The Conscious Giver Podcast

Welcome to the premier episode of The Conscious Giver Podcast. Make sure you listen to the trailer to learn more about conscious giving. This episode highlights how collective effort spurs change in politics and education opportunity. Conscious Giver: Luis Heredia Conscious Giving: Luis is a political mastermind, a community leader, and a conscious giver. Besides opening up avenues for new voices in politics, Luis is a co-founder of one of the largest tamale and music festivals in Arizona. The tamale holiday tradition has taken a new meaning with the Somerton Tamale Festival to raise funds for the Arizona State University El Diablito Alumni Club Scholarship. Conscious Giving Organization: You can learn more about the Somerton Tamale Festival at www.somertontamalefestival.com. Show your support or buy a tamale or two.

Angel Investing is when an individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. Angel investors usually give support to start-ups at the initial moments and when most investors are not prepared to back them.

What happens when the angel investor practices conscious giving in their strategy? Find out in this episode! Dennis Joyce, an angel investor and Conscious Giver, shares his approach to investing and why diversity is an integral part. Dennis doesn’t just practice conscious giving in his for profit ventures, but it's a way of life. This giving strategy has lead Dennis to invest his time, expertise, and money in the Seattle based nonprofit, Female Founders Alliance.

Often, angel investing is deemed a risk. Learn how the risk diminishes when you infuse conscious giving.

Find out more about the Female Founders Alliance and then magnify them at www.femalefounders.org. Let them know you’re a Conscious Giver.

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to give money away? It is not that easy. For almost two decades, Yazeed Moore has been working with communities to develop and coordinate grantmaking activities that address systemic barriers for vulnerable children and families. In this episode, we really dig deep on the systematic issues that create inequity. We get to the heart of intent for impact!

Learn more about the W.K. Kellogg Foundation at www.wkkf.org

To magnify the Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, visit https://www.elncgr.org/. Make sure they know you are a conscious giver!

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Tysus Jackson talks with Yasmine Arrington, Founder and Executive Director of ScholarCHIPS. As a high school student, Yasmine could not find scholarships for college bound youth with an incarcerated parent. She decided to do something about it! Yasmine created ScholarCHIPS, a nonprofit providing scholarships, mentorship, and support to children with an incarcerated parents.

In this persistent woman series, Tysus and Yasmine discuss growing up with an incarcerated parent and how ScholarCHIPS is filling the gap. Magnify Information: Support ScholarCHIPs at www.scholarchipsfund.org. The first gala will be April 30, 2019 in Washington DC.

As a college senior at Howard University, Shelley Williams Franklin quickly realized the meaning of "village" as she scrambled to secure enough money to complete her college degree. The generosity propelled her to law school and then on to entrepreneurship. The desire to pay it forward never waned. Shelley began supporting students at her alma mater who needed financial support to graduate. This conscious giver knew she could do more. Shelley established the Williams Franklin Foundation to provide scholarships, mentors, and networking opportunities for HBCU students.

On episode three, we will talk to Shelley about her journey to become a conscious giver and how to support HBCU students. To magnify the Williams Franklin Foundation, visit www.wmsfranklinfoundation.org. Be apart of the Conscious Giving Community! Don't miss an episode! Listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Soundcloud Subscribe at http://theconsciousgiver.libsyn.com/rss Follow at IG: consciousgiverpodcast FB: consciousgiverpodcast Twitter: @giverconscious #consciousgiving #consciousgiver