louis in episode 57, Judithe Registre reflects on her own responsibilities and the ever dilemma of the "Diaspora". What is the essential role of members of the diaspora? Judithe considers this question and what it means to be belong in multiple communities. Interested in being an Influencer? Your influence and opinion are powerful! • Share this podcast with a friend or colleague; • Share your voice by leaving a compliment with a 5-star rating and review at Apple Podcasts, PlayerFM, Google Play, Podbean, Stitcher, or wherever you listen....
2018-08-2307 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesFueling Economic Innovation in Haiti with Karl Jean-LouisTo improve the social and political contexts in Haiti, it is crucial for civil society, the business community and the population to all play their role in governance. In the right political environment, the business community can create jobs and add value to society. This is needed in Haiti now more than ever. In this episode of The Get InPowered Podcast, Judithe is joined again by Karl Jean Louis,founder of Sa se Biznis Pam. A strategic innovator with more than two decades of experience delivering complex development programs in countries experiencing transitional and post-crisis stages, such as Haiti...
2018-07-3148 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesMigration/Immigration is the Human Quest for Safety and SecurityMigration/Immigration is the Human Quest for Safety and Security Celina da Sola's work with Glasswing International has put her face to face with the fundamental quest and struggles for human safety and security across communities and nations. In this episode, Judithe Registre shares her insights from her conversation with Celina and considers the quest of safety and security as a fundamental human need and proposes that we evaluate those implications in the discourse about immigration and migration. Somewhere in your story line, there is an immigration or migration story. Join our work to share...
2018-07-1907 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesThe Full Human Context of Migration with Celina de Sola, Founder of GlassWing InternationalIn this episode, Celina de Sola joins Judithe Registre to discuss the context of human life and the experiences of citizens migrating from Latin American countries that have been the focus of the current immigration debate in the US. Celina, the founder of GlassWing International, is from El Salvador. After spending many years traveling the world as a humanitarian relief worker as well as working as a social worker and public health specialist, Celina felt compelled to return home and make a difference in Central America. Drawing on her experiences, she saw an opportunity to combine an international perspective w...
2018-07-0649 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesUsing Social Media for Social Change: What is Your Social Media Legacy?In this episode, Judithe Registre responds to and reflects on the message of Joy Donnell, from Episode 53. In an era where media and technology have dominated every aspect of our lives, we must consider how these tools and services are used to address the issues we care about. How intentional are we (or not) in our engagement with social media? With the use and application of data as a tool that informs and enables access to critical life information, it has transcended the luxury category and is a natural human right and need. Judithe and Joy challenge...
2018-07-0113 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesHow Creativity Cures Frustration with Joy DonnellStop living as if "here" has no value. "Here" is also a direction, and sometimes it's the most valuable direction that you have." - Joy Donnell. In this episode, Joy Donnell joins Judithe Registre to highlight creative ways to harness and use the energy and emotion we are all generating naturally through the obstacles and adversaries we encounter every day. Despair is natural to us; you just don't need to let the despair overtake you. - Joy Donnell Joy is a strategist, activist, and entrepreneur driven by purpose. Her PR expertise touches all...
2018-06-2150 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesLeadership Has No Age RestrictionJudithe Registre reflects on her discussion with Macy and Karen, and the promise of the next generation of leaders. This episode provides some context and commentary on the history of youth movements and the worldwide need for youth activism and leadership in the years to come. Join us next week for an interview with speaker, entrepreneur and activist Joy Donnell and visit us for more inspiration anytime at Inclusivus.org
2018-06-1413 min
Carry On Friends: The Caribbean American ExperienceWhy Narratives Matter for the Social Progress of Caribbean AmericansSend us a textOn this episode of the podcast, Judithe Registre explains:Narratives are more than the stories people tell or write and pass on - they are the truth that shape or lives.How to be mindful of these narratives, their impact and how they are simultaneously what we work with and work to change.The importance of doing a personal audit as a first step to changing narratives. Connect with Judithe Registre:Website: inclusivus.orgTwitter: @inclusivus1 Sub...
