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The Nonprofit Renaissance#25 - Exploring the Crossroads of Charity and Business with Callie HimslEmbark on a heartfelt exploration of purpose and impact with social entrepreneur Callie Himsl, whose laughter is as infectious as her passion for creating change. We traverse from the Midwest to the far reaches of the globe, discovering the potent blend of personal growth and professional ambition that defines Callie’s journey. Together, we peel back the layers of her story, illuminating the power of community and the role each of us plays in nurturing a more connected world.Our conversation takes a deep dive into the transformative power of loss and service, revealing how personal tragedy ca...
2024-04-2442 min
Global Health Pursuit29. Unlocking Haiti's Future: A Deep Dive into Social Justice, Education, and Healthcare w/ Callie HimslWhy do some children end up in orphanages? Callie Himsl, an advocate for social justice, education, and healthcare in Haiti, joins us for a riveting discussion on this and much more. Having transitioned from corporate America to work with La Pointe Foundation in Haiti, Callie offers unique insights into the realities of life there. We delve into the complex issues surrounding volunteerism and the unintentional harm it can sometimes cause. Plus, discover how Callie is fighting for more jobs, enhanced education, and greater health equity in her homeland.In this episode, we also spotlight the phenomenal work...
2023-10-0344 min
The PointDavid Gaines: Use your work to change the worldDavid Gaines is the author of the forthcoming book, “Radical Business: The Root of Your Work and How it Can Change the World.” He is also the CEO and chief visionary for La Terza Artisan Coffee Roasterie, and serves as the board chairperson for the Social Enterprise Alliance. His company, La Terza, is a full-service coffee resource that provides the highest-quality coffee for consumers, as well as equipment and education for restaurants and coffee shops, and more. La Terza takes pride in the relationships they have formed with coffee producers from around the world, whose employees are paid living wage...
2023-05-1633 min
Social Enterprise Alliance PodcastMarketing and Branding for Social Enterprise: Where to Begin with Callie Himsl - Ep 20Callie is an experienced professional and entrepreneur with a strong history of international relations and social business. She specializes in community development and economic empowerment utilizing over 15 years of branding and marketing experience and over a decade of international work. She is passionate about using this first-hand experience to educate those in the field so they can be equipped with the knowledge and skills to grow their business and ultimately grow their impact.Callie is also leading participants through a Branding and Marketing 5 day Bootcamp in partnership with SEA from May 22nd through the 26...
2023-05-0929 minThe PointJason Porterfield: Holy WeekAfter feeling the call to be a peacemaker, Jason Porterfield moved to one of Canada’s poorest neighborhoods known as Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Coming face-to-face with the realities of drugs, prostitution, violence and murder, he was forced to wrestle with some life changing questions. And, after years of soul-searching, prayer, seeking counsel and putting in the hard work of academic research, he has found some answers. He is with us today to share them with us.
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2023-04-0236 minThe PointMoto Meds: Saving Lives Through Nighttime InterventionMoto Meds: Before the morning: Saving Lives Through Nighttime Intervention
Did you know that in low-income countries, there is only one doctor for every 10,000 people?*
Here are some other stats that will blow your mind:
50% of people across the globe lack access to essential health care.*
99% of maternal deaths happen in developing countries.*
Each day, 15,000 children die before reaching their fifth birthday.*
Some good news?
A lot of these statistics can be avoided, simply through prevention. And that is exactly what our guests today have been working on, for years. Not only have t...
2023-02-1345 minThe PointShawn Duncan: How to Disrupt Systems of OppressionHow do we disrupt systems that protect promote and perpetuate social and inequality? This is not a small task or an easy thing to discuss but if we are serious about bringing social justice to the surface, it is a conversation that we must have and not just today, but ongoing. And here to lead us in this conversation is Dr. Shawn Duncan
He is the Director of the training and Consulting Division for an impressive group called Focused Community Strategies or FCS. This organization was started by Dr Lupton best know for the bo...
2023-01-2338 minThe PointUrban Farming: Mill Creek FarmsMill Creek Farms: Farmer Levi & Farmer Tosheena
Here’s 5 food facts I am sure you didnt know
Twenty-five million Americans live more than a mile or 15-minute drive from a grocery store
The average item on grocery shelves travels an astounding 1,500 miles to get there
People living in the poorest (social-economic status) have 2.5 times the exposure to fast-food restaurants as those living in the wealthiest areas. Thus Food insecurity has a high correlation with increased diabetes rates
We throw away 60% of our lettuce and spinach
We are already use half the worlds land and 30% of its wa...
