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The show where you’ll hear the stories of young professionals in the non-profit sector working to change the world. We’ll dive into their backgrounds, hear about the work they do, and ultimately learn how they got to where they are and how you can do the same. With the non-profit sector comprising one of the largest US workforces by tackling the world’s biggest problems across 9 major categories, you may just hear something that could change your life, and through it, the lives of countless others.
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This episode is a truly special one because I’m turning the tables, as the featured guest is myself! The reason for that, and why this episode is an extra special one is because it is also the last episode. I am a Program Coordinator for the NRDC Action Fund. In this episode, I share a bit about my story, my early career journey, what led me to start this podcast over three years ago, what I hope to accomplish in my career, and my final piece of advice for all of my listeners out there. A huge thank you to all of my listeners throughout the 40 episodes of this podcast! This show has been downloaded over 1,500 times and you were at least one of those. Please feel free to look back through the archive of shows and reach out to any of the guests that have been featured. Many of them have moved on to new roles since they were originally featured on the show, but I'm sure they'd be happy to share about the latest in the journey.As for me, I can always be reached via LinkedIn.  If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This episode features someone who has a passion for using stories to create progressive change, Don Wolford. Don is a Stories Manager at the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. He’s doing this having graduated from Kent State a couple of years ago with a degree in Political Science and Government. Don shares his early career story, what has led to him working in the progressive political realm, the power that stories have in creating change, and more. Don can be reached via LinkedIn or email.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This episode features a young woman with a passion for bringing people together and improving human lives, Phebe Meyer. Phebe is the Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor at The Center for Christianity and Public Life, an organization whose mission is to contend for the credibility of Christian resources in public life, for the good of the public. Phebe shares with us about her wide variety of early career experiences, her role in co-founding an organization aimed at empowering black business owners, how she works at the intersection of public policy, culture, and faith, and more. Phebe can be reached on LinkedIn and X (Twitter).If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Sharing with us about her passion for international and climate-related issues, today’s guest is Maya Sterling. Maya is a Program Coordinator at the Pan American Development Foundation, an organization that works across Latin America and the Caribbean to make the region stronger, meaning healthier, safer, more just, inclusive, resilient, productive, and sustainable for current and future generations. Maya shares what the biggest climate challenges are in the South and Latin America regions, her pathway that has led to her international issues focus, how young listeners can get involved, and more. Maya can be reached via LinkedInYou can check out #OpenDoorClimate here.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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This episode features a young woman with a passion for creating real policy change, Liddy Ballard. Liddy is a State Policy Manager at Brady, an organization that works across Congress, courts, and communities to end America's gun violence epidemic. As someone with a passion for attacking the root causes rather than the symptoms of gun violence, and is emboldened every time a preventable mass shooting event occurs, Liddy shares about what it’s like to fight back against one of the biggest lobbying efforts in the nation, what people like you can do to get involved, how her early career experience led to where she is today, and more. Liddy can be reached via LinkedIn or EmailIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This episode features a young woman with a wide variety of experiences early in her career, Tyler Brent.  Tyler is the President of Operations and co-founder of Movement for Choice, an organization that offers education, events, and donation-based yoga and fitness classes to help fund access to abortion for all, especially those in underrepresented communities. She balances this with her day job of being a Yoga and Fitness instructor at Bouldering Project. As someone with a passion for physical fitness and keeping people moving, along with reproductive rights, Tyler shares what it’s like to start a nonprofit, how non-linear her early career path has been, how she manages to keep it all together, and more. You can contact Tyler via Movement for Choice's website.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This episode features a young woman with a passion for mental health, Madeline Ingram. Madeline is a Marketing and Communications Manager at Rock Recovery, an organization that supports the journey to freedom from disordered eating through individual and community programs. She works in a variety of ways to support those with eating disorders and is currently in grad school on her way to becoming a therapist. Madeline shares with us what it's like working in a direct help kind of role, what led her to shift from the for-profit sector to the nonprofit sector so early in her career, and more.Madeline can be reach via LinkedIn or E-mailIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
During this episode you’ll hear from someone with a passion for empowering students to promote peacebuilding through education, Akshay Kashikar. Akshay is a program officer at Education For Employment, the leading nonprofit job placement network in the Middle East and North Africa. He recently earned his master’s in International Education Development, and was an intern at the United Nations while earning that degree. Akshay shares with us about his background that led to his internationally focused passions, what he has already learned in these early years of his career, what he hopes to accomplish through his work, and more. Akshay can be reach via LinkedIn or E-mailIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Today’s guest is a guy that I have gotten to know personally through one of my favorite activities, ultimate Frisbee, Nate Dickstein. Nate is a policy development analyst at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, an organization that supports state regulators in advancing the system of state financial supervision. He has gone from working as a paralegal to now being in the nonprofit sector early in his career. Nate’s going to share with us more about that journey, about how his unique undergrad majors have impacted his early career, provide some solid advice for our fellow young adult audience, and more. Nate can be reach via LinkedIn or E-mailIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