2018-06-0536 min
Carry On Friends: The Caribbean American ExperienceBONUS: Believe in those who Believe in YouSend us a textA bonus episode made from spilled over energy/excitement from recording a forthcoming interview with Judithe Registre of inclusivus.orgAfter a Saturday morning of back to back recordings both of which were high energy and inspiring, Kerry-Ann had so much energy left over that she had to record this bonus episode. She has been writing a book that she decided to put on hold but wanted to share an overview of the chapters aka "principles" called "Believe In Those Who Believe In You." The interview with Judithe is the latest...
2018-05-0110 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesThe Promise of the Next Generation Leaders with Macy and Karen (the mother–daughter duo)"Kids can make a difference in how they understand the world." [And parents can support kids and not force their understanding of the world on them.] Give the children more freedom to understand the world on their terms."-Macy Macy and Karen join Judithe for a conversation after the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC. Macy is an 11-year-old student with a passion for life, fun, and both social justice and equality. Karen leads a strategic program advancing opportunities for young people globally. As a mom to two of our most promising young people, and given...
2018-04-1729 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesHumanity in AidRecorded live in Haiti, Judithe Registre responds and ruminates on the discussion with Mary Ann Clements last week. "When I hear people say, 'These things happen as they happen in any other sector,' I think, 'Should they?'" Racism, sexism, and discrimination are not acceptable in any context, but in the context of social justice and humanitarian work, those actions can be even more harmful and insidious. In light of recent scandals in Haiti, Judithe considers the response to these issues and a path towards a more diverse, just, and supportive organizational...
2018-04-0514 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesWell-Being AND Impact with Mary Ann ClementsMary Ann Clements (formerly Mary Ann Mhina) has devoted her life to making an impact and like many change-making professionals, she got burnt out in the process. She wants all of us to be able to do this work and create this impact, sustainably, without costing us our wellbeing — and she believes it can be done. The wellbeing of humanity and the ways we care for ourselves and one another — in our workplaces, in our communities, and in our personal lives — is her work and the passions of her heart. She joins Judithe in this episod...
2018-03-2354 minThe Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesResponding to "Black Panther" and Mvemba Dizolele, Reframing Africa in our Imagination and MindsWe spend this episode considering and reassessing the contributions that Africa (and the Congo specifically) have made to the global "village" as discussed by Mvemba Dizolele, a writer, foreign policy analyst, and independent journalist who is also the author of the forthcoming biography: Mobutu: the Rise and Fall of the Leopard King (Random House UK). If you haven't heard last week's episode with this brilliant scholar, please do so now! And let us know what YOU think about "Black Panther" Dizolele's work and the African Diaspora's place in the collective Western Imagination.
2018-03-1615 minThe Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared Stories"Black Panther" and the Historical Contributions of Africa with Mvemba DizoleleWe spend this episode considering and reassessing the contributions that Africa (and the Congo specifically) have made to the global "village" with Mvemba Dizolele, a writer, foreign policy analyst, and independent journalist who is also the author of the forthcoming biography: Mobutu: the Rise and Fall of the Leopard King (Random House UK). In the wake of "Black Panther"'s mainstream success globally, many are asking questions like "What would Africa look like without colonization?" "What would the Western world look like without slavery?", but as Mvemba discusses with Judithe, there are members of the African diaspora...
2018-03-0951 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesThoughts on Black History MonthJudithe Registre, Haitian-born, American-made, and globally-centered, brings you her insights on Black History Month as celebrated in the USA, drawing from her Haitian background, US education, and global travels. This is a time when we are being called to recognize the contributions of every group to witness and record the present for future history. As we work to create a future history that reflects our full contributions as members of the larger humanity, we honor our African ancestors for their vision and hard work and we continue to work on advancing their mission. Black History remains ever...
2018-02-2814 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesReflecting on The Creative Reaction Lab and Antionette Carroll"...the stripping of our human dignity in any context, in any environment, is perhaps the greatest violation of our rights as human beings." - Judithe Registre In this episode of the Get InPowered Podcast, Judithe responds and considers Antionette Carroll and her work with the Creative Reaction Lab. Judithe challenges us to look for ways to pursue equality in our own communities as we are inspired by examples like Antoinette.
