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The Business of LearningThe Business of Learning, Episode 52: Pioneering Change - The Power of Equitable Learning and DevelopmentLearning has the power to drive change, especially when it’s made accessible to learners from diverse groups, or when its goal is to improve diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across the organization. To learn how training can help drive a more inclusive future of work, we spoke with Anson Green, senior manager of economic opportunity at Tyson Foods, Lori Spicer Robertson, vice president of DEI at Saks Fifth Avenue and founder and chief joymaker at Wundher, and Alaina Doyle, learning and development director at Wells Fargo.
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What we mean by "equita...
2022-04-2147 min
Seen@Work: The PodcastS2 EP 05 - Growing HBCU Talent Through Campus ProgrammingLori Spicer Robertson (she/her) is a creative change agent always pursuing opportunities to transform lives and foster sustainable progress. Formerly, she assumed the role of VP, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Saks Fifth Avenue to design a more inclusive experience for employees, customers, and partners. As a natural connector, she currently is the founder and Chief Joymaker of a digital media platform and membership community created to reconnect women and mothers to a life of joy called Wundher. As a thought leader on women and mothers; diversity, equity, and inclusion; leadership and authentic joy, she is sought after...
2022-04-2136 min
Wundhers of MotherhoodPandemic vs. Protest: All Mothers Were Summoned (Episode 2)On this episode of Wundhers of Motherhood, the Circle Moms delve into an emotional dialogue of how they all grappled with knowing that George Floyd called out for his deceased mother in his last breath. They each expressed how heart-wrenching it is to hear your child call out for you when they are in distress, and if they were compelled to have BLM conversations with their young children. The sister-friends also explored the challenge it is to raise Black boys and girls in this America, with the fear of the unknown for what lies ahead. Tune in to hear...
2021-05-2459 minWundhers of MotherhoodThe Real-Real of Womb Life (Episode 3)On this episode of Wundhers of Motherhood, the Circle Moms take a walk down memory lane as they share their personal Womb Life journey. Have you ever been told you would be paralyzed from an epidural? Can you imagine how that follows you and impedes your future birthing plans? Sister-friend Candace serves as the start of this episode as she shares the real-real of her water birth experience. To follow suit, the rest of the Circle shares each of their birthing plans and experiences; the differences in age or child; the epidural, natural, C-section, home birth and water...
2021-05-241h 07Wundhers of MotherhoodFrom the Bounce-Back to the Glow-Up (Episode 1)Is the bounce-back truth or myth? After childbirth, so many mothers are succumb with the idea of reclaiming their old self and even their prior bodies. They want the freedom of going and doing whatever they please, and they desire to fit into their favorite jeans again.
From fad diets, aggressive workout plans, and waist cinchers, moms struggle with the reality of the new you. Listen as these sister-friends walk you through their journey in search of the mystical unicorn called the bounce-back and their discovery of the glow-up.
2021-04-1136 min
Wundhers of Motherhood#MOMversations on Race with Natalie McKinney on Educational Funding and Re-allocation of FundsNatalie McKinney is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Whole Child Strategies, Inc. A neighborhood non-profit designed to coordinate efforts, provide funding and critical supports to organize, mobilize and empower community-designed and initiated solutions. These solutions work to identify and address the root causes to the out-of-school barriers hindering children from arriving to school, every day, on-time, engaged and ready to learn.
Prior to Whole Child Strategies, Inc., Mrs. McKinney served as the Director of Policy for both Shelby County Schools and legacy Memphis City Schools, which included policy development and legislative planning. As part of...
2021-04-0955 min
Wundhers of Motherhood#MOMversations on Race with Renée Wilson-Simmons on ACEs and Mental HealthRenée has been a senior program officer at the Annie E. Casey Foundation; director of the Health Promotion Program for Urban Youth at Boston City Hospital; director of the Community Coalition to Prevent Black Homicide, the first Office of Minority Health-funded project focused on preventing homicide in an African American community, and director of a five-year National Institutes of Health-funded school-based intervention, Reach for Health, that was named a promising program by the U.S. Department of Education.
