Scarlett Lewis speaks with compassion about Adam Lanza, the person who murdered her six-year-old son Jesse, along with 25 others at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Her formula, COURAGE + GRATITUDE + FORGIVENESS + COMPASSION (IN ACTION) = CHOOSING LOVE is what drives the Choose Love Movement she founded after the tragedy.
Details“Fasten your seatbelt and prepare for takeoff. And Happy Birthday to the person in 12B.” Sometimes it is that easy to please. It’s an annual ritual. I tell people it’s my birthday. They say happy birthday. And I am elated. Of course I was the person in 12B. “How are you today?” Cheri,…
DetailsAmy Wu, Award-winning journalist and director of the documentary film From Farms to Incubators is joined by students from the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences to talk about the future of Agricultural Technology and how women and BIPOC are inspiring change.
DetailsLucky Church and Deanna will talk about making intercultural relationships work. And could they be a model for civil public discourse across lines of differences? Lucky married his high school sweetheart, Vieng, now together 25 years. Deanna and Eugenio will celebrate 34 years in July. What are the challenges and joys?
DetailsAre you a multi-hyphenate? I believed Helen Gurley Brown, former long-time editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, when she said women could have it all. Like the lady in the Enjoli commercial. These 80’s images of having it all were about the many hats women often wear—successful professional, perfect parent, sexy spouse—all distinct, all full force, all…
DetailsFrom welfare and section 8 housing to Ph.D. student, author and speaker for Simply; from drugs and gangs to filmmaker and entrepreneur for Henry.Both share what happens when you forgo limits others see for you, have faith, and just DO.
DetailsWhat do you do when you disagree with someone? When in Doubt, Go Deeper. A study by researchers at the University of California-San Diego concluded that people are inundated with the equivalent of 34 gigabytes of information every day. To process that magnitude of input, our brains, by nature, look for similarities, categorizing…
DetailsHow many levels of judgment do you experience before you even speak? Starting with a visit to the doctor’s office, Lucky and Deanna share their honest perspectives on daily living in the US, as a Black man and a White woman. Who is Lucky Church? Lucky is a Partner/PR Director at SMF Global and Director of Client Relations…
DetailsPastors and interracial couple Geno and Shannon Olison set out to create an intentional, inclusive, multicultural, multiethnic, church planting church when they were sent to start the South Suburban Vineyard Church in Flossmoor, IL 11 years ago. Geno grew up on the south side of Chicago. His church growing up was overwhelmingly Black. He…
DetailsWe’re talking all about the “whites”: white fragility, white supremacy, white privilege. And all the overlays and intersections of that related to oppression. It’s a tough topic so I brought in two doctors! Dr. Marcus Robinson is a Social Innovator. Cultural Creative. Transformative Leader, Mystic and educator. He’s led community transformation initiatives across North America…
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