2018-02-0212 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesHow To Design Diversity and Equity with Antionette Carroll of Creative Reaction Lab"You're really just the total of other people's biases." Antionette Carroll is the Founder, President and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, a nonprofit social enterprise that educates, trains and challenges cities to co-create solutions with Black and Latina populations to design healthy and racially equitable communities. "When we work together, we build together." The pioneer of a new form of creative problem solving called Equity-Centered Community Design, Antoinette joins Judithe in this episode to talk about her career and her work for social justice, human rights, diversity and inclusion. A social entrepreneur, non-profit...
2018-01-2550 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesReacting to "The Climb" "American Koko" and Diarra Kilpatrick's unique voiceWhile the topics of Race and Racism are not comfortable, they are necessary topics of discussion and reflection if we hope to move forward as a society. Through her work, Diarra Kilpatrick gives us unique opportunity to confront these topics in the middle of our entertainment. Surely one of THE voices of her generation, Diarra's message of unity through diversity can be a beacon for all those of us who hope and work for racial justice especially. Continue to view and share American Koko, and please share your thoughts on the show and Diarra's work...
2017-12-2313 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesPreparing for The Climb with American Koko's Diarra KilpatrickA native Detroiter, Diarra Kilpatrick is an accomplished actress, writer and producer who is finally beginning to get her due from mainstream audiences and outlets. In this first episode of Season Two of The Get InPowered Podcast, Diarra discusses how the "business" of show stood in her way to success, as she hungered for meatier roles, more challenging work and a truer artistic expression. So she did it herself. "I just asked myself, what if Scandal lost its budget?" From the creation of American Koko as a "bootleg" version of "Scandal without a b...
2017-12-0746 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesFinding the Right "Yes": Reflections on Our First Year of PodcastingJudithe Registre, founder of Inclusivus and the host of The Get InPowered Podcast, discusses the trials and triumphs of the first year of her journey as a podcaster. Judithe also highlights the new "season" of the show, featuring bi-weekly guest interviews with change-makers in various fields focusing on social justice and global equality, followed by bi-weekly "reaction" shows. Judithe will get to share her thoughts and reflections on guests' work and ideas, as well as responses from the Inclusivus family and community. Join us in this next phase and join the conversation. Visit http://inclusivus.o...
2017-11-2415 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesOne Love for Math Education with Bailey-McWeeneyLinda Bailey-McWeeney is a Jamaican educator and economist based in New York. Since 2015, she's been engaged with educators about the status of math education in Jamaica, specifically the fact that many low-income students are not receiving the education they deserve. The problem isn't just a lack of education for students, but a basic lack of confidence and training among educators. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with the kids...you just have to find the right teacher!" That's why Linda founded the Reggae Math Foundation—because children are capable of much, much more. Linda aims to solve th...
2017-11-091h 19
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesFurthering Fair Trade with the Founder of GlobeIn, Liza MoiseevaLiza Moiseeva and Judithe may be from opposite sides of the earth, but they are both motivated by some of the same passions—justice, equality and fairness, among others. In this episode, Liza details her journey to creating GlobeIn, an organization dedicated to fostering fair trade across the world and helping artisans and creators bring their dreams to reality and create stable incomes and lives for themselves and their families. To find out more about Liza and GlobeIn, visit them online at https://globein.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GlobeIN
2017-10-261h 05
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesPreserving Culture through Video Games with Genii Games founder, Adebayo Adegbembo"You learn to speak your native language at home, because that gives you a good sense of who you are." Language is a powerful tool, not only for communication and human relations, but also for providing a sense of identity and our place in the world. In this episode, Judithe is joined by Adebayo, the founder and lead programmer for Genii Games Limited, to discuss the power of language. Genii Games is at the forefront of using mobile apps and video games to foster a love of local culture, specifically native African languages. Focused on ch...
2017-10-131h 03
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesPodcasting for Change with Marianne West from the Sustainable Living Podcast"If we keep feeding the beast, the beast will get bigger. But it's not gonna be transformative." Marianne West joins Judithe in this episode to discuss their own podcast paths, and their emergent plan for a community of podcasters focused on social change. Judithe Registre moderated a panel on using podcasting for social change at Podcast Movement 2017 in Anaheim, California. Marianne was one of the five panelists and together they are building a community of like-minded podcasters and would-be podcasters. With support and strategies for building and growing your show as well as simple resources...
