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The Long Game w/ Elijah MurrayJean Pierre-Louis: Immigrant founders, vision planning, and entrepreneurial resilienceJean Pierre-Louis is an accomplished global health and strategic leader passionate about leadership, philanthropy, and global health. In this conversation, we explored his entrepreneurial journey, resilience, and the power of purpose in entrepreneurship.
EPISODE LINKS:
Jean Pierre-Louis' LinkedinCapraCare websiteRockstarmoon website
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:13 Intro and background
00:01:15 From Haiti to the World
00:05:44 Entrepreneurial Journey, From Music to Public Health
00:09:07 Failure and Cultivating a Winning Mindset
00:14:08 Non profit vs for profit
00:17:40 Discovering Your Purpose
00:23:51 CapraCare: A Vision for Global Health
00:27:57 Community, Loneliness, and Advice
00:30:38 Closing
CONNECT:
Website: https://hoo.be/elijahmurray
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@elijahmurray
Twitter: https://tw...
2024-05-0732 min
The DelveHaiti: Beyond The Brink Part 2In this episode Chalin dives into the dire situation in Haiti, discussing the ongoing gang violence, historical context, and the impact of debt repayment. Hear from Macollvie Neel, executive editor of The Haitian Times, as she shares her personal connection and aims to humanize Haiti through storytelling. Explore the political turmoil, challenges faced by the Transitional Presidential Council, and Haiti's relationship with its neighbors. Discover a different perspective on Haiti and its people.Check out these links for additional resources:One island. Two nations. Worlds apart? (landing page for Haiti-DR series with 12+ stories)Distant Neighbors: Border l...
2024-04-1726 minThe DelveHaiti: Beyond The Brink Part 1In this episode Chalin dives into the dire situation in Haiti, discussing the ongoing gang violence, historical context, and the impact of debt repayment. Hear from Macollvie Neel, executive editor of The Haitian Times, as she shares her personal connection and aims to humanize Haiti through storytelling. Explore the political turmoil, challenges faced by the Transitional Presidential Council, and Haiti's relationship with its neighbors. Discover a different perspective on Haiti and its people.Check out these links for additional resources:One island. Two nations. Worlds apart? (landing page for Haiti-DR series with 12+ stories)Distant Neighbors: Border l...
2024-04-1339 min
An Act of CourageReining in Cervical Cancer — What's Next?Welcome to Episode 8—the final episode of the third season of An Act of Courage! Over the last seven weeks, Jean Pierre Louise and Jo Ann Heppermann have talked with lots of folks about how capracare’s and PG Rotary’s story began and how they got to where they are today. Now is the time to talk about what is next. While today is the final episode of this third season, it clearly is not the final chapter of this story. Support the show______________________Help us fund critical healthcare, emergency relief, education and developme...
2024-03-0534 min
An Act of CourageReining In Cervical Cancer— The Hope of Screening: Three Haitian Women’s StoryWelcome to Episode 7 of this 3rd season of an Act of Courage podcast. Today we are going to hear from three Haitian women who heard about the opportunity to be screened for cervical cancer by the folks from capracare—and said yes!Support the show______________________Help us fund critical healthcare, emergency relief, education and development programs to residents in the Southern District of HaitiTo donate or learn more about capracare, visit us at capracare.orgIf you'd like to be featured or simply want to say hello, email us at...
2024-02-0634 min
An Act of CourageReining in Cervical Cancer — Surviving and Conquering: capracare’s StoryWelcome to Episode 6 of this 3rd season of an Act of Courage podcast. Today is about capracare’s Surviving and Conquering story! We’re going to hear from members of the capracare staff in Fonfrede, Haiti—who, by hook or crook, continue to screen women, working to rein in cervical cancer in Haiti!Support the show______________________Help us fund critical healthcare, emergency relief, education and development programs to residents in the Southern District of HaitiTo donate or learn more about capracare, visit us at capracare.orgIf you'd like to be f...
