Connecting Awesome People

RSVP for Cinder's Connect and Learn event on May 22nd Heather Cox Richardson - Letters from an American Robert Hubble - Today's Edition newsletter Simon Rosenberg - Hopium Chronicles Yes Magazine Sylvia's LinkedIn profile Sylvia was born in Colombia and moved to the U.S. when she was 18. She worked as a Computer Engineer for almost 12 years and is now obsessed with US politics; she loves learning...

Nick's LinkedIn profile RSVP for Cinder's Connect and Learn event on May 22nd Nick Card is a 5th generation Oregonian and is the Vice President of Operations at Combined Transport Inc, where he oversees the operations of the company's shop, yard, and 500 trucks and drivers. Nick is an active advocate for the City of Medford and the greater Rogue Valley, and today serves as the Vice President of th...

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Today's show discusses two recent events. Here are links about those events: Dr. Golden's resignation US House DEI office being disbanded Quote from George Bernard Shaw: “All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently...

Molly is the Executive Director of Cascade Forest Conservancy. You can learn more about their work at this link . You can also connect directly with Molly at this link .

Surfer and DEIA advocate Emily Purry joins us this week and we cover some topics about intersectionality, accessibility, disability, and networking-while-blind. You can find more of Emily's work at her website: https://purryco.com/ You can also find her on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilypurryspeaker/

Please follow Pharoah's work at https://www.pharoahbolding.com/ and at https://www.linkedin.com/in/pharoahbolding/ and https://www.instagram.com/pb_hrpro/

On today's episode, we're talking about 2 recent laws passed in Utah (following a trend from other states). You can read more about both of those laws at these links: ·       News story about Utah’s new anti-trans bathroom law ·       News story about Utah’s banning of DEI education programs When we recorded this episode a few weeks ago, we were reacting to the unfortunate trend of anti-trans and...

Community organizer and DEI practitioner Marcus Carter joined me for our first episode to discuss Black History Month and "Heritage Months" overall. Many topics discussed in this episode are linked in the show notes here , including a wide variety of historic figures and movements relevant to honoring the history of Black and African diaspora leaders and history.

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