2017-10-0835 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesThe Date Safe Project with Mike Domitrz"Consent is a mutual, amazing experience." - Mike Domitrz Mike Domitrz is a man on a mission to dramatically improve society's approach to healthy dating and relationships by creating a better understanding of how "consent" is obtained in intimacy to prevent sexual assaults and rape. "Are you asking the question in the first place that allows them to say 'yes' or 'no' before it happens?" - Mike Domitrz When his own family was impacted by sexual assault, Mike decided to make a difference, creating an engaging and entertaining program for schools called "Can...
2017-09-281h 05
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesIntegrateNYC4Me with Sarah Camiscoli and Matthew DiazNew York City is one of the most diverse cities in the world, yet generations after Brown vs. Board of Education, many of the Big Apple's schools remain hopelessly segregated by both race and class. "Students should be the center, because they're the ones going through it. The DOE does not go through what students go through." –Matthew Diaz Matthew Diaz, Youth Director of National Outreach for the Committee on Resource Allocation for IntegrateNYC4Me, and his Executive Director, Sarah Camiscoli, are on the frontlines of the issue of school equity, with Matthew currently a ju...
2017-09-2147 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesAnd Then, a Friend: Walking to end Breast Cancer with Priscilla Muntemba Taylor"They call me the African Pink Warrior. Fearless, unstoppable, resilient. That's me." In this final half of our conversation with Priscilla, she shares her own story with breast cancer and why she feels uncomfortable with the label "survivor." "When [the doctor] called me, I thought, 'Please, no, put your receptionist on the phone, I don't want to talk to you!' But of course, it was too late." For the past decade, with the exception of the year she was diagnosed with thyroid, Priscilla has walked every year in the Avon 39 Walk to...
2017-09-1241 min
The Sustainable Living PodcastPodcasts: Untapped Resource for Social ChangeYou are the agent of social change. You, our listener, and you, our fellow podcaster. If you are interested in gender or racial justice - we need you! If you are interested in food justice, green living or polite discourse - we need you! If you are interested in gay rights, saving the rainforest or feeding the world through Permaculture - we need you. We are formulating an action plan how we all can work together and support each other reaching our goals which are all parts of the puzzle...
2017-09-0734 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesA Woman First: Walking to End Breast Cancer with Priscilla Muntemba Taylor"You're still gonna have those challenges, you're still gonna have to face them. So don't try to hide yourself in your friends' influence and all of that stuff. You still have that and that's great, but you have to know who you are." In this first half of our conversation with Priscilla, she introduces us to her family and life as a woman, daughter, sister, friend, wife and mother. But it's her identity as an activist that brings her to our show. "We want to believe that maybe she is better off, and sometimes for...
2017-09-0431 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesA Closed Mouth Doesn't Get Fed with Ebony Price"I dare myself to speak up and speak out, even if I'm nervous." - Ebony Price This episode features a young woman who, in many ways epitomizes exactly what the Get InPowered Podcast was created for. Ebony Price is a woman who advocates for herself and families, volunteering her time in her community serving those less fortunate than herself, and daily working to strengthen her own voice as a powerful element of change in her life and those around her. "Push more, because I'm just as fine as the next person, I'm just as talented, I have enough skills...
2017-08-2437 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesAdvocating for Life in Washington, D.C. with Christie GardnerChristie Gardner is an everyday leader and activist finding ways to ensure those in her community are supported and have access to opportunities. She keeps her hands, head, and heart in her community, helping others, organizing, informing, and encouraging the youth, women, elderly, and those most vulnerable to help them avoid the pitfalls of life in the nation's capital. "I choose to make a difference because I know all too well what it's like to struggle. I have been homeless." Christie is impassioned about stopping and overturning gentrification. Focusing on three primary aspects of D...
2017-08-1742 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesBringing Africa Online with Eric Osiakwan"[The mobile revolution] created wealth, it connected people, it brought people on the the grid. It also, to a very large extent, created inclusion. Now, people could talk." Eric Osiakwan is an entrepreneur and investor with 15 years of ICT industry leadership across Africa and the world. Today, he joins The Get InPowered Podcast to discuss his work across 32 African countries building the Internet infrastructure that is enabling Africa to not only join the global economy, but in many ways, to lead it. While Eric is working to transform the economic course of Africa through technology...