2022-12-1532 minThe PointNatalia Bondarenko: Ukraine-Russian War, A Mother’s StoryNatalia Bondarenko: Ukraine-Russian War, A Mother’s Story
One day your life is as normal and the very next day Russian soldiers have taken over your home, bombed your car, and destroyed your business. That is the devastating reality for thousands of families including Nata and her 13-year-old son Yegor.
From hiding in underground subway stations to killing pigeons for food, Nata shares her first-hand experience of what life is really like in Ukraine as the Russian war progresses.
Join us in this emotional and moving conversation with Nata Bondarenko: A Mother’s Story
2022-11-0335 minThe PointCallie Himsl: Top 5 New Essentials to Social JusticeCallie Himsl: Top 5 New Essentials to Social Justice
When I first stepped foot in the Caribbean country of Haiti, just an hour and a half flight from Florida, it was about a year after the unfortunate 2010 earthquake that brought the country back to the front minds of the world.
I jokingly tell people that at that time we didn’t even have iPhones, ok but seriously we kind of did but like no one did, I was T-9ing on my Nokia brick phone
So much has changed since that ti...
2022-11-0132 minThe PointCraig Greenfield: Discover a New Way to do Missions: Subversive MissionGrowing up in an affluent life, he wanted what a lot of us wanted; the picture-perfect life. Maybe a mansion, or a 6 figure income, or just a low-key Ferari. And, by working as a corporate executive during the dot-com boom, he was well on his way to achieving this. Until…a trip to Cambodia changed his life.
This led to a radical life transformation for Craig Greenfield. He got married, and moved to slums in Cambodia, then to the roughest area of Vancouver, and beyond.
His book Urban Halo quickly became a must-read. He went on...
2022-10-1731 minThe PointJennifer Talansky: Using Data for Justice & Racial EquityIn the nonprofit space, we tend to think about things like; feelings and relationships, movements and revolutions, and this glamorous view of how we are changing the world. All of that can be great, but how do we know what is really going on? If we can’t measure we can’t manage. The truth is we need data.
And that is one of the reasons Nonprofit Finance Fund exists. They conduct a national survey that collects information from thousands of nonprofits so they can share experience and expertise with cutting-edge data and analysis so we can feel...
2022-10-1438 min
The PointChuck Mingo: Changing the Narrative of Racial JusticeIn this episode, we cover a topic that makes many of us uncomfortable and inevitably brings tension. But according to one man, that tension is part of the call to healing. The healing we are talking about? Racial reconciliation
Join our conversation with Chuck Mingo, the founder of Living Undivided, a program that has taken thousands of participants through life-changing moments of racial healing.
This program was created by Chuck and his team as a response to the present and past injustices surrounding race.
In addition to Living Undivided chuck is also a...
2022-08-1528 min
A New ThingNGO Leadership Summit: Callie HimslThe NGO Leadership Podcast Summit is a powerful series of podcast interviews with international leaders and nonprofit executives who tell their stories of how true transformation is impacting change in the US and around the globe.
In this episode Callie Himsl (and her daughter Nova) and podcast host Annie Vander Werff discuss how knowing yourself matters to create true, transformational change. Take care of yourself and your people! She emphasizes the value of LISTENING, and how to best use the resources we are given to impact change. Callie shares her personal story of living abroad, and how it...
2022-08-0829 minThe PointLisa Stueckemann: Fundraising RebelIf you have worked in the nonprofit space for any amount of time, then you have likely felt the cringe-worthy word “fundraising”. It can feel daunting, discouraging, and exhausting. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. Fundraising Rebel Lisa Stueckemann joins us to share her knowledge on donor-centric fundraising and how we can invite others into a greater purpose.
She has worked with grassroots organizations as well as multi-million dollar projects. She builds on this foundation through her education by obtaining a Masters in Nonprofit Administration and she is a Certified Fundraising Executive. Currently, she is the...
2022-06-1733 minThe PointStephanie Bowman: From addiction to AdvocateStephanie Bowman: From addiction to Advocate
From homeless to head of her own nonprofit, One Heart for Women and Children.
Stephanie bowman is a force to be reckoned with. She candidly shares with us her personal story of overcoming addiction and trauma and how it has fueled her to help thousands of families experiencing similar hardships.
