Because if we weren’t laughing, we’d be crying! Deanna and co-host Wendy Swart Grossman talk about how important humor is to make sense of the world! Comedians, authors, and teachers Aaron Freeman and Karen Bergreen join Intercultural Spark to share their stories and how that funny bone permeates everything (think Science and Law!). Highlights Science…
Business owner Brianna Buford and community artist Antonia “Toni” Ruppert joined Intercultural Spark just and hour before the inauguration. We talked about how to keep the spark burning inside you and why it’s important to keep pushing forward in the face of adversity–personal or global! Brianna is the founder of Brianna Buford & Co., a…
With all of the strife in the US, everyone is talking about how to see a story through different lenses. Listen in as Emmy winning film producer and director Jerald Harkness talks about the power of storytelling through the lens of the underdog. Who is Jerald Harkness? Studio Auteur is a content creation company specializing…
Caitlin Kunkel is a comedy writer, satirist and self-proclaimed, highly acclaimed pizza scientist. Here she talks about adapting the curriculum she wrote for The Second City in Chicago to teach in Amman Jordan. It happened when wo comedians from Jordan got a grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation to up their game. Caitlin’s work has…
Paul Klein, a long time art dealer, critic and artist mentor in Chicago, died October 11, 2020. Today, December 30, would have been his 74th birthday. Paul was one of the first people I met when I moved to Chicago. His proposal to put a biodegradable sculpture into the Lincoln Park Lagoon had been passed…
As educators, Jen Guillemin and Wendy Swart Grossman count themselves as incredibly lucky to work in a field that is rooted in personal transformation and changing lives. It is through education that we lift people and help them reach their full potential. Watch the replay now, and learn more, below. WHAT IS THE…
Join us live for a conversation and demo with Ramona Jackson, artistically unconventional wanderlusting foodie poet tree hugging intoxicologist and founder of The Bourbon Bohemian. Ramona invites you to travel the world with her cocktail kits, full of hand made ingredients and inspired by cuisines from around the globe. (That come straight to your home in carefully…
Elmer Dixon of Executive Diversity Services joined Intercultural Spark for a conversation about the influence of culture and race on communication style, and what’s really at the heart of unconscious bias. Watch the chat with Elmer now About Elmer Dixon Elmer Dixon, has over 35 years’ experience as a consultant, trainer, senior manager and…
On December 14, 2012, Scarlett Lewis’ worst imaginable fear happened when her six-year-old son, Jesse, was murdered during the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. Her tragedy was literally the spark to being fearless, thinking big and out of the box, and to found the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement. Shortly before the tragedy, Jesse wrote…
Dr. Tanjia has more than 18 years of experience working as a senior level human resources and organization development professional in non-profit and Fortune 100 companies including Microsoft, Starbucks, Tribune Company, Whirlpool, Sears and Motorola. Watch the chat with Tanjia now. About Tanjia Coleman Coleman is the President of Reimagine Development Organization, Inc.…