2024-01-2339 min
An Act of CourageReining in Cervical Cancer —Bringing Cervical Cancer Screenings to Maison de NaissanceWelcome to Episode 5 – Bringing Cervical Cancer Screenings to Maison de Naissance! Today, we are talking about Maison de Naissance, a birthing home in Torbeck, Haiti. In the midst of our hope, sometimes despair, and resourcefulness needed to get the capracare project off the ground, by fate, faith, or chance, we learned of another opportunity to bring cervical cancer screenings to another organization. Jean and I are talking with Jim Grant, the Executive Director of the Global Birthing Home Foundation, the funding arm of Maison de Naissance. Jim, welcome!Support the show...
2024-01-1659 min
An Act of CourageReining in Cervical Cancer —Hope, Despair, and ResourcefulnessWelcome to Episode 4 – Hope, Despair & Resourcefulness! We’ve talked a bit about the adversity we encountered to get our cervical cancer screening off the ground—and we promised to tell you the rest of the story! Today, Jean and I are going to talk with Dr. Steve Papillon, the doctor with capracare at the beginning of this saga—and the project manager of the Global Grant for us on the ground in Haiti. Dr. Muriel Harris is also back with us to help us remember and celebrate the resourcefulness and hope of those dedicated to keeping on! Suppo...
2024-01-0956 min
An Act of CourageReining in Cervical Cancer —The Highs and Lows of AdversityWelcome to Episode 3—The Highs and Lows of Adversity! So, we’ve talked about our story began, screening methods, and the importance of screening women in Haiti for cervical cancer. Today, laugh and sigh with Jean and Jo Ann as they talk about the challenges they dealt with as capracare and Rotary worked to get this project off the ground. Joining them are two fellow Rotarians from the Prospect/Goshen Club, Dr. Muriel Harris and Sheila Stoke. Sheila, the CPA of the group, was and is the holder of the purse strings; Muriel, a Professor of Public Health with the Uni...
2023-12-271h 05
An Act of CourageReining in Cervical Cancer — What We’re Trying to Do and the Science Behind ItWelcome to Season 3 Episode 2 - What We’re Trying to Do and the Science Behind ItIn our first episode we talked about how the collaboration between capracare and the Prospect Goshen Rotary Club started. Today we are going to focus on the screening methods used to detect cervical cancer, the science behind it and why it is so important to the women of Haiti. Jean and I are very grateful to have with us two women from Haiti—both of whom are familiar with cervical cancer screenings—and are familiar with ca...
2023-12-1953 min
An Act of CourageReining In Cervical Cancer—The BeginningWelcome to Season 3 Episode 1—The Beginning of Our Story. Jean and I are thrilled you have joined us. And we have with us today Stacy Bailey-Ndyaie. Stacy is the founder and executive director of Bridge Kids International, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky but with groups of young folks who are doing good work all over the world. Stacy herself was already well schooled in international travel and service by the time she joined the Prospect/Goshen Rotary Club in 2011, which is how I got to know Stacy. And she was there when, in March of 2013, the idea was fl...
2023-12-1234 min
Hustlers + HermitsHustlers+Hermits Season 4 Episode 37 "Honoring Health, Haiti & Creating Legacy " featuring CEO/Founder of Capracare Jean Pierre-LouisIn this episode, host Demi Dabady sits down with the vivacious and inspiring Jean Pierre-Louis who is the CEO/Founder of Capracare. Capracare is a haitian-led global health non-profit dedicated to building dynamic & sustainable community health and education programs in rural Haiti. Jean highlights his early journey in Haiti, what moving to the United States meant and his vision for a better world! You can connect with Jean Pierre-Louis via: IG:@Caprajpl and IG:@capracare You can also contact Capracare at 478-227-7209 Website:www.capracare.org Email:info@capracare.org
2023-09-1345 min
An Act of Courage13 | More Than Skill Sets and Specialties, a Willing Heart On Mission Trips | Rory Sweeny McGovern, RN, EdD, MEd, MAThis is episode number 13, our season finale, and today we’re talking to a long-time capracare friend and former co-chair of the CapraCare Health Care Committee, Rory Sweeny McGovern. Rory served in health care for over 35 years. She has held Nursing Education Administrative positions in several tri-state major safety net medical centers. She has worked all this time in underserved tertiary care hospital systems directing the operations of nursing education in the 5 NY city boroughs, Newark, NJ, and Bridgeport, CT. Her staff, student, and patient population represented racially diverse inner cities. She has been a presenter and moderator for num...