2021-04-0950 min
Wundhers of Motherhood#MOMversations on Race with Larissa Gregory on the Education System & Relevant PedagogyAs a former Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapist, Behavior Interventionist, Dean of Students, Assistant Principal, and school leader in Shelby County Schools and the Achievement School District, Larissa Gregory has over ten years of first-hand experience bringing direct behavioral and discipline support(s) to students, families, teachers, and community members. . Larissa currently serves as the Social Emotional Learning Department Chair for the Memphis Teacher Residency and an Adjunct Professor of Education with Union University. Larissa is an advocate for culturally responsive systems and routines aimed to directly combat systemic barriers and challenges - facilitating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in action.
2021-04-0939 min
Wundhers of Motherhood#MOMversations on Race Criminal Justice and Gun Sense with Joia Erin and Kat McRitchieJoia Erin has a Bachelor of Arts & Sciences degree in English & French from Louisiana State University and a Master of Public Administration & Policy degree from the University of Memphis. She is primarily responsible for systems education, organizing, and community building in the Memphis area. A native of Memphis, with strong New Orleans roots, she spent most of her life between two uniquely diverse cities on the mighty Mississippi River.
Joia leads Just City’s Court Watch project and supports participatory defense efforts in youth justice. Joia is also the Memphis Advocate for Tennesseans for Al...
2021-04-0948 min
Wundhers of Motherhood#MOMversation on Race with Linda Villarosa on Environmental HealthLinda Villarosa is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, covering race and public health and a former executive editor at Essence Magazine. Her 2018 Times Magazine cover story on infant and maternal mortality in black mothers and babies was nominated for a National Magazine Award. Last year she contributed to the ground breaking 1619 Project. Her essay highlighted physiological myths, based on race, that have endured since slavery. Linda's April 29 cover story examined race, health disparities and covid-19 through the lens of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club of New Orleans, and her August 2 article, The Refinery...
2021-04-0930 min
Wundhers of Motherhood#MOMversations on Race Maternal Health with Nikia GraysonDr. Nikia Grayson, DNP, MSN, MPH, MA, CNM, FNP-C (she/her/hers) is a Reproductive Justice informed public health activist, anthropologist and family nurse-midwife who has devoted her life to serving and empowering people in underserved communities.
Nikia graduated from Howard University with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in communications and public health respectively, from University of Memphis with a master’s in medical anthropology and from the University of Tennessee with a master’s in nursing and a doctorate in nurse practice. She completed her post-master’s certificate in midwifery at Frontier Nursing University.
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2021-04-0943 min
Wundhers of Motherhood#MOMversations with Stephanie Nerissa White on Pivoting and PlanningStephanie Nerissa White, the founder and president of Stephanie’s Advanced Mentoring, a company devoted to supporting and empowering women and children. Stephanie will share the difference between a tutor, proctor and supplemental educator and tips on how we can stop the panic and start the plan for a successful school year for our children.
2021-04-0955 min
Wundhers of Motherhood#MOMversations on Race Respectability Politics with Tosha DowneyTosha Downey is Director of Advocacy for the Memphis Education Fund (MEF), a partner organization in the city’s effort to transform chronically underperforming schools. Prior to joining MEF, Tosha served as Director of Government Affairs at the Noble Network of Charter Schools in Chicago, IL. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Tosha completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education at Clark Atlanta University. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctorate from the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Tosha has spent more than 20 year...
2021-04-0938 min
Wundhers of Motherhood#MOMversations on Race with Lesely Brown RawlingsLesley Brown Rawlings is a proven equity champion with expertise in talent management and human capital practices designed to drive culturally competent, inclusive and transformative outcomes for teams and communities. With a passion and commitment for supporting organizations in implementing sustainable practices for systemic equity, she delves into the policies, strategies, behaviors and mindsets essential for centering diversity, equity and inclusion for communities pushed to the margins.
2021-03-1657 minWundhers of Motherhood#MOMversations on The Power Struggle & the Matriarchy with Nikia GraysonAdriane Johnson-Williams is a native Memphian, who got her start in Memphis City Schools, she is dedicated to improving the lives of black and brown people in her hometown and across the nation. Dr. Adriane Johnson-Williams is Founder and Principal at Standpoint Consulting. Just prior she was Special Assistant for Strategy and Planning at LeMoyne-Owen College. She was also a Program Officer at the Pyramid Peak Foundation for two years. Dr. Johnson-Williams was a founding staff member and ultimately became Director of Collaborative Action with Seeding Success, the Shelby County, TN collective impact effort focused on improving cradle to...
2021-03-1654 min