In this episode, we have a guest who has a passion for helping others, Dalia Ahmed. Dalia is the manager of Corporate Employee Engagement at Feeding America, an organization that works to end hunger in the US. They are the largest U.S. charity by revenue. Dalia has gone from the for-profit to the nonprofit sector already early in her career, learning about the challenges of each and experiencing the pull towards mission-focused work. She’ll share with us more about that journey, how her volunteer efforts have impacted her early career, how her faith has played a role in all of this, and more. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Today’s show features a guest who has a passion for helping people experiencing homelessness, Nina Alomar. Nina is the Volunteer and Corporate Engagement Coordinator at PathForwardVA. She has lived all across the country, gaining a deep appreciation along the way for the realities of the challenges people face that she’s now working to take on. She shares with us more about how that passion grew, about what she has learned along her journey and more.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This episode features a guest with a passion for helping the immigrant population, Juan Perez. Juan is the Student Services Coordinator at the English Empowerment Center. He’s still pretty fresh out of school, having just graduated in 2021, and he elected to head right into the non-profit sector. Similar to myself and many other guests, Juan decided that he wanted to work to make a positive impact on those around him and the world in an area that’s meaningful to him. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This episode features a guest that I know personally, Becky Oswalt. Becky is the Assistant Program Officer for Latin America at the National Endowment for Democracy. She’s doing this after having been a Fullbright Scholar with the Department of State, along with other experiences such as having been a Legislative Fellow at the House of Representatives. She shares with us a bit about the work she does, how her experiences across the public and private sectors have led to where she is today, and how her passion for international work manifests itself in her career.LinkedInIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This episode features a guest that’s a bit of a unique one, Kathrine Morris. Kathrine is a Relationship Manager at NeighborWorks America. The reason she’s a unique guest is that she hosts a podcast of her own, Nine Lives with Kat. Through our conversation, we explore the vast journey across the nonprofit sector that she’s been on since undergrad, learn more about her podcast, hear how her master’s degree has impacted her early career, and more. LinkedInIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This episode features someone who has gone from the political world to the non-profit sector, back to politics, and now back once again to the non-profit sector, Dennis Barrett. Dennis is an Advocacy Campaign Manager at The Trevor Project. As you can guess, he has a broad range of experience from his early career adventures, and he shares with us about that journey as well as how he lives out his passion through his work daily, along with much more. Dennis can be reached via LinkedIn or via email.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Today’s episode is a special one because it features a guest who both, until very recently, worked for a non-profit organization as well as having founded his own, Don Abram. At the time of our conversation, Don was a program manager for Interfaith America, an organization that aims to inspire, equip, and connect individuals and institutions to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity. But, Don is also the founder and Executive Director of Pride in the Pews, a grassroots nonprofit bridging the gap between the Black Church and the LGBTQ+ community. Our conversation dives into Don’s faith background and how he’s using his personal experience to try and change the world that he’s a part of. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This episode features a young woman with a passion for working with conflict-affected populations, Karenna Öner. Karenna is a first-generation American with a long-standing interest in conflict studies and human security. While she has recently moved on from this role, in this episode she shares about her work as a caseworker for the International Rescue Committee. She’s lived abroad and applies her wide-ranging background experiences to the work she does. Karenna has much more to shares with us an in-depth look at the work she does and what she’s aiming to accomplish. You may contact Karenna via LinkedIn.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
With the midterm elections having just happened and a major issue of them seemingly being the integrity of our democracy, I decided to speak with a guy who works to improve our democracy and make our elections fairer, Matt Oberstaedt. Matt is a social media associate at FairVote. He graduated last year from George Washington University, having studied political science, and has worked on political campaigns before ending up in the nonprofit sector. Matt shares with us about his young journey thus far and about the differences he has seen between working on a campaign and the political life versus working to improve the political process from a nonprofit organization. You can contact Matt via email or LinkedIn.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
This second episode of the second season features a young woman named Brooke Allison. Brooke is a program manager at MAP International, a Christian nonprofit organization that works to provide medicines and health supplies to those in need around the world. She shares with us what led to her working in the nonprofit sector, how her earning an MPA has impacted her career, and much more. You can contact Brooke via email or LinkedIn.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
On this, the 20th episode of Aspiring Altruists, you’ll hear from a young woman with a passion for working for animal welfare, Jessica Simpson. Jessica is a Public Policy Specialist at The Humane Society of the United States. Her early career has taken her across the US, working as a park ranger in North Carolina, for both a smaller Humane Society and an animal hospital in Colorado, to now working in the policy space here in DC. She shares with us the importance of relationships and teamwork, the challenges that come from being in mission focused work, and more. You can contact Jessica via email or LinkedIn.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookInstagramMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comIf you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a review! It takes less than 60 seconds and it makes a big difference in helping others hear this valuable resource.Follow Aspiring Altruists:LinkedInFacebookMusic: Spark of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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