Connecting Our Stories

Today we sit down with Emily Douglas, Community Outreach Coordinator at the Blaine Police Department in Minnesota, to talk about healthy communities, the "bank of trust" and how we believe changing culture is indeed possible. Get your bracelet here! These elastic bracelets are a statement of belief that your story matters and the stories of others around you matter. Medium and Large size...

Thank you for joining us on this journey where we learn more about the world and people around us as we do this work to inspire communities, influence culture and provide action steps along the way. Here are a few of our favorite conversations from previous episodes: > Healing Trauma Through Creativity > Francine Rivers & Redeeming Love > It's A Human Issue > Gina's Story...

Happy 2024 from all of us here at Stories Foundation and the Connecting our Stories Podcast!  At Stories Foundation we believe every person has a unique story and every story matters. We all know in our stories there are messy, hard and beautiful pieces and when we share story together we gain a greater understanding of each other and the world we live in.  In this episode we hear from our friend...

Stories Foundation is a nonprofit and for our End of Year event this year instead of a Gala we did a Ted Talk style event on Relationships! We are thrilled to be able to bring the content to you via our first live podcast. This conversation about relationships matters because in relationships people are manipulated, exploited and trafficked AND in relationships we can prevent human trafficking, in...

In this episode you'll hear from Tony Loyd. Tony is an encourager, a coach of coaches, an entrepreneur and a humble visionary. He is a best-selling author, business coach, and running coach. Through Culture Shift Companies, he mentors startup founders who use business to do social good. Hear more from Tony at the Connecting Our Stories event on November 16. It's NOT TOO LATE to sign up!...

Steph sits down with Heidi Mortenson, one of our speakers for the upcoming first ever podcast event on healthy and unhealthy relationships. She shares on who she is, what she does and why this topic is valuable to her. Check out Heidi's book The Brave Encourager  too! Join us on the 16th in person or watch for the podcast soon after. If the Connecting our Stories Podcast has been valuable to...

Steph sits down with Emily Douglas and Holly Lammers two of our speakers for the upcoming first ever podcast event on healthy and unhealthy relationships. They share who they are, what they do and why this topic is valuable to them. Join us on the 16th in person or watch for the podcast soon after. If the Connecting our Stories Podcast has been valuable to you, will you share it with your communit...

* EVENT ALERT * In this episode Steph and Ana Lena give you a sneak peek at the first ever Podcast Event! Connecting Our Stories:  a live podcast event on how we relate to others This is a TED Talk style event where we get honest about relationships. Everyone is in relationships (friends, family, and community).  Hear from experts in various fields share their lived experience and offer wisdom on...

Lalenya is a survivor who has chosen to bravely share your story with us, and also use her story to impact others by starting a nonprofit. We’re so grateful she chose to share her story, and we hope that all of us listening can learn more about what intimate partner violence, and abuse looks like and what it looks like to get a place of healing so that you can share and help others. Thanks for lis...

Lalenya is a survivor who has chosen to bravely share your story with us, and also use her story to impact others by starting a nonprofit. We’re so grateful she chose to share her story, and we hope that all of us listening can learn more about what intimate partner violence, and abuse looks like and what it looks like to get a place of healing so that you can share and help others. Thanks for lis...

Get tickets to the event Steph mentioned at the end of the episode HERE: storiesfoundation.kindful.com/e/create-for-change You'll get to pour a candle, pot a plant, eat good food and listen to Steph Page give a talk on how worth and value play a role in the fight against human trafficking in our communities. $50/person * SPACE IS LIMITED *

In this episode of the Connecting Our Stories podcast, we have a chat with one of our favorite authors Francine Rivers. Francine is the best selling author of Redeeming Love, The Scarlet Thread, The Atonement Child - just to name a few! You can check out her work at francinerivers.com . In our conversation today we hear the story behind the story of Redeeming Love and talk about the importance and...

Today we sit down with our dear friend Danielle Freitag. She is a fierce woman fighting for the freedom of those trapped in a life of exploitation, which she has a personal connection to. Danielle helps us see the hope that comes out of the work being done to restore those coming out of a life of exploitation and how we can engage. Learn more about Action169, Rose House and Danielle's book Th...

Steph chats with Mark Steenbarger and Emily Taylor-Ginger about their inventive way of utilizing media to tell stories of those who have survived abuse and exploitation. The mission at Point of View Story is to empower survivors by creating moments through the power of film. Their work is radical and will change the way we relate to stories of trafficking  and develop compassion for both those who...

Steph Page and Ana Lena Copeland sit down to share about the upcoming episodes in the Survivors Speak series. Join us over the next few weeks for stories of restoration, healing and redemption.

Awareness truly is action. Thank you for choosing to become more aware of human trafficking and its relating issues. And thank you for listening to this series on how we can influence culture and use that change as a strategic way to fight human trafficking. Share this series with a friend to keep expanding the reach of this awareness! Would you help others find our podcast by rating and writing a...

Everything you bring to the table is valuable and is unique to you. All of it can be used, repurposed and redeemed to change a culture that exploits people. You have so much to offer with your influence and voice! Your... - life experience - abilities - work background - education - connections - networking - financial resources - and so much more You matter. The lie is that issues of injustice ar...

"It really is real that people still don't know that human trafficking and exploitation is happening right here in our backyards, our suburbs, our cities. We need to change that. There are people out there who are looking to take advantage of the vulnerabilities they see around them. We have to equip ourselves to see better, choose better and do better in the future." - Steph Page W...

We want a ripple effect of people seeing each other, honoring the value every human has and coming together in kindness. The simple message is - see people. Listen to the fundraising events Steph spoke about here: Storyteller Cafe Gala To join us in building Storyteller Cafe donate here: Storyteller Cafe MN

Housing and jobs. This is SUCH a great need as we look at how to cover vulnerabilities of those coming out of human trafficking. We believe in long-term change and being able to offer dignified work and a safe place to live is a huge part of what we are working towards at Stories Foundation and Storyteller Cafe. There is a need NOW for these pieces of the solution.  Steph shares with us how everyt...

Vulnerabilities. We all have them. Think of a time in your life where you had a vulnerability. Did someone come alongside you and cover it to protect and take care of you? Or did someone take advantage of you or exploit you and your situation? Vulnerabilities in people is what those who exploit, abuse and traffic are looking for. It's our job to become aware, create relationships of trust and...

Did you know how you use your dollars count? It really does matter. Did you know that you have a voice in how companies produce their products? You do! We all have impact in our world by what we buy. This episode paints a picture of what's behind the curtain of the things we buy, how which products we purchase and companies we support makes a difference in the world and how you can know who t...