2017-08-1146 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesFinding Our Voice: Six Months of the Get InPowered PodcastIn this solo episode, Judithe Registre is host and guest as she discusses the first six months of the Get InPowered Podcast and the journey that brought her to launch in the first place. Lesson 1 - Develop (and love) Your Voice - You can't improve until you listen! Lesson 2 - People who make a difference, see not just problems but opportunities in those problems. Inclusivus and Get InPowered are built to highlight those people. Lesson 3 - When bringing ideas to reality, you need a community. When you're ready, they often find you.
2017-08-0323 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesBuilding Indonesian Youth Through Sustainable Farming with Gouri Mirpuri"Wherever I go, I create a little bit of trouble." - Gouri Mirpuri Gouri Mirpuri creates just the right kind of trouble wherever she goes, and today she and Judithe are stirring some up together. As co-founder of The Learning Farm and wife of Singapore's Ambassador to the United States, Gouri has some fantastic stories about her travels and career. In today's episode, Gouri talks about The Learning Farm and its efforts in Indonesia to aid struggling youth by engaging them in farming and teaching environmentally sustainable farming practices. Through three focal areas of curriculum--the...
2017-07-2852 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesGiving and Acting from Anywhere with Mona GulaidJudithe is joined by her long-time friend, Mona Gulaid, to discuss Mona's travels and life and her journey to mobilize support and raise awareness for the draugth/in Somalia. Mona is a Somali-born British woman currently based in Dubai. She is currently the lead on the Dubai Acts 4 campaign "Every Dirham Counts," in partnership with Emirates Red Crescent, to support the drought relief in Somalia. "We were local professionals who had day jobs. Not members of organization or a foundation or a charity. We just decided to come together and do something." In this e...
2017-07-2255 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesA Window to the World: Technology and Developing Economies with Adi Abili"Without internet access it's very difficult for you to start a business... even more than a physical location, it's having access to the internet, because that's your access to the world." Judithe is joined in this episode by Adi Abili, the American Regional Director of the Global Startup Ecosystem, advisory board member at SXSW and former program director at Draper University and investor at Glassroots Ventures. Adi and Judithe crossed paths at the Haiti Tech Summit, where Adi was a speaker. Their conversation focuses on the power and importance of technology in balancing the global economic scales.
2017-07-1337 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared Stories"Something More than Marriage" for the Women of Ghana with Abenaa Akuamoa-Boateng"Women are more than just having husbands." - Abenaa Abenaa Akuamoa-Boateng joins Judithe Registre in this special episode to discuss her passion for the women of Ghana as well as her work improving these women's lives and changing cultural attitudes about them. Born in Kumasi and raised in Accra, Ghana, Abenaa is the Founder and Executive Director of Women's Health to Wealth. She is a courageous advocate and leader for the health and development of the Ghanaian people, especially women and girls. Abenaa grew up in a household of discipline, determination, and love. Sending their ch...
2017-07-0738 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesGender Equality for Kenya with Beldina Opiyo-Omolo"Don't worry, if God closes all the doors, he will open windows for you to get out!" Beldina's mother. Beldina Opiyo-Omolo is the founder and director of Alice Visionary Foundation Project (AVFP) in Kisumu, Kenya. AVFP is a NGO with the vision of improving the quality of life of impoverished western Kenya communities through education, food security and poverty alleviation. In this episode, she joins Judithe to share her work and her story of returning to Kenya to help pull her country and her people forward through one of those "windows". "There is a...
2017-06-3035 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesWe are Refugees: The Refugee is Each of Us—The Get InPowered Podcast Recognizes Refugee Week"The desire that forces us to move or migrate, remains safety. Safety in terms of our physical safety but (also) safety in terms of opportunities, options, securities; the safety to dream, hope and have the opportunities to work toward our dreams and aspirations." -Judithe Registre In this solo episode, Judithe celebrates and recognizes Refugee Week by discussing the collective history of human migration and the universal nature of displacement as well as the pursuit of safety and opportunity that all humanity desires while sharing her story as an immigrant and world server working across conflict and post-conflict...