2023-05-2952 min
An Act of Courage12 | From Healthcare To Parenting to Daily Life, If you Fail To Plan, You Plan to Fail | Dr. Helene Nau, DNP, APRN, FNP-C (Health360 Direct Primary Care)This is episode number twelve, and today we dive into an amazing conversation with our very own Board of Directors member, Dr. Helene Nau, a board-certified Family Practitioner and Founder of Health 360 Direct Primary Care in Hollywood, FL. A Practice with the mission of delivering affordable and accessible quality care to families. Dr. Aunty Helene, as many of her teenage patients call her, moved to the United States in 2010 from Haiti, where she built from the ground up and ran the only emergency room in her country. She was the only trained emergency medical provider on the island until...
2023-05-221h 00
An Act of Courage11 | Putting Non-Profit Involvement Outside the Box | Patricia Cornet (Women of Color in Pharma)This is episode number eleven, and today we speak with Patricia Cornet, a changemaker and healthcare committee member at capracare. Pat is passionate about delivering health-focused solutions to ensure access to innovative treatments for patients and advancing women's careers and the development of young girls. She has over fifteen years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and is the Co-Founder of Women of Color in Pharma. She’s an expert in external relations, designing roles that bridge perspectives between groups who don’t always come together to solve complex clinical practices and treatment access chal...
2023-04-2457 min
An Act of Courage10 | The Stigma of Mental Health in Haiti | Dr. Junior Brice, MD MPH CGMH (Partners in Health)This is episode number ten, and today we have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Junior Brice, the Director of Mental Health at Partners in Health, a global non-profit organization focused on providing a preferential option for the poor in health care. In January 2022, in collaboration with capracare, Dr. Brice sent his staff to capracare Haiti to provide mental health training to capracare staff. In this episode, we discuss Haitian mental health related to the past 12 years of the ongoing crisis, earthquakes, hurricanes, illnesses such as cholera and covid 19, and civil unrest, among many other various efforts being done...
2023-04-1753 min
An Act of Courage9 | Improving the Quality of Education One Tech-Savvy Educator at a time | David Mercaldo (New Heights Middle School)This is episode nine, and today I’m excited to present our special guest, David Mercaldo. David is a long-time capracare changemaker and former Youth Program Committee Member. Outside of capracare, He is a tech-savvy educator with over fifteen years of classroom experience who is most ardent about closing the opportunity gap for underserved children. He is deeply in tune with the social-emotional needs of his students and relishes opportunities to promote literacy and leadership skills. During Covid-19, he began creating educational content for his students and friends with children using the handle: @learningwithMrMercaldo. He is passionate about improving the...
2023-04-1043 min
An Act of Courage8 | Bringing Humility To Mission Trips | Dr. Jean Grassman, MS PHD CPH (City University of New York)This is episode number 8, and today I’m interviewing capracare’s Board member and Jean Pierre-Louis’s former undergraduate professor, Dr. Jean Grassman. She is an industrial hygienist and environmental health scientist with over 25 years of experience. Her specialty includes studying the sources, detection, and impact of chemical exposure in vulnerable populations with an emphasis on biological monitoring approaches. Today she teaches biology-based public health courses to undergraduates at Brooklyn College. At the Graduate School of Public Health, she teaches courses in occupational health, emerging environmental issues, and environmental auditing and remediation. Dr. Grassman has been instrumental in numerous projec...