I truly believe that when we hear these intimate stories of real people experiencing real problems, it helps us build empathy and remember that each person we encounter is experiencing things in their lives we may not...
2022-05-2746 minThe PointLauren Neal: A Guide to Ethical StorytellingLauren Neal is an international photographer and writer whose 10+ years’ experience in the non-profit sector largely influences how she chooses to celebrate the beauty of family and the value of connection through her work.
After spending four years in Haiti working with a local NGO, she witnessed firsthand the trauma, corruption, and complexities of exploitive orphan care systems within international aid. Since then, she has found deep purpose in documenting the various dynamics of family, in its many different shapes and forms, near and far.
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2022-05-0422 minThe PointBREAKING STEREOTYPES & EMPOWERING MUSLIM WOMEN with Fatima Sadaf SaiedFatima Sadaf Saied is the Executive Director of the Muslim Women’s Organization (MWO) based in Orlando, Florida. As the daughter of Pakistani immigrants and a native Floridian, she witnessed her parents build and dedicate their lives to inclusive Islamic institutions including mosques, schools and civic organizations throughout her childhood. Following their example, in her time at the University of Miami, she was a founder and President of a student organization that was an inclusive alternative to the existing MSA which was not open to women or diverse Islamic perspectives.
After graduating from UM with a degree in Ps...
2022-04-1443 minThe PointTwenty-One Senses: Invisible DisabilitiesTwenty-One Senses (501c3) was founded in 2018 by a Chicago mom struggling to raise two special needs kids in a community that consistently misunderstood them, and sometimes punished them, for taking a slightly different approach. She could relate to what her kids were going through. As a mother, she herself often felt shamed when friends, family, teachers, or even strangers were bewildered or disappointed by her children or her parenting choices. Her vision, and our vision, is for an educated and inclusive community that sees her kids––and all people struggling with difference––through a lens of humility and compassion. Humility...
2022-01-2150 minThe PointTerri Sorensen & Thomas Lee: Friends of the ChildrenResearch has shown that to break the cycle of generational poverty children need long-term, relationship-based support. This support helps them to graduate from high school, remain free from involvement in the criminal justice system, and wait to parent until after their teen years, and that is exactly what Friends of the Children is doing. It is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1993 in Portland with salaried, professional mentors—and 24 children. Today they are a $33 million dollar network with over 22 locations.
Friends of the Children was founded by Duncan Campbell, a successful business entrepreneur whose own troubled ch...
2022-01-1038 minThe PointBreauna Dorelus: Community Centered Service⚉ Join our conversation with Founder + Chief Cause Consultant Breauna Dorelus of Connecting the Cause
⚉ Breauan gives us insight into identifying and uprooting harmful volunteer practices, specifically in Black and Brown communities. She helps us unpack volunteer-centered service and shows us how we can transform it into community-centered service.
⚉ Connecting the Cause, a consultancy dedicated to helping volunteers and those that lead them identify and uproot harmful volunteer practices specifically towards Black and brown communities. Breauna is an advocate for voices of color to be heard, recognized and valued in the service and volunteerism sector and believes...
2021-10-0631 minThe PointBrandon Stiver: Winning the battle to get orphaned kids homeBrandon has worked in the child welfare and nonprofit sectors for over ten years. Before joining 1MILLIONHOME, he led a family based care and advocacy program in Tanzania for several years. Brandon has also worked at a Tanzanian orphanage, in the Californian foster care system, at various churches and teaches on issues facing at risk children at the university level. He has his Master’s Degree in Global Development and Justice and is passionate about indigenous leadership, community mobilization and seeing global entities come together to deliver the best care for at risk children.
Join our conversation as...
2021-09-1742 minThe PointErik Hanberg: Fundraising for Small NonprofitsErik Hanberg has spent nearly 20 years working with nonprofits. In addition to serving as the director of two nonprofits, he has worked for nonprofits in marketing and fundraising, and served on boards and committees for more than a dozen organizations, often in leadership roles.
He is the author of four books for nonprofits, focusing on fundraising, social media, and board governance. He was elected as a Metro Parks Tacoma Commissioner in 2011, a junior municipality with an annual operating budget of $50+ million.
Listen to our conversation where he shares details of how small nonprofits, just like...