2017-06-2215 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesA New Day for Haiti with Karl Jean LouisIn this episode of The Get InPowered Podcast, Judithe returns to her hometown to visit in person with Karl Jean Louis, Executive Director of OCAPH, the Observatoire Citoyen de l' Action des Pouvoirs Publics en Haiti, which works towards "less corruption, better governance, and a more open and free society" in Haiti. Karl and Judithe especially focus on Karl's efforts to build and strengthen a generation of young activists-turned-civil-servants that can carry on his and OCAPH's mission to its eventual success. Find out more about Karl and the mission of OCAPH by visiting th...
2017-06-1546 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesWhat Would God Do If….? with Rev. Dexter Nutall"We consider the Church to be an institution, and it is indeed that. But I think when it's most effective, it operates as a movement." - Pastor Dexter Reverend Dexter Nutall joins Judithe this week to discuss the historic and future importance of the church as a stabilizing factor and institution in the lives of African Americans. They discuss some of the root issues that have hindered the church in its mission and how Pastor Dexter and others like him are revitalizing and rebuilding the ties between church and community across generations and political lines. ...
2017-06-0951 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesCultural Reconciliation in Papua New Guinea with Ruth J. Kissam"That was the thing I think I remember so much about my childhood, that feeling of belonging, not to yourself, but to a group that is bigger than yourself, bigger than your family." - Ruth Kissam As the Director of Operations for the PNG Tribal Foundation, Ruth Kissam works to promote a culture of freedom and equality that encourages initiatives for women and girls in settlements to work in partnership with relevant stakeholders and better their lives. In this episode, Ruth discusses the state of PNG and the challenges her people face as they adapt quickly to...
2017-06-0253 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesRethinking Toxic Masculinity with Tahir Anderson Duckett, the Founder of ReThink"When you're a boy, and you get this tiny sliver of the human experience, and that's all you're allowed to experience, that's not free." - Tahir Anderson Duckett Sexual violence isn't inevitable. It's the result of a culture that doesn't clearly define consent. Too often, the extraordinary rate of violence against women is the result of a failure to teach men and boys how to talk about, think about, and treat women and girls. ReThink is dedicated to that mission of expanding the freedom of boys and girls, and men and women, to live the l...
2017-05-2649 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesFostering Black Political Power Part Two with Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder of The Collective PAC"By collectively combining our strength and saying that WE are going to choose US, we can be powerful!" - Stefanie In this episode, Judithe concludes her conversation with Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder of The Collective PAC, discussing the fostering and reinforcement of Black political power in the United States. Stefanie shares her early affinity for politics, including the story of how a battle over school uniforms helped show her the power of political action and community involvement. It is an unprecedented time for Black political power in the United States. Even with historic levels of...
2017-05-1830 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesFostering Black Political Power Part One with Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder of The Collective PAC"I decided to attend to Howard University in DC because I thought, and still believe, that it's the Mecca of Black education." - Stefanie In this episode, Judithe is joined by Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder of The Collective PAC, to discuss the fostering and reinforcement of Black political power in the United States. From her education at Brown, to her time with the NAACP, to her current role with The Collective, there are few people better positioned to have this discussion. Judithe and Stefanie talk about the issues of overcoming a political system in which 90...
2017-05-1132 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesLife After Hate with Christian Picciolini (Part 2)"WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PREVENTION, NOT JUST INTERVENTION. [...] THE PEOPLE IN POWER, WHO TYPICALLY END UP BEING WHITE MALES, TEND TO PRESCRIBE THE SOLUTIONS THEY THINK ARE BEST FOR PEOPLE. AND OFTENTIMES THOSE ARE ILL-ADVISED OR ILL-INFORMED AND CERTAINLY HAVE A CERTAIN AGENDA TO THEM." This week, we conclude our conversation with Christian Picciolini. A leader of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups in his youth, Christian now works as an ambassador to help members of those communities transition out of hate and violence and return to the broader community. "I HA...
2017-05-0431 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesLife After Hate with Christian Picciolini (Part 1)"If we can find a way to amplify the good things that people are passionate about, and provide opportunity, I suspect we'll see less extremism when people are more resilient." - Christian On the Get InPowered Podcast, we often talk about transformation and life-altering moments. Christian Picciolini is perhaps the prime example of such a transformation. A leader of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups in his youth, Christian now works as an ambassador to help members of those communities transition out of hate and violence back into the broader community. Christian's pe...