2023-04-0358 min
An Act of Courage7 | From a Vision To a Mission To a Strategic Plan | Cordell Brown (Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors)This is episode number 7 and today I’m honored to host capracare’s Board of Directors Chairman, Cordell Brown. Cordell was the first board member recruited by our CEO Jean Pierre-Louis. Cordell spent most of his career with Metlife in the strategic planning field; he was responsible for driving and implementing strategic planning policies and processes, monitoring performance against plans, and supporting significant initiatives that drove results. After retiring, he knew in his heart he wasn’t done. Instead of returning to corporate America, he ventured into a more meaningful role in the non-profit sector. Today, besides being our Chairm...
2023-03-2742 min
An Act of CourageByenveni, Welcome, Season 2 Friends!Welcome to Season 2 of An Act of Courage! Hosted by Marielis Figueroa, this season we are bringing in more global health topics and partnerships! So what are you waiting for? Subscribe to our podcast; we cannot wait for you to join us.This podcast is brought to you by capracare,a trusted community health resource in the Southern region of Haiti, providing over 400,000 service encounters since 2009.Did you know that our organization mobilizes local volunteers and staff, healthcare and public health professionals, and members of the global humanitarian community...
2023-03-0200 min
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast with Stephen HalasnikRecruiting Volunteers and Board Members for Your Nonprofit with Jean Pierre-LouisRecruiting volunteers and board members for a nonprofit organization is an important task that requires careful planning and execution. Every nonprofit that wants to reach its mission should be intentional about how it goes about its recruitment process. It must also know how to identify the skills, expertise, and commitment needed for specific roles. In today's podcast, Jean Pierre-Louis from Capracare and Stephen Halasnik from Financing Solutions discuss Recruiting Volunteers and Board Members for your nonprofit.
2023-02-0837 min
An Act of Courage6 | The Four H Group, HIV/AIDS, & Haitians | Dr. Cassandra Esperant, PharmD, AAHIVPMeet Dr. Cassandra Esperant. Dr. Esperant is a pharmacist that practices HIV prevention. She believes that educating the urban community will decrease the disparities in the HIV pandemic due to institutionalized racism. As a black woman she is passionate about decreasing the divide in the black communities by empowering them to take initiative to lessen the divide and take back control. Cassandra would like pharmacist to prescribe HIV prevention regimen per collaborative agreement to patients to increase access, and reduce HIV transmission. She loves advocacy, and her interest peaked for HIV because she remembers watching the Haitian community protest...
2022-12-2628 min
An Act of Courage5 | The Real Narrative of Haiti and Haitians | Rosemonde Pierre-Louis (The Haitian Roundtable)Meet Rosemonde Pierre Louis. Rose is a highly recognized public sector leader known for driving social and economic change. Ms. Pierre-Louis is the Executive Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University. She is also the host of season two of the podcast Black Boys and Men: Changing The Narrative. From 2014-2016, Ms. Pierre-Louis served as Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence (OCDV). Ms. Pierre-Louis also served as Manhattan Deputy Borough President from 2006-2013 and led several of the Office's key initiatives. Ms. Pierre-Louis, an attorney by...
2022-12-1952 min
An Act of Courage4 | From Riding Through Puddles to Leading with Hope for Haiti | Skyler Badenoch (Hope for Haiti)Meet Skyler Badenoch, CEO of the organization Hope for Haiti. During this conversation, we bring you back to Skyler’s early days. The days when he was a serial intern, eager to learn anything and everything about the world. His first experiences within the world of public health was in West Africa where he found himself serving for the Peace Corps. He speaks of moments of riding through earthy puddles in torrential downpour, running around with children who teased him for his terrible native language skills, delivering polio vaccines, and living in close quarters with women who had little ac...