2021-08-1940 minThe PointJennifer Perry: Foster More: Because No Child Makes it AloneJennifer Perry has been Executive Director of the Children’s Action Network (CAN) since its inception. By marshalling the immense communications power of the entertainment community, CAN inspires the public to take action on behalf of children. CAN is now involved in a national campaign devoted to raising awareness about the 107,000 children in this country waiting for adoptive homes and improving outcomes for the more than 400,000 children in foster care.
Jennifer is a co-founder of FosterMore, a coalition of media and entertainment companies, non-profits, businesses and philanthropic organizations working to create greater understanding, empathy, and action to im...
2021-08-0344 minThe PointBrian Mavis: Change who waits. Ending the crisis in foster care.Brian serves as co-founder and President of America’s Kids Belong (AKB). Hundreds of thousands of kids in the US foster care system are unseen and suffering, left to feel like they don’t belong. We dramatically improve their experience and change their outcomes by fighting for belonging in safe, loving families and supportive communities.
AKB brings together faith communities, government entities, business leaders, influencers, and the communities around them to join a life-changing movement where vulnerable kids find belonging and thrive.
Brian has written curriculum for national campaigns such as Bono’s “One Sabbath Campaign...
2021-07-2637 minThe PointBrian Mavis: Change Who Waits. Ending the crisis In foster care.Brian serves as co-founder and President of America’s Kids Belong (AKB). Hundreds of thousands of kids in the US foster care system are unseen and suffering, left to feel like they don’t belong. We dramatically improve their experience and change their outcomes by fighting for belonging in safe, loving families and supportive communities.
AKB brings together faith communities, government entities, business leaders, influencers, and the communities around them to join a life-changing movement where vulnerable kids find belonging and thrive.
Brian has written curriculum for national campaigns such as Bono’s “One Sabbath Campaign...
2021-07-0937 minThe PointDr. Scott Larson: From Lock-up to Leadership: Juvenile JusticeDr. Scott Larson is president and founder of Straight Ahead Ministries, an international faith-based organization working with juvenile offenders in more than 300 juvenile detention centers in 15 states and five countries with a myriad of aftercare programs when youth return home.
Scott has authored 13 books on working effectively with troubled youth and has been a speaker to youth, parents, teachers, social workers and youth workers since 1983, and is an adjunct professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s Center for Urban Ministerial Education, and Gordon College.
He is also the co-founder of the Every Youth, Every Facility initiative, fo...
2021-06-2241 minThe PointKayla Raymond - Community DevelopmentKayla Raymond is a wife, mama, social entrepreneur and dreamer.
She has lived full-time in Haiti for 7 years while establishing and growing a nonprofit alongside her family
During this time she also founded a successful social business called Rosies
But what she considers her greatest success is growing her family through adoption.
All of her experiences have made her passionate about orphan care, \job creation and reaching those in material poverty in a holistic way.
You can read her rantings at www.kaylagrooters.com and shop Rosie's website at...
2021-06-1027 minThe PointJulie Colombino-Billingham: From Death to DollarsTo sustainably fight poverty in Haiti, Julie Colombino-Billingham created a social business that provides consistent and dignified jobs. Deux Mains is a Haitian owned and operated business that handcrafts high-quality, footwear, handbags and accessories. 97% of all raw materials in production are either repurposed or sourced locally on the island, and manufactured in our solar facility.
In a country where 85% of the population does not have access to the formal jobs and only 1% of the population is University educated, Colombino designed a model using the best practices of the nonprofit and for profit sectors. She incubated a nonprofit arm...
2021-05-2440 minThe PointDisaster Relief & Beyond: Kent AnnanHe’s an author, a director, a founder, and a professor.
He has lived and worked around the world in areas like Yugoslavia, Kosovo, India, Iran, Sierra Leon and Haiti where he partnered with local communities, refugees and nonprofits in areas of social justice
Not only has he written three books but his writing has also been showcased in publications like the Washington Post and Christianity Today.
Currently he is the director of humanitarian and disaster leadership at Wheaton College where he helping to create one of the first programs of its kind al...
2021-04-2938 minThe PointEthical Storytelling + Trafficking Prevention: Rachel GobleRachel Goble grew up in an interconnected and multicultural world. Whether traveling to Central America with her family to survey land for the founding of a non-profit or trudging through the Sierra Nevadas as her parents sought to awaken Christians to our role as creation’s caretakers, Rachel learned early that the world’s peoples and problems are connected and that we must all help in overcoming them.
After earning degrees in Business Economics (BA) and Cross Cultural Studies (MA) Rachel co-founded The Freedom Story to prevent child trafficking in Northern Thailand through education, resources and mentorship. Afte...