2017-04-2731 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesA Male-Focused Solution for the Male Problem of Violence Against Women with Ambassador Henry MacDonald of Suriname Part TwoThey (men) were securing benefits and status, for a role they had not performed. - Judithe Registre In this episode, Judithe completes her visit with Ambassador Henry MacDonald discussing violence against women, and the personal stakes this fight have for men. Ambassador MacDonald discusses the necessity of engaging men to achieve gender equality and the need to create a platform for men to engage with other men in finding solutions to ending violence against women. If you're a feminist, if you're speaking in support of women's right, you're not just doing something for humanity. You're...
2017-04-2030 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesA Male-Focused Solution for the Male Problem of Violence Against Women with Ambassador Henry MacDonald of Suriname"Violence against women is the biggest human rights violation in the world. We're talking about 50% of the global community, and seven in 10 women will experience violence in their life. These are serious issues." - Ambassador Henry MacDonald In this episode, Judithe is joined by Ambassador Henry MacDonald to discuss violence against women, one of the most devastating issues affecting gender equality. Ambassador MacDonald discusses some of his work with the United Nations and the government of Iceland to increase male awareness as both the source of this endemic problem as well as the solution to i...
2017-04-1331 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesHelping those in Transition Part Two: Coaching for Career and Life"Low-income is low-income, whether you're black, white, brown or blue. Each individual has an individual need." Judithe continues her conversation with Kay Kunda Musonda. Kunda discusses the importance of community, the ways seemingly small details can have huge impacts, how continued support changes lives, and the secret to moving mountains. "Band together, and really work at these challenges that are challenging not only those of us who stay at home, but those of us who go to work!"
2017-04-0530 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesHelping those in Transition: Coaching for Career and Life"You have to [support] people to tap into themselves, to believe in themselves. It's [about creating the space] to help them realize that they're so much more than their circumstance" - Kunda. In this episode, Judithe visits with Kunda Musonda, a career–life coach focusing on people in transition, such as the homeless, victims/survivors of domestic violence, immigrants, and other underserved populations. Kunda focuses on helping people in her community envision a different future for themselves during difficult times and then taking actionable steps to get to that future. The idea is to dream a dream and...
2017-03-3029 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesOpportunity Through Intersectional Identity Bias with Host Judithe Registre"To be white means to exist. Well, it means the same thing to be black: To exist." In this solo episode, Judithe discusses her thoughts on the "mainstreaming" of the concept of intersectionality as well as gender and racial biases that we all hold about other "tribes" as well as our own. "We must move beyond despair to create the world we want to exist in." "What if we were to start creating the kind of information we're consuming?
2017-03-2212 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesRejoining Society after Jail with Coach SmedleyIn this episode, Judithe is joined by Coach Smedley (Alisa Smedley) to discuss Coach's background growing up in an unstable home, and how she now brings that experience to her work with imprisoned young men. With her full grasp of the barriers that many children face as they traverse young adulthood, Coach Smedley's message is one of personal responsibility and opportunity. Highlights from this episode: "Dating is a test drive. You do that apart from your parenting." - Coach Smedley "I thought, 'We're in survival mode, lady! The heck wi...
2017-03-1535 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesRevisiting the Women's March: Unity and Collaboration through UncertaintyIn honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we bring you our final installment of coverage from the Women's March on Washington. This episode features comedian Sarah Jones, women's rights activists Lisa Schejola Akin, American expat Emily Miller, and citizen and friend, Kerrie Mitchell. We discuss the limit and privilege of white women's Individuality and black women's solidarity in voting for Hillary, and the continuing quest to further human rights by securing women's rights through intersectionality. Highlights from this episode: "People need very simple, direct recommendations on how they ca...
2017-03-0833 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesA Ten Point Plan for Global Women's Rights with Mary ZeintsMary Zeints discusses her life in South Africa and how it has shaped her struggle for human rights, especially women's rights. She and Judithe discuss some "worst case scenarios" for the current American administration and how the lessons of history can inform our resistance. Mary dreams of a 10-point plan for women's rights in the new international climate. Highlights from this episode: "[In South Africa], ordinary people were doing extraordinary things because they had such terrible leaders trying to do things they didn't believe in." - Mary Zeints "...