2022-12-121h 04
An Act of Courage3 | One Haitian Woman Changed My Life Forever | Jo Ann Heppermann (Prospect/Goshen Rotary Club)Meet Jo Ann Heppermann! She is the Chair of the International Service Committee of the Prospect/Goshen Rotary Club in Kentucky. During this conversation, Jo Ann gives us a glimpse of how her life changed after one trip to Haiti with capracare and her experience with meeting a Haitian woman. This is her “Rotary Moment.” After this trip, she became dedicated to serving the women of Haiti who suffer from cervical cancer. Did you know that cervical cancer is Haiti’s leading cause of death in women? In partnership with capracare, Jo Ann’s passion shines through brightly in this disc...
2022-12-0546 min
An Act of Courage2 | There is No Health, Without Mental Health | Becky Endicott (We Are For Good)Meet the amazing and lovely Becky Endicott: Co-Founder and Chief Storyteller of the popular podcast and community, We Are For Good. During this conversation, I ask Becky to give us a glimpse of who little Becky was growing up. She tells us how she got to taste the nonprofit world early on in her career and immediately fell in love with service. We learn why she ultimately pivoted her career into serving as many nonprofits as she can with We Are For Good and we also talk about her own mental health journey that put her life into perspective...
2022-11-281h 02
An Act of Courage1 | Creating capracare with a Pen, Paper, and Vision of Health for Haiti | Jean Pierre-Louis (capracare)Meet the one and only Jean Pierre-Louis (JPL): Founder, President, and CEO of capracare. During this conversation, we dive deep into JPL's early days in Haiti, how he spent his days, how far he had to walk just to get water, and who instilled courage and bravery into his soul. He is passionate about bringing better health and wellness to the people of Haiti and in this episode we learn about where that passion stems from. We speak about how he was able to channel negative experiences from the schoolyard into the mission of his life... creating capracare.
2022-11-2159 min
An Act of CourageWelcome to An Act of Courage S1! So Glad You're Here.Welcome! Our world continues to face incredible challenges. We are witnessing poverty, natural disasters, and public health crises happening every single day. It's so easy to feel helpless and overwhelmed. You want to improve your community and world... but how? We believe it all starts with one Act of Courage. Join Hetal Baman, as she dives deep into the lives of inspiring individuals to learn their acts of courage. She connects with leaders who have dedicated their lives to enhancing the health and wellbeing of people all around the world. And they do this by...
2022-11-0402 min
We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits332. It's Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Nonprofit Sector - Nneka Allen, Eleanor Wells, Aila Malik, and Jean Pierre-LouisWe're warming up for Mental Health Week next week, and we wanted to set the tone with a powerful mental health conversation we powered at the Virtuous Summit. Join Nneka Allen, Eleanor Wells, Aila Malik and Jean Pierre-Louis for a robust discussion about Why it’s time to Prioritize Mental Health & Well-Being in the Nonprofit Sector.You’re not alone. Join us in community and feel seen, inspired and ready to take steps toward healing on Friday's podcast episode moderated by Jon and Becky. Tune in ✌️ Today’s Guest Panelists Nneka Allen, Principal +...
2022-10-0757 min
I DigressDeep in the heart of TexasPHEW, Texas!! Sometimes I feel like if Mississippi had a threesome with their cousin Alabama and LA, and they both got pregnant it would be TX & FL. So many things going on and still you accomplish NOTHING!!!!!
Haiti is still in need if you want to help please see the resources below:
Resources for Haiti
Faith for Black Lives
Call (202)456-1111 to end Title 42
Hope for Haiti
Https://hopeforhaiti.com
World Central Kitchen
Https:wck.org
Convoy for H...
2021-10-0843 minWe Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits161. A Haitian Founder's Guide to Recruiting + Activating Volunteers - Jean Pierre-LouisMeet Jean. Or JPL, as we now call him. This Haitian-born New Yorker has THE most inspiring story of taking his education back to Haiti in the form of a nonprofit healthcare and education organization benefiting his childhood community. He's also a savvy founder at capracare, and he breaks down how to recruit the right volunteers and board members to your organization. Get those tips, and find out how you can help JPL and our suffering Haitian friends with your support.EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSJPL’s story and journey to where he is today (2:20)The la...
2021-09-0137 min
The 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 min