2021-04-1435 minThe PointElisa Bachmann: Trauma is the True ConnectionElisa Bachmann is a Marriage and Family Therapist. She spent years in Haiti developing programs for the orphaned and elderly. She believes that brokenness is actually what connects us. In this episode she tells us about her own journey with trauma and how we can all use trauma-informed care to better our relationships in both our personal and professional life.
Counseling Care: http://counselingcare.us/team/elisa-bachmann-ma/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisa-bachmann-2b7a86b4/
2021-03-1537 minThe PointWariara: HIV/AIDS Advocacy in KenyaIn this episode we are talking with one of Kenya’s most brilliant women who is a true warrior for justice.
Her name is Wariara
She is the Advocacy Manager at world renowned nonprofit where she has spent the last 20 years advocating patients with HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis, and has had a large part in creating a holistic program that also helps bring justice to victims of sexual violence. We learn how she became started in this field as she offers a unique perspective on the evolution of care for those with HIV/AIDS and ho...
2021-02-1721 minThe PointLiberation is Here: Nikole LimThe Background
Nikole Lim is a speaker, educator, and author of Liberation is Here. As a storyteller, Nikole shifts paradigms on how stories are told by platforming voices of the oppressed—sharing stories of beauty arising out of seemingly broken situations. Her heart beats for young women whose voices are silenced by oppression and desires to see every person realize the transformative power of their own story. Nikole is the Founder and International Director of Freely in Hope, an organization that equips survivors and advocates to lead in ending the cycle of sexual violence.
Nikole ha...
2021-02-0530 minThe PointTrailer: Social Justice PodcastJoin your La Pointe Foundation friends, and international social entrepreneur Callie Himsl as we explore the intriguing and complex world of social justice.
✔️Together we examine education, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and the pursuit of social justice.
✔️We interview experts in the field and local leaders to learn what works and what doesn't so we can find ways to help without hurting.
✔️We bring a straight-talk, candid deep-dive into complex issues both globally and in our own backyard.
2020-12-2901 minThe PointThe Beginning; La Pointe Foundation FoundersWebsite: https://www.lapointefoundation.org
Charlotte Whitmore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charwhitmore/
Caleb Whitmore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebwhitmore/
Our first episode is an interview with the founders of La Pointe Foundation.
At La Pointe Foundation, we believe sustainable solutions are built in community. COMMUNITY IS COMMON UNITY—a group of people who have a common purpose, a common need, and a common desire to come together, in a united front, to solve whatever challenge lies in front of them. Our purpose is to close the gap between people an...
2020-12-291h 00The PointGrassroots Public Health in Haiti: capracare + Jean Pierre-LouisWebsite: www.capracare.org
Contact & Social: @capraJPL @capracare | FB, IG, Twitter, Linkedin
Jean Pierre-Louis, MPH, is an accomplished global health and strategic leader with a passion to improve the quality of healthcare for communities at risk in countries such as Haiti, Ghana, and other developing countries. He is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of capracare, a Haitian-led, non-governmental community health organization located in the southern province of Fonfrede, Haiti. Mr. Pierre-Louis, who is Haitian born, founded capracare in 2009 as a response to the gross inadequacies of medical and preventive health services that...
2020-11-2039 minThe PointSaving lives in rural Haiti: CMB HaitiWebsite: https://www.cmbhaiti.org
CMB was founded in the 1940’s and now serves a population of 700,000+. Facilities like CMB are vital when only 8% of the the rural population has access to quality healthcare facilities. With a life expectancy of 63 years old, and less than half of Haitian children getting basic immunizations, places like CMB are literally lifesaving.
CMB treats an average of 200 patients per day and offers care in the following areas: Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics-Gynecology, and Pediatrics. There are also numerous public health and prevention programs for community advancement.
Today we ar...
2020-11-1932 min
Be Love. Do Good. with Kristi HayesEp 42 Callie Himsl: Loving People Just As They AreMany times we want to “fix” people. And many times we do this from a good place but what if we just met people exactly where they are without the agenda to fix them, but just to love them. Today’s guest teaches us to do just that. Growing up in rural Minnesota, Callie Himsl always longed to live for something bigger than herself. Her curiosity took her around the world, landing in Haiti where she met her husband. She has lived in Port-au-Prince for seven years and has had the opportunity to meet some of the w...
2020-01-0844 min