2017-03-0232 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesBuilding Awareness and Tackling Domestic Violence with D'Annette RoyIn this episode, we speak with D'Annette Roy, producer of Spotlight: Domestic Violence, a documentary that raises awareness of the devastating impact of domestic violence in Montgomery County, Maryland. We discuss the roots and consequences of the domestic violence epidemic, and the steps that we as a society must take in order to change the paradigm and break the cycle of domestic violence. Ms. Roy is an using her skills not only to give back to her community, but to tackle complex and challenging issues that need attention. Domestic violence is such an issue, charged with complexity...
2017-02-2742 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesBuilding an Inclusive Community through Yoga with Kendra Blackett-DibingaKendra Blackett-Dibinga joins me in studio to discuss her business and how she's building inclusive communities through yoga. As a host, I have the greatest respect for this woman. Kendra is simply killing it as a mother, a wife, an entrepreneur, a business owner, an activist, a citizen and, above all, a human being. We discuss her journey and aspiration to create an inclusive yoga community where people can care for themselves and each other. As you will hear in this episode, her impact and influence are deep and significant. Our health and well-being are reflections of o...
2017-02-1634 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesGlobal Women's March: What's Next? Intersectionality Is the Way ForwardIn this episode, Judithe brings us back to the Global Women's March in D.C. We hear from comedian and artist, Sarah Jones; Cecile Richards of President of Planned Parenthood; Linda Sarsour, one of the driving forces behind the Women's March movement; Kimberle Crenshaw of African American Policy Forum; and Andrea Cristina Mercado of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. We also continue our discussion of the global ramifications with Emily Miller, an American living abroad in the UK. Feminism IS an intersectional movement, and fostering community is our way forward. This is a movement of movements.
2017-02-0931 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesA Conversation with James Dold, The Creative Justice Designer, Part 2We conclude our conversation with James Dold. His work with youth will inspire and uplift you, and his message might convince you that justice means more sometimes than "fair". "If children are not deserving of our mercy? Who among us is?" "...folks that exhibit that moral courage. Political consequences be damned, they are gonna do the right thing because it's the right thing to do!" "Hope is the seed that leads to love, because hope is what allows us to be courageous. It's what allows us to see a better future."
2017-02-0228 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesGet InPowered Special Report: Sounds and Sisters from the Global Women's MarchThis episode features conversations with Philanthropist/Activist, Lisa Schejola Akin on the future of funding for women's rights with her family foundation; Emily Miller, an American living in the UK originally from Kentucky that was in DC for the March; conversations from the Women's Town Hall and Reception at the National Press Club featuring Legendary Women's Right Activist and Author, Gloria Steinem and Alicia Garza of Black Lives Matter and a Panel on Where We Go From here. "The first step is speaking for yourself." - Gloria Steinem This episode captures the energy and rhythm...
2017-01-2637 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesA Conversation with James Dold, the Creative Justice Designer, Part 1James Dold joins Judithe for the first episode of The Get InPowered Podcast. Judithe calls him a "Creative Justice Designer" but he's spent his entire career as an advocate for those most in need of allies. From his start with the Polaris Project, an anti-human trafficking organization, to his current work ensuring that the justice system serves the youngest members of our society better and more equitably, James Dold is "InPowered" and empowering others on a daily basis. "We're all more than the worst thing we've ever done. And that's particularly true when it comes to children."
2017-01-1928 min
The Get InPowered Podcast: Fostering Community through Shared StoriesWelcome to the Get InPowered Podcast!Welcome! The Get InPowered Podcast by Inclusivus is about individuals, innovators, advocates, activists, and agents of social change across sectors and industries who are working to transform their communities and the world at large. In each episode, we travel with host Judithe Registre to a different location and talk with InPowered women and men whose stories and work are inspiring change and making a transformative impact in their communities. These are people who, through their own personal experiences and a gender equity lens, are working to create more inclusive and progressive communities. In this introductory episode, Katherine i...
2017-